Custom Taskbar

[reigndropz]

Originally Posted by mrtamerr

hey tsowen ur new tf3d icon look great i was wondering if ur going to make them to fit the tf3d 2 as well....that would be great....thanks in advance...and will it be a cab file.....where do i find the htc logo so i can use it as my start menu icon

You can grab it here. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showpost.p...02&postcount=5

[gadgetfreak]

Originally Posted by Trident

[color=#aad7ff]
Not trying to be a jerk, but the double-negatives are giving me a headache.
Is this for SYS bases under or over 21000?
I'm using MR4.7 and I've been reading that even though it is a 20xxx build, it reacts fine to (some) mods made for 21xxx builds.

From everything I've been told, a sys of 21000 or up was needed, but, depending on what's actually in the rom, I've seen some folks over at XDA report that they have the gwes from a 21000 build or higher and that allows them to use a lot of the new bells and whistles with out flashing a new rom. I don't even pretend to understand how they are doing that, but I have seen it mentioned. And sorry about the double negatives. I was writing htat with my son in my lap and the cat walking back in forth in front of my monitor. I'm kind of surprised it was even readable...

[angel4b]

Originally Posted by Trident

[color=#aad7ff]
Not trying to be a jerk, but the double-negatives are giving me a headache.
Is this for SYS bases under or over 21000?
I'm using MR4.7 and I've been reading that even though it is a 20xxx build, it reacts fine to (some) mods made for 21xxx builds.

The notification enhancements are for 21xxx builds. If your build is less than that, ymmv, but its very likely that you will not be happy.

[kjhadfield]

1st thank you nelly for pointin out PEexplorer (easier to understand, more so than reshacker)
2nd thanks gadget for the qvga version of TB6 elite (havent installed on phone but i was goin threw the dll's of what i like)

Gadget,
inside your dll the start icon is 41*41 and all other icons are 32*32, is this right? (i mean i have no clue whats right, thats why i ask. all i know is i read post 1 qvga (start icon is 21*18 (21*21))

helpful person (who wants thanks) oh and (doesnt say search, cuz believe me i been),
so i been readin an RE-reading every post w/ instructions and i have to say its mostly 4 VGA. i mean to say there isnt much on QVGA. i understand they have the same process (pretty much) but as far as editing goes, i'm still a little lost. i did do 1 dll (not sure how it turned out, yet) its the tapres dll. 1st i unsign, 2nd i open in PEexplorer, then i have sum questions 4 you 1)do i only edit/replace the files in IconEntry? or do i have 2 do stuff w/ bitmap, or group icon, or string? 2) what size for icons (qvga)? is it the same as start icon 4 qvga, 21*21(21*18 )? 3) does the # of the icons in icon entry matter? cuz 1 dll (like the TB6elite phcan) has more #icons than original phcan? 4 ex. i like the battery and want to keep all other icons original, so i would want 2 save all the new battery icons and then open up the original dll and replace them w/ the old, but there is more icons for the new battery than original so what i do then? i think i have more questions but my head hurts so thats it 4 now and i hope i'm understandable cuz yea i dunno.

thanks 4 any help

p.s. to all the creators (2 many 2 name, u know who you are): i think every1 should try 2 edit dll's (at least 1 time), and then and only then will they (me) understand the hard work you go threw and the time it takes. i understand now and apreciate it. i will figure this out and when i do i share.

[Alex42590]

ok i figured why my wifi icon doesnt work its because im changing my start icon to the htc icon.... as for the other problem about my large title bar looking distorted i did a clean reset on the rom then loaded the mighty version of the taskbar now the large title bar looks ok the only prob is it is stock,,, not a biggie i like it better this way then it being distorted... anyway can someone plz make me a shellres.192.dll.0409.mui with all the files from tsowens new taskbar but with an htc logo as the start icon instead??, that way i can have the htc logo as the start w/o losing the other icons, thanks in advance and good job guys on the taskbar i love it!!!!

[fabtan]

Originally Posted by gadgetfreak

Fabtan,

Here ya go! Sorry it took so long. Had some family stuff come up.

Hi Gadget & Tsowen,

sorry to bother you again. i tried installing the new elite of tsowen but encounter the same problem with the Largetitlebar as previous when i did it with you. then i tried to uninstalled it but encountered some problem with uninstalling it. finally, a quick way was i restore back system using sprite ( backup copy of yesterday) - not knowing that sprite will not restore back the dll file i guess.

now somehow, my HTC start icon is lose. i tried to drop the shellres into windows that you have provided to me before. but don't work anymore unlike before so simple. I think i've probably mess up the shellres.192.dll and shell.192.dll.0409.mui.

in summary,
> back to taskbar5v1.7 ( maybe hybrid now - becoz the signal icon is like elite, start icon is elite, startmenu service is elite
> largetitlebar is still stock
> i'm attaching shellres.192.dll and shell.192.dll.0409.mui for your reference


Pls help and advise what is needed to be done?


fab

[gadgetfreak]

Okay, for everyone that has been posting questions, while we are happy to help fix all of the issues, concerns, etc, I'd like to layout a couple of ground rules:

