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

[tiermann]

New Button Style: (HTCHomeDigits)
Matches the default clock digits for HTC Home plugin.
Just unzip to your Styles folder. I'll include it in the next version.

[Trident]

Originally Posted by tiermann

Update: (b1.1.1)
-Fixed bug where changing style wouldn't update the preview images.
-Added option under "Options->Background" to revert to the default background for the current style.

Site is updated now too with b1.1.1

Thank you!
You "Da Man".

[tiermann]

Update: (b1.1.2)
-The new button styles actually use the digit color and alpha settings now It's more like a tint for them. Setting the digit color to white will give you the default colors of the images.
-You can now change the color of the status box and smartdial box. I rearranged a bit to make room for them on the far right. The colors also save in your ini file.
-Added the HTCHomeDigits style.
-Changed the indialer_ps and _ls images back to RGB instead of indexed. Now all images in styles are RGB. I use color matrices now so I don't need to read the palette anymore.
-Fixed a bug where clicking "Show/Hide SmarDial" wouldn't update the preview images in landscape mode.

Make sure you unzip everything, not just the exe. The change to alpha blending requires the changes I made to the indialer images in each style.

So what this means for any button style makers out there is, all images are RGB and need an alpha channel to work with the new transparency technique. With the new tinting feature, the effect will be seen best with white digits.

[daveedem]

Tiermann,

This is probably one of the easiest programs I've found to use to manipulate my PPC6700.

Maybe I'm missing it, but it would be great if there was a way you could pull in the skin you just created. I'm playing around with different images, and each time (I think) I have to reload and redo all the settings I've chosen.

I always keep a copy of the folder of the skin I create, so could you program in an "open" button that would allow you to open a previous skin you've created?

just an idea.

Keep up the great work. donation forthcoming.

Daveede

[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...

[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.

[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.