For those looking to skin your dialer (TDial 1.1.0, 12-09-07)

[tiermann]

There's options to "save current settings" and "save settings on exit" in the file menu. Saving the current settings after you save a skin will give you the same settings you had the next time you start the app.

For next version though I'll add in an "open" feature. It'll work a little differently though since the program can't actually read a finished skin (it just reads the "style" format I came up with). It'll save a "Skin Name.skin" in the folder you run it from so you can load up all backgrounds and settings just like they were when you created it.

I'm glad you find it useful, and thanks in advance for any donations (It'll actually be my first)

Edit: Donation recieved Thank you so much.
I'm putting that towards getting a server I can log into more than 50% of the time, hehe.

PS: Welcome to PPCGeeks, too! Didn't realize this was your first post.

[rp3319]

=D>

Here's what I'm using. Nothing too fancy, but it's kind of funny. My wife's picture shows up in the middle of the windshield of the truck, so it looks like she's driving when she calls...

[daveedem]

Originally Posted by tiermann

There's options to "save current settings" and "save settings on exit" in the file menu. Saving the current settings after you save a skin will give you the same settings you had the next time you start the app.

For next version though I'll add in an "open" feature. It'll work a little differently though since the program can't actually read a finished skin (it just reads the "style" format I came up with). It'll save a "Skin Name.skin" in the folder you run it from so you can load up all backgrounds and settings just like they were when you created it.

I'm glad you find it useful, and thanks in advance for any donations (It'll actually be my first)

Edit: Donation recieved Thank you so much.
I'm putting that towards getting a server I can log into more than 50% of the time, hehe.

PS: Welcome to PPCGeeks, too! Didn't realize this was your first post.

Weird issue with the portrait skin. I made it in the designer without borders, and the screens look right in the designer, but when I end a call on the phone itself, I can see borders around the Call history, mute, hold, etc. buttons.

Any ideas?

Also --- what's the Down colors for?

P.S. - Yah first post -- figured it was time to come out instead of lurking. Hated my PPC6770 the way it was. I used to work for Sprint PCS and heard through the rumour mill there was a WM6 rev coming out for it and that Sprint and UTstarcom killed it in an effort to get you to buy a new device. I hate "the man" forcing you to buy something that can be updated. It's a MS product for chrissakes, MS updates everything else, why not my device. Microsoft really should be a called "MicroGottaApplyUpdatesoft". Starting searching around and found this site. Applied WM6 and starting playing around.

[tiermann]

rp3319: Looks good

Update: (b1.1.3)
-When a skin is saved from now on, it also saves a "Skin Name.skin" file in the same directory as TDialDesigner.exe. Using the new "Open Skin" item in the file menu you can load skins you've previously made. That will load settings back exactly like they were when it was created, including Gloss and Style as well as backgrounds.

Just remember, if the skin name you use has already been used before, the skin file will be overwritten. Always good to use a new name for each skin.

I actually got into my site to update it, so it has b1.1.3 as well.
Also, I'll be changing servers later tonight thanks to livewirevoodoo and I'll change the links in my sig.

[tiermann]

Website moved Links in my sig are now updated.

Thanks again, livewirevoodoo!


Figured it's time to update the screenshot too...

[livewirevoodoo]

Originally Posted by tiermann

Website moved Links in my sig are now updated.

Thanks again, livewirevoodoo!

Glad I can be of help. You've designed some slick applications that I find extremely useful, so anything I can do to support development benefits the community as a whole.

[tiermann]

I'll take a look at that. It might not be saving the backdrop right for the progress screen.

The down colors are for when you press a button. There's a separate image for each down button too . You can set them to a color a little brighter than the normal buttons to give the effect of lighting up or darker to make it look like a light goes out when pressed, etc.


Edit: Could you post a zipped copy of the ".skin" file too so I can have a look at the settings you used? It would help narrow down which combination gave you the borders in the final skin.

[tiermann]

Ok. I found it. The problem was that it wasn't using your color choice for the border when saving the progress screen (portrait only. landscape seemed fine in my test and in the code).
So..

Update: (b1.1.4)
-Fixed a bug where borders on the progress screen were incorrectly saved.

All you should have to do is unzip the new version (found in my signature) overtop of the old version (replace all). Open your .skin file and save it under a new name. The only file you'll need to copy to the pocketpc is "Progress_BkgdP.png".

[daveedem]

Ok.. that seems to have fixed that one. thanks.

How about changing the colour of the font on the progress screen? is that an option? Changing the colour on the main screen doesn't change it on the process screen.

Also, in the new version (i tried it all again just to see) it's still adding the statusbox with 100% shading even though I've set it to 0%. It creates the Dialer_BkgdP.png with a big grey box, even though it's previewing with no box.

Addition: It's also doing it on the progress window as well.....

Ideas?

Kudos on the save Skin - works great.

[tiermann]

That I can fix too I knew I must have missed a couple things when I changed the alpha blending around. Give me a few, sorry.