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Shortcuts on Keyboard (like PQZ)?

Is it possible to assign shortcuts to the keyboards e.g. to start programs? On my Universal I'm using the program PQZ to realize that. Does it work on the Rapahael too?
Jogi

Jogi said:
Is it possible to assign shortcuts to the keyboards e.g. to start programs? On my Universal I'm using the program PQZ to realize that. Does it work on the Rapahael too?
Jogi
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I guess PQz should work on the raphael too.....can you check if it does?
http://nicque.com/PQz
-S

I don't have a Raphael yet. Can someone else try it, please?
Regards,
Jogi

It already has shortcuts like sms/email/comm manager/internet etc... and when in email or text you have foward/reply etc shortcuts.
hope that helps

What I mean is to define shortcuts of your own (e.g. a combination of keys like Ctrl+e to launch excel). That's (and other things) is possible with PQZ.
Jogi

Jogi said:
What I mean is to define shortcuts of your own (e.g. a combination of keys like Ctrl+e to launch excel). That's (and other things) is possible with PQZ.
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I too am in the same situation! I'm still waiting for the raphael to launch here locally.
I used PQz extensively on my universal and am really waiting to hear if it works good on the raphael too...
cheers,
San

I have just tried installin the WM6 version and it crashed and reset itself. Looks like you might have to wait for an updated version guys

PQzII also crashes on mine. However AEKMap works fine to set up CTRL+something for launching (http://ae.inc.ru/aekmap.php). The configuration is a bit complicated, you need to set up a keyboard map file and for instance add
Exec 0002 "\Program Files\WebIS\PocketInformant\PocketInformant.exe"
Key 0233 e0002 ; Execute PocketInformant by pressing Ctrl+3
All the keycodes follow a simple scheme, i.e.
A=0041
CTRL+A=0241
B=0042
CTRL+B=0242
and so on... with a few exceptions for letters J-O which are
004A-004F
before continuing with P=0050
What I haven't found out yet though is how to start links (not .exe) or pass command line options: for instance the link
69#"\Program Files\WebIS\PocketInformant\PocketInformant.exe" tasks -new
should start PocketInformant with the new task dialogue (would love to have that on CTRL+T). Simply putting
Exec 0002 "\Program Files\WebIS\PocketInformant\PocketInformant.exe tasks -new"
does NOT do the job for me.

I installed the Kaiser version (0.0.8e) and so far it appears to be running fine. Can't seem to get it to point to any location besides the storage card, however.

Please let me know if you have any trouble on your Raphael.
Hi all,
I'm an author of PQzII and just got my Raphael.
So, please let me know if you have trouble on Raphael.
I would be happey to hear your voices.
regards,
tom

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Hi all,
I'm an author of PQzII and just got my Raphael.
So, please let me know if you have trouble on Raphael.
I would be happey to hear your voices.
regards,
tom
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Hi Tom,
great program! Firstly, which version should we use? I followed fhsieh and installed the Kaiser version... It works mostly fine. However it crashes when I try to activate the PQzII task through the Touch Flow 3D task manager. The volume keys don't work like before: if you push them once, the volume dialogue pops up, but then you can't use them to change the volume (once you push them again the dialogue disappears)...
Cheers Dan

Tom,
Is there any way to specify a transparency color for the icon bitmap file? The icon overlay shows up on top of most windows. I would like the icon to be transparent unless PQzII is either in CTRL or ALT mode.
Also, have you been able to map the CTRL or ALT modes to the TXT or envelope keys without Pocket Outlook launching. Mapping the SYM key (0xE6) appears to trigger the CTRL or ALT modes without launching the built-in symbol application.
Thanks.
Tan

SNES emulation on Topaz.

Hi. I have recently spent some time trying to run SNES emulation on my Topaz and would like to share the results with you. I was using Topaz ESSentiaL v1.8.1 ROM (thanks to !aman!), meaning Windows 6.1.
First of all there is a number of definite/ultimate/absolute guides to running SNES emulation on WinMo phones on this forums and even on wiki. Unfortunately most of those threads date back to 2005 and refer to devices I have never really used. Obviously no information / testing for Topaz, short of any HTC devices was available.
I have tried two versions and multiple clones of PocketSnes. All of them require you to install additional libraries to be able to open roms. Even with that however I wasn't able to successfully run any rom. The closest one to working was SnesGo published here on xda-devs ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=518027 ), but even this would only successfully load rom, but than pause it every frame. When you click the screen to unpause the rom you can see it is actually running, but thats it.
I have also tried PocketNester and PocketNester Advanced. They managed to load some roms (albeit in some .nes format not the common .snc format). The display however was very small and flashing all the time. On game pause it would stretch to full screen. Admirably it was also able to emulate sound, though not to much use.
Finally, the only emulator that I managed to successfully run was MorphGear. I used the virtual pad created for Blackstone by Dredd67 ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=489147 - note that also the configuration he suggests for Touch HD worked well on my Topaz). It is a must, as the original MorphGear pad is too small to use. There is a nice split of 50% screen being used by vpad the other 50% by the emulated rom.
Note that also the pseudo multitouch functionality works on Topaz. It is hard to use (screen on Topaz is smaller and with higher res than Blackstone), but maybe it is possible to get used to it. Most of the time however you won't need to use it, as unlike Blackstone we have hardware keys to use. Unfortunately out of those I was only able to bind 'back' key. One hardware keys is however more than enough for the sort of roms I am interested in (say as a dash key you hold while moving). It also seemed to accept binding to green phone key, but it didn't work once the rom was loaded. Finally, even though hard to use, I was also able to bind volume up & down. Unfortunately - volume up is bound with the same code as 'back' key so all in all I was able to get two, distinguishable and working binds.
Important: Before trying to bind keys make sure to switch to default keyboard, not HTC one, or the bindings won't work
Sound doesn't seem to work, which is a pity, but doesn't prevent you from playing the roms. All other features, such as state save/load, display configuration, etc seem to work perfectly.
Now I am mostly interested in jrpg roms such as Final Fantasy series, and I have tested it mostly on similar titles. I was able to successfully run Legend of Zelda III, Lufia 2, Final Fantasy Mystic Quest and to my greatest Joy - Chrono Trigger.
The bad news is, that the classic Final Fantasy titles do not work. The roms load and play intro properly, but do not respond to any key presses, neither from vpad nor from hardware keys. Some other titles, like Seiken Densetsu 3 don't work at all.
Summarizing - the only emulation that works well on Topaz seems to be MorphGear. You don't get the sound and not all titles are playable, but there is a nice range of ones that do work perfectly. Hope this short blog-like post saves few hours of searching the net for some of you.

Hmm.. i am looking for a snes emulator on topaz too, but is it possible to get the multitouch working? What do i have to do for it? How can i install this things to play roms Much thanks...

I've got a few emulators running on the Diamond 2 but they are all a bit pointless without hard keys - the touchscreen is useless with the games.

Oke, so the multitouch function such as on the hd blackstone is not possible on the touch diamond 2? That was a super manner as it works too...
Let me know when there are other options to play gba games etc with a touchscreen

Purejet said:
Oke, so the multitouch function such as on the hd blackstone is not possible on the touch diamond 2? That was a super manner as it works too...
Let me know when there are other options to play gba games etc with a touchscreen
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The Blackstone does not have multitouch. You need a capacitive screen for multitouch to function, and so far only HTC's Android phones are using them... Windows Mobile currently only "officially" supports resistive touchscreens.

NotATreoFan said:
The Blackstone does not have multitouch. You need a capacitive screen for multitouch to function, and so far only HTC's Android phones are using them... Windows Mobile currently only "officially" supports resistive touchscreens.
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A capacitive isn't multitouch by default right? Just a screen with higher sensitivity allowing for better interaction with the finger. Please prove me wrong, as I'm longing for the Leo, wich is rumoured to have capacitive screen, but nothing is mentioned about multitouch. And, the OS should support multitouch too, wich is a feature we are only going to see when windows mobile 7 arrives.... unless the guys from redmond have a surprise for us.

Topaz Keyboard