New Kitchen OEM Utility

[Maxx134]

I see if I use an empty folder, it actually generates a number for the rgu, dsm, and Xml, but I am guessing I should replace these UUID numbers with my own generated ones, correct?

I tried an existing old kitchen OEM and replaced the UUID numbers since the xml generated had a different "Guid type" number from the rgu & dsm...

No prob anyway this is a much needed help.
thnx vboyz103

[vboyz103]

Bump...this is a new version!!

http://img502.imageshack.us/my.php?i...versionui0.jpg

[colonel]

Outstanding....Looks great

On a side note and nothing that is too pressing at this time, how do you generate the UUIDs? I ask because most user created OEMs probably need to load towards the end of the process. Probably with UUIDs starting from D0...... to ff....... This can be addressed later if need be. Mostly I was just curious.

Keep up the great work.

[johnny2678]

WHOA! creating the initflash files too eh? That should make creating OEMs a snap.

When's are you releasing the goodness?

[vboyz103]

Thanks guys. I am working on the initflash part right now and should have a beta soon either today or tomorrow.

@colonel:

I'm using System.Guid.NewGuid().ToString() to generate the UUID, seems to be the same format as the "UUID Generator on the Web" site. Pardon me, but I don't know much about this whole UUID with ROM association. Let me know if I am doing this wrong.

Thanks.

[johnny2678]

colonel, couldn't you just drop the first 2 characters of the generated UID and replace it with something from D0 to FF (at random)?

[answerman]

This looks like a fantastic tool.

I need to find a "guinea pig" program to try this out with (all the ones I really want to add are nasty types, with Setup.dlls, etc.). I know it can be done, obviously, but I just haven't had the time to spend going through BigJ's walkthrough and creating an OEM correctly. Unfortunately, my phone can't afford to be out of action for more than a couple of hours at a time, so it will be a slow process...

[colonel]

Ok, here is where the UUID becomes important. Say you are creating a OEM that has a reg that needs to overwrite a previous reg in the rom somewhere. Here is a very basic example:

Normally by default, the Today plugins are enabled in this fashion

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\TODAY\ITEMS\"TASKS"]
  "Enabled"=dword:1

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\TODAY\ITEMS\POCKET MSN]
  "Enabled"=dword:1

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\TODAY\ITEMS\"Messaging"]
  "Enabled"=dword:1

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\TODAY\ITEMS\"Wireless"]
  "Enabled"=dword:1

Yes there are other entries, but you get the point. I hope

Now, this is usually in a rgu somewhere else in the rom/kitchen. Instead of spending a bunch of time trying to track it down and change it, it is easier to have an rgu that loads last that "gets the final say" as to what is written to the reg. So, lets say that the rgu that contains the above has a UUID like this: 6a99efc8-b94d-11db-8314-0800200c9a66.

Now, lets say that you want to disable the above plugins. So you create an rgu with this:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\TODAY\ITEMS\"TASKS"]
  "Enabled"=dword:0

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\TODAY\ITEMS\POCKET MSN]
  "Enabled"=dword:0

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\TODAY\ITEMS\"Messaging"]
  "Enabled"=dword:0

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MICROSOFT\TODAY\ITEMS\"Wireless"]
  "Enabled"=dword:0

Now, you also need to make sure that your rgu loads after the others. So, I usually suggest replacing the first couple digits in the UUID with ff. So, it would be ff99efc8-b94d-11db-8314-0800200c9a66


Anyway, yes this can be manually done, but you have to change the dsm, rgu, and xml to match. How abotu this as an idea.....Perhaps the proposed UUID is displayed in the app as well and the user can edit it before the files are created. Just an idea.

[vboyz103]

Ah, so order of the RGU does matter. So how bout when I generate the UUID, i just replace the first two with either dd or ff. But question is would that create duplicates, I know GUID should be unique but since we are modifying manually, I'm afraid it will conflict with existing RGU.

[colonel]

Is there just a way to display the generated UUID at the top in an editable box. Then the user could edit it manually.