Cook your own Custom Touch ROM

[denasqu]

Originally Posted by rstoyguy

Pocket Informant and Calligrapher are .exe from your desktop? They can be included, but you need to intercept the .cab file on your desktop or on your device...When you install them, wait until your device prompts you to install to memory or storage card. Then search your device w/total commander and copy the .cab file to say \my documents...

"SD Customizations" are for those folks that use a custom rom. This lets you install programs via .cab that you use.

I got all the CAB files intercepted and they all work!
It was a lot easier than I thought. Each CAB is copied temporarily to \Windows\AppMgr\Install on the device during the EXE install.

Makes it a breeze to re-install from an SD Card! Just got to re-enter all the registration codes. Maybe THAT is a job for a backup program.

Don't see much point in turning all the purchased programs into OEM's though. The only one I've got to work on is VisualGPS.

[rstoyguy]

Originally Posted by denasqu

I got all the CAB files intercepted and they all work!
It was a lot easier than I thought. Each CAB is copied temporarily to \Windows\AppMgr\Install on the device during the EXE install.

Makes it a breeze to re-install from an SD Card! Just got to re-enter all the registration codes. Maybe THAT is a job for a backup program.

Don't see much point in turning all the purchased programs into OEM's though. The only one I've got to work on is VisualGPS.

Most of the programs I use in my personal rom are shareware. While I have purchased all of them, I rarely put in my registration codes simply because I flash too often!

[denasqu]

Hey OMJ,

I'm slicing up your 3.09 Custom and it's generally going pretty well.

I'd like to replace the % battery indicator with the TaskManager/QuickMenu in the title bar but can't figure out how you put it there. I know the % battery is part of QuickMenu and I found QuickMenu in the SYS folder but I'm thinking these changes are best accomplished with Registry changes.. but where?

I'll keep looking and update if I find the Reg entries before you reply.

Thanks!


UPDATE: Found them! Man I like that ceRegEditor!

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\AlenSoft\QuickMenu\Disp lay]
"BatteryMode"=dword:00000000

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\TaskManager]
"EnableTodayX"=dword:00000001
"Enable"=dword:00000001
"DropDown"=dword:00000000
"EnableTapAndHold"=dword:00000001

[rstoyguy]

Thanks, I was exercising patience on my part... Search is wonderful! Looks like you might have the makings of a top chef soon.

[denasqu]

Originally Posted by rstoyguy

Thanks, I was exercising patience on my part... Search is wonderful! Looks like you might have the makings of a top chef soon.

Thanks man.. although it's probably a bit early for me to start asking for donations!

I'm still bumbling around a lot. But I'm figuring it out.

I got my volume slider working again but my regedits for the TaskManager didn't take. They are right but I think OMJ may have something else replacing them. I never found where he was setting up QuickMenu but I bet the damn problem is there.

I really need to focus on the initfiles stuff now. I get the general idea but I haven't got a handle yet on the particulars and I"m getting tired of installing programs without shortcuts or groups! LOL I made VisualGPS OEM but I have to launch it from Resco Explorer until if figure these intifiles out.

[denasqu]

Well I figured out how to remove Quickmenu's % battery indicator from the title bar and enable the Task Manager there.
I deleted it from SYS and added the OEM.

Still would like to know where the settings were being made. DSM file?

[guitardoc64]

I'm working with it mainly because my PPC kitchen is not working right. It takes me back to the old AKU 3.5 days of last summer when I was flashing my 6700 3-4 times a week.
Haven't got a final build that I'm totally happy with yet but look for guitardoc64 ROMs in the near future.

[rstoyguy]

Originally Posted by denasqu

Well I figured out how to remove Quickmenu's % battery indicator from the title bar and enable the Task Manager there.
I deleted it from SYS and added the OEM.

Still would like to know where the settings were being made. DSM file?

In a RGU file. omj hides some of his tricks... Na, but the best way is to do what you did, delete from \sys and add to \oem... Once you set up qm on your device, export the key to get the same settings all the time!

[OMJ]

Originally Posted by denasqu

Well I figured out how to remove Quickmenu's % battery indicator from the title bar and enable the Task Manager there.
I deleted it from SYS and added the OEM.

Still would like to know where the settings were being made. DSM file?

man...thank gawd Rstoyguy is on here 24/7.....everytime I go to respond, I get dragged away @ work....so here are the QM regedits I use.....and I put my tweaks in mxipupdate_oemoperators_105.provxml (on my bell based rom)

      <characteristic type="HKCU\Software\AlenSoft\QuickMenu\Display" translation="filesystem">
         <parm name="BatteryMode" datatype="integer" value="2"/>
         <parm name="BkgndCacheMode" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="BkgroundImage" datatype="string" value=""/>
         <parm name="BkgroundMode" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="SelectionAlpha" datatype="integer" value="153"/>
         <parm name="ShowAppIcon" datatype="integer" value="0"/>
         <parm name="ShowTaskClose" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="TextColorOnImage" datatype="integer" value="14745568"/>
         <parm name="WindowLeft" datatype="integer" value="96"/>
      </characteristic>
      <characteristic type="HKCU\Software\AlenSoft\QuickMenu\General" translation="filesystem">
         <parm name="AutoEndSyncTask" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="AutoStart" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="CacheImageIndex" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="EnableXButton" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="LongPressAppIconFunc" datatype="integer" value="1017"/>
         <parm name="OkKeyEndTask" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="RegisterHomeKey" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="ReplaceStartMenu" datatype="integer" value="0"/>
         <parm name="RightArrowEndTask" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
         <parm name="TEditWhenEditing" datatype="integer" value="1"/>
      </characteristic>

[denasqu]

Originally Posted by Old_Man_Jenkins

man...thank gawd Rstoyguy is on here 24/7.....everytime I go to respond, I get dragged away @ work....so here are the QM regedits I use.....and I put my tweaks in mxipupdate_oemoperators_105.provxml (on my bell based rom)

Thanks man! I took the week off of work so I could learn to cook! Actually I took the week off to get a bunch of other stuff done but I've wound up cooking ROMs.

Ahhhh.. provxml... haven't gotten to that topic yet. I've been trying to see what I can do with the DSM files.... and it doesn't look like much. I even opened one up in hex editor and I got scared. LOL
Today I will research what can be done with provxml and option.xml.

Another quick question... obviously the provxml regedits were overwriting my personal RGU edits. So what's the priorty? What order do these things get processed in?