1. Please don't keep posting the same question over and over again if you don't get a reply immediately. This kind of thing leads to Coz coming through with a meat cleaver to archieve and delete posts..
2. Please be aware of the time zone factor. A lot of folks were wanting answers last night, but were asking at 3:30 in the morning Texas time, where both myself and Tsowen live. Your not likely to get an answer from us at that hour.
3. Requests to change this or add that, or I don't like this, why did you change that are good as far as helping us refine what choices we make in the design process but there are 2 things to consider:
   • This takes time. We just got done with the task bar. Tsowen made the choices he wanted for each icon or series of icons. We just don't have the time in our lives to go in and make all of these individual changes for everyone that want's them on such a large project.
   • Scale: When you change out all the icons in the taskbar like this, there is not a batch process or a quick and easy way to do it. It's one at a time, in several separate dll files. For example, a battery swap involves changing 102 images in the dll, and that doesn't include making hte changes in the HTCLTB as well so they match.
   • Learning: We all learned to do this on our own, while we don't mind answering questions, (Not at all!!!) it would be far more productive if you want to change the battery or whatever, that you carefully read the first page, and the post over at XDA (first 5, I believe) and experiment on your own. You learn how to do something that is really neat and you can persoalize your phone the exact way you want it, not how me or Tsowen or Nellyo4 envision it. So to be blunt, don't be lazy and let us do all the work, jump in and try it yourself! It's not hard, just time consuming...
4. Please understand that for next several days we are going to be focusing on trouble shooting. For me personally the HTCLTB is going to be a big issue, as well as the QVGA bugs. To help us out, so we can help you faster, please do the following:
   • State type of phone and screen resolution
   • If you are running a custom ROM and which one it is
   • State if you are running any other programs (like wktask or Quick Menu) that make changes to the taskbar
   • If possible a screenshot of the problem

I'm sorry to lay this on so heavy, but as we've stated time and again, we are doing this for fun and to pass these on to a community we enjoy being a part of, but we are not developers, we don't get paid for this and we do have other things going on in our lives that cut into our time here. So please be patient with us and we will help you out. Thanks!

[gadgetfreak]

Originally Posted by kjhadfield

1st thank you nelly for pointin out PEexplorer (easier to understand, more so than reshacker)
2nd thanks gadget for the qvga version of TB6 elite (havent installed on phone but i was goin threw the dll's of what i like)

Gadget,
inside your dll the start icon is 41*41 and all other icons are 32*32, is this right? (i mean i have no clue whats right, thats why i ask. all i know is i read post 1 qvga (start icon is 21*18 (21*21))

helpful person (who wants thanks) oh and (doesnt say search, cuz believe me i been),
so i been readin an RE-reading every post w/ instructions and i have to say its mostly 4 VGA. i mean to say there isnt much on QVGA. i understand they have the same process (pretty much) but as far as editing goes, i'm still a little lost. i did do 1 dll (not sure how it turned out, yet) its the tapres dll. 1st i unsign, 2nd i open in PEexplorer, then i have sum questions 4 you 1)do i only edit/replace the files in IconEntry? or do i have 2 do stuff w/ bitmap, or group icon, or string? 2) what size for icons (qvga)? is it the same as start icon 4 qvga, 21*21(21*18 )? 3) does the # of the icons in icon entry matter? cuz 1 dll (like the TB6elite phcan) has more #icons than original phcan? 4 ex. i like the battery and want to keep all other icons original, so i would want 2 save all the new battery icons and then open up the original dll and replace them w/ the old, but there is more icons for the new battery than original so what i do then? i think i have more questions but my head hurts so thats it 4 now and i hope i'm understandable cuz yea i dunno.

thanks 4 any help

p.s. to all the creators (2 many 2 name, u know who you are): i think every1 should try 2 edit dll's (at least 1 time), and then and only then will they (me) understand the hard work you go threw and the time it takes. i understand now and apreciate it. i will figure this out and when i do i share.

KJ,

The process is is virtually identical to VGA, but what matters is how detailed the icons are. High detail icons that look great on a VGA machine look awful on hours. When I get sometime this afternoon, I'll work with you so you can understand the process. Thanks!

[tsowen]

Gadgetfreak you make my job so easy bro and thanks in advance! With that being said everyone please refer to post #584 I could not have said anything better myself and I agree with Gadgetfreak 100% We will get there and the end result will be happiness for everyone just like all my releases. Give us some time like I said I was not ready to release but with all the are they done yet post I went ahead and did so, so this is the end result just like the xboxmod Rhodium release, he was not ready but to please everyone he released and now they are a lot of bugs that he is aware of yet he gets 20 different people telling him the same bug he already knows he has to fix.

[tsowen]

Okay I got the message about the battery and yes everyone wants the original battery I showed in the picture, Give me a little bit to work it out. I have gadgetfreak and sunnyin86 who are my battery guys so let me see what "we" can do to fix that. For the next release I will go back to the speaker in taskbar 5 as I do prefer it a little better as well.