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Small tools for WM5

Two small tools I made for WM5:
NewTray adds a menu with all "New" entries (like the New menu in PPC2000 to WM2003SE) to the system tray. The icon's a small yellow star...
(Sadly, not all entries work fine on all devices, since WM5 has no native New menu, nobody seems to check them. For example, new message doesn't work on P525...)
RemapSoftkeys allows to modify the softkey allocation on the Today screen. It only modifies registry entries, so you don't need to keep it installed after you set your new values...
Both ZIP files contain the PPC executeable, i.e. you have to copy the contained file to the PPC and execute it there. For NewTray, it'd be usefull to create a shortcut in the startup folder. To do this, run the file explorer on your PPC, tap&hold on NewTray.exe, select Copy, then go to \Windows\Startup (or localized name, e.g. \Windows\Autostart for German Windows), right softkey, Edit > Paste shortcut.
I plan to show the menu if NewTray.exe is executed again, so you could open the menu with a softkey, currently this is not possible.

Thanks for the apps.. but to burst your bubble, there are already some software that do what yours are doing.
The popular one, a must have for me, is the WM5NewMenu
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=255580&highlight=
And as for the soft key customization, there are a few around
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=260171&highlight=
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279544&highlight=

hanmin said:
Thanks for the apps.. but to burst your bubble, there are already some software that do what yours are doing.
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Well, almost...
The popular one, a must have for me, is the WM5NewMenu
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=255580&highlight=
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I know that, but it's got a quite different approach. It has its own menu, while I read everything from the registry.
This means, that WM5NewMenu has some better features, like sending SMS to given users, but on the other hand requires more memory, isn't international (labels like "Appointment" are read from the registry, too), and (afaik) doesn't realize new/modified "New" entries (e.g. TextMaker or PocketInformant).
Its a matter of taste and needs what you prefer. Some people wished for s.th. like that in another board, and it was only about half an hour to write it, so here it is...
And as for the soft key customization, there are a few around
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=260171&highlight=
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=279544&highlight=
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OK, didn't know of that one. I just read some queries about how to modify the softkeys in the Today screen, and most of the times the answer was either WM5NewMenu or AE buttons. Since it's not too hard to modify a couple of registry entries, I wrote this small tool...

Thanks Mort. Haven't seen you for a while...
Best regards always.
V

Thanks MORT...

Left/Right Key mapping

I need to map keyboard buttons to reflect Left & Right soft keys so that while on keyboard mode, I press a button for SMS send or new.
It is quite annoying to pull the stylus to click "Send"!

here and/or here is discussion. the solution has not been found till this time.
this was posted by dinfinity
I've been trying to remap my Back (keycode: 0x405C --> 16476) and Home (keycode: 0x00ED --> 237) buttons as well and besides the remappings not working in Manila, mapping the Back button to OK/Close with AEB resulted in double OK presses every time I used the button, which is obviously not what I want.
I've been scouring the registry and I haven't done any fiddling with trying out different settings yet, but there's a set of registry key folders (on my Touch Pro):
HKCU\ControlPanel\Keybd\ChangeBackVKeyCode
This one contains a reference to Opera (Opera_MainWndClass, DWORD 8 == Backspace) and one to Youtube (HTCYOUTUBE, DWORD 27 == Escape from the top of my head).
It's obviously possible to create an extensive list of window classes for which the keycode could be remapped, but it would be easier if wildcards of some kind would be supported. Alternatively, the application that looks at this registry entry could be hacked, but I'm not too sure about how easy that would be
HKCU\ControlPanel\Keybd\ChangeHomeByPostMessage
This one contains one key: Manila (DWORD = 102037). This is clearly responsible for sending a message with value 102037 when the window "Manila" is active (which effectively makes it return to the home tab of Manila).
If I achieve any results, I'll edit this post.
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Done some fiddling:
Unsurprisingly, the registry keys are read by keypad.dll. It does not seem to support any other buttons and this version is specific to the Raphael, so it seems from this line in the dll:
"c:\wm612_19965\platform\raphael\drivers\keybd\dev ice\raphael_evt\util.cpp"
I'm not sure whether the Diamond keypad.dll contains similar references to the mentioned registry keys (anyone check this?)
Some other interesting registry keys (I haven't fiddled with these yet) I found:
SOFTWARE\HTC\ezsip
SOFTWARE\HTC\My5\CustomizedKey
Anyway, based on the window class, the back key can be successfully remapped. I remapped it, specifically for ActiveSync (damn window is open all the time, might as well serve some good!), to 0x85 (Decimal: 133) which is F22 (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb431750.aspx). Using FdcSoft TaskMgr it is pretty straightforward to determine window classes.
AEB Plus on the Kaiser gave me 0x4073 as the keycode for the hardware OK button, which should be mappable, but I haven't tried this yet.
Alas, my fiddling time for today is spent, but I'll try some more tomorrow.
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Still did some more. While crossposting in the Raphael Forum, I had a stop-think-and-google-moment and found this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa923831.aspx
Perhaps the NULL and HWND_BROADCAST can be abused in the remapping of the home button...
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Problem with Autocompletion in To: Field

Hello,
Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this problem. Searched but not able to find posts on it.
On my Hermes when typing a contact name in the To: field either in an email or SMS it would match up what you entered to the contacts in the address book. Great function.
On my Touch Pro it seems to work in a similar fashion until you type Space. When you type space it automatically fills the To: Field with what was showing up as the match at the time. e.g. When looking for "Jo Bloggs" - Typing in "Jo" would bring up Joe Smith and if I hit space it'll automatically fill in the field with Joe Smith's details.
I've switch off all of the autocompletion stuff in the options and taken of the T9 stuff.
Any help would be much appreciated.
W
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Edit - You can switch on the T9 in the recipient field independently to main body of SMS/Email. Solves the problem but doesn't quite work the same as how it did in WM6 Pro and WM5.
Anyway - this is a minor issue but would like to hear if anyone else has experienced this.
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Edit - erghhh... now the T9 is kicking and suggesting words instead of names, which is what it's supposed to do, but doesn't help with filling in the Recipient field. Will carry on fiddling.

Hey,
This is exactly the problem I've been having. I list my contacts in groups (for example, people from my uni have UU in front of their names so I have a quick clear overview of everyone) but now whenever I type "UU" followed by a space it autocompletes it to the first person. Ive tried turning off all the options but no luck. This worked so well when I had the Tytn (or Mda vario II). Help would sure be appreciated! Thanks!

Possible Help
Not sure if this is a huge help, but I've get a lot of Jeff's in my contacts for work. I just type in Jeff and 1 name is shown at the bottom, but if I stop and don't hit space (which is goofy in my opinion) I can press the left or right arrow and it toggles between the Jeff's that are in my list, then press the great space key option and that person is populated.
Not sure if that helps, especially if you are clicking through 50 in that manner, but it works for my smaller lists.

Can definately flick through the contacts as described but previously on my Hermes I was able to type in a First, Surname or full name and it would match exactly the contact that I wanted. Very nifty - so it's annoying that it doesn't work quite the same in WM6.1
Currently, I'm typing the name, then hitting delete allows me to continue when I hit space... not quite the same but is a compromise at the moment.
Good to know that it's not peculiar to my device.

Registry REG DWORD DATA Question

Hi all,
I am learning how to back up my registry settings (using SASHIMI - thanks bengalih), and I have a few quick questions that I suppose can be posted in one of many post regarding SASHIMI, but I decided to ask a question here because it is not srictly connected to SASHIMI, and more people can find this info usefull.
The background problem:
I am trying to back up my favorite Contactx Order in favpeople Manila tab. I found th place in the registy where the data is stored:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\People\FavoriteOrder]
There, for one of the people the data stored is:
"0"=dword:8000003E
(in HEXadecimal , or 2147483710 in Decimal values).
I have checked if the same reg value is always added to the same person (last call person in registry - for example) , and the answer is positive.
The Questions:
- is it possible to find out what is the connection between persons and assigned numbers (other then to change the settings, and then look in the registry for assigned DATA value to specific registry key)?
- I took the favpeople as an example, but the different types of Reg Keys has for DATA values (Programs, different settings...) - What about them?
and even more important:
- will the same numbers be assigned to the same people after:
- Performing hard reset (I assume they will be)
- Changing the ROM (again - I assume they will be)
- on the other WM device (I know that there are small differences in registry settings among diff. devices, but once that person find out that different registry location - can he use the data backed up from previous device or must he start drilling trough registry settings from start)?
Thank you in advance for the answer,
Cheers,
Nenad
p.s. - some programs use reasonable words and terms for registry DATA value, and that puts the smile on my face as everything is transparent and clear. Others, unforunately, adds this "crypted" data and I get frustrated when I want to insulate data that should be stored as the back up...

Hi,
am I asking in a wrong forum
I did a hard reset, and the favorite people I restored (by SASHIMI) are messed up. Wrong people, wrong order...
Am I missing something?
The tab order, program shortcuts and lot of other stuff came up OK, though
Is it posible that DWORD is randomly dedicated with new (hard) reset?
For example:
I make a back up of the registry with certain DWORD dedicatred to certain people (the ones I put in my fav people tab), and then if I add/ remove people from my contact list, the sequence is disorderd, and the back up performed after hard reset puts wrong people in the fav people tab?
Thanks for eventual answer,
Cheers,
p.s. - is there any link where I could get some BASIC info about mentuioned stuff (dword etc) - the search is useless, as every third post uses these key words...

[Q] [IDEA] Am I the only one having the idea of this app?

Well, now that you have opened this thread, please have a look at what I want to say.
I am new to HTC Sensation and I have tried some apps which claim to add words from text file to Custom Dictionary. But there are some devices on which it does not work, and, unfortunately this does not work on Sensation either. So, I am having idea of an app which does the task in a new way:
All it should do is to 'read' words one by one from our given text file and then 'type' it in a text editor like New Message. But before it presses 'space', it should touch the first suggestion given above the keyboard. First suggestion is always the word that we originally type, no matter whether it is in dictionary or not. Touching it will add the word to dictionary. I believe that this is easier to apply as this is a manual method and does not require editing database file.
Second method (a bit more technical):
Open given text in a text editor like New Message or New Gmail email (gmail, because it also underlines words which are not in dictionary and supports big number of words). Then touch every word one by one. If a pop-up menu appears on a word then it must select the 'second-last' option. This is 'add to dictionary' button.
I am not a developer, if I were, I would have made this app myself. So I can only give theory.
If this can be applied, it can be useful for many users who use transliteration method to type in their languages.