[ Discontinued ][ v4.2 ][ 6.5.x / 6.5 / 6.1 ] Calkulin's Visual VGA Kitchen & ROMs

[Trident]

Any thoughts on doing a Titanium only [no- Manila or SpbMS] ROM?
It would be greatly appreciated.

[smiznith]

a little help needed, i want to edit the .tsk files, but
1) when i do with themeGenCe i have UI problems
2) not sure where to change the .tsk files in the sys to match my custom one
3) what program works better to edit .tsk for 6.5 and 6.5.1?

thanks fam.. you all rock

[KBZL]

Originally Posted by smiznith

a little help needed, i want to edit the .tsk files, but
1) when i do with themeGenCe i have UI problems
2) not sure where to change the .tsk files in the sys to match my custom one
3) what program works better to edit .tsk for 6.5 and 6.5.1?

thanks fam.. you all rock

+1 for this. I have asked in the past with no avail. I know that you can edit the wallpaper that gets installed with the .tsk by editing with Wince Cab manager but I would like to know how to change the menu colors.

[wmdunn]

Originally Posted by kbussen

+1 for this. I have asked in the past with no avail. I know that you can edit the wallpaper that gets installed with the .tsk by editing with Wince Cab manager but I would like to know how to change the menu colors.

I too, would like to learn. I've gotten pretty good at post flash editing, and Tersoth helped me with photoshop graphic editing on some applications ... but would really like to put together a complete tsk.

[mwalt2]

Originally Posted by smiznith

a little help needed, i want to edit the .tsk files, but
1) when i do with themeGenCe i have UI problems
2) not sure where to change the .tsk files in the sys to match my custom one
3) what program works better to edit .tsk for 6.5 and 6.5.1?

thanks fam.. you all rock

Originally Posted by kbussen

+1 for this. I have asked in the past with no avail. I know that you can edit the wallpaper that gets installed with the .tsk by editing with Wince Cab manager but I would like to know how to change the menu colors.

Originally Posted by wmdunn

I too, would like to learn. I've gotten pretty good at post flash editing, and Tersoth helped me with photoshop graphic editing on some applications ... but would really like to put together a complete tsk.

It's all controlled in by the registry in the .tsk. I usually just edit classicblue.tsk from the SYS I'm upgrading to. Open the .tsk with WinCE cab manager and go to the registry portion. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Color. You will see ThemeColors and ThemeValues. ThemeColors tells if a color is on or off I think. I do not edit this. In ThemeValues, you see something like below:

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2D,5E,CF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

The bolded portion (2D,5E,CF towards the end) is the highlight color in Hexdecimal RGB Value. You can google converters fro RGB-Hex. That is the only thing I change in all of that, though I'm sure you can do more with it. If you want to just edit the classic blue.tsk, you can just search the sys for classic blue and edit all of the .png's. If you want to make your own theme, you can save them as a different file name and edit the new .tsk registry accordingly at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today. There are a lot of entries, so I just change the classic blue png's and save them.

More info and better explanation HERE.

Easy way to do it online HERE. This is for WM6.5 and I have not tried it for 6.5.1. It is also for wvga, so a few of the .pngs may need to be resized (mainly the background will get cut off because of the vertical size difference between vga and wvga).

Good luck

[KBZL]

Originally Posted by mwalt2

It's all controlled in by the registry in the .tsk. I usually just edit classicblue.tsk from the SYS I'm upgrading to. Open the .tsk with WinCE cab manager and go to the registry portion. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Color. You will see ThemeColors and ThemeValues. ThemeColors tells if a color is on or off I think. I do not edit this. In ThemeValues, you see something like below:

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2D,5E,CF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

The bolded portion (2D,5E,CF towards the end) is the highlight color in Hexdecimal RGB Value. You can google converters fro RGB-Hex. That is the only thing I change in all of that, though I'm sure you can do more with it. If you want to just edit the classic blue.tsk, you can just search the sys for classic blue and edit all of the .png's. If you want to make your own theme, you can save them as a different file name and edit the new .tsk registry accordingly at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today. There are a lot of entries, so I just change the classic blue png's and save them.

More info and better explanation HERE.

Easy way to do it online HERE. This is for WM6.5 and I have not tried it for 6.5.1. It is also for wvga, so a few of the .pngs may need to be resized (mainly the background will get cut off because of the vertical size difference between vga and wvga).

Good luck

Thanks. Wish I was at home to try this. Wmdunn, smiznith.... if you guys give this a try, tell me how it goes.

[mwalt2]

Originally Posted by kbussen

Thanks. Wish I was at home to try this. Wmdunn, smiznith.... if you guys give this a try, tell me how it goes.

You can mess with the online theme generator from microsoft (2nd link in my post). You just need to install silverlight.

[wmdunn]

Originally Posted by mwalt2

It's all controlled in by the registry in the .tsk. I usually just edit classicblue.tsk from the SYS I'm upgrading to. Open the .tsk with WinCE cab manager and go to the registry portion. Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Color. You will see ThemeColors and ThemeValues. ThemeColors tells if a color is on or off I think. I do not edit this. In ThemeValues, you see something like below:

00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,2D,5E,CF,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,FF,FF,FF,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00,00

The bolded portion (2D,5E,CF towards the end) is the highlight color in Hexdecimal RGB Value. You can google converters fro RGB-Hex. That is the only thing I change in all of that, though I'm sure you can do more with it. If you want to just edit the classic blue.tsk, you can just search the sys for classic blue and edit all of the .png's. If you want to make your own theme, you can save them as a different file name and edit the new .tsk registry accordingly at HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Today. There are a lot of entries, so I just change the classic blue png's and save them.

More info and better explanation HERE.

Easy way to do it online HERE. This is for WM6.5 and I have not tried it for 6.5.1. It is also for wvga, so a few of the .pngs may need to be resized (mainly the background will get cut off because of the vertical size difference between vga and wvga).

Good luck

Thank you so much.

Originally Posted by kbussen

Thanks. Wish I was at home to try this. Wmdunn, smiznith.... if you guys give this a try, tell me how it goes.

OK, I just waded in ... mwalt's instructions really helped. Looks like this is doable. Can't believe I waited this long to ask for help.

[KBZL]

Originally Posted by wmdunn

Thank you so much.



OK, I just waded in ... mwalt's instructions really helped. Looks like this is doable. Can't believe I waited this long to ask for help.

Keep me updated. Do something wacky and then post a screen shot. Lol

Have you made any yet and they worked like they were supposed too?

[wmdunn]

Originally Posted by kbussen

Keep me updated. Do something wacky and then post a screen shot. Lol

Have you made any yet and they worked like they were supposed too?

It's going to take a while to go from changing a tsk, to cooking, installing, to a screen shot. Each time I take a step, there is something else that needs to be done ...

note to self: patience, go slow, careful ...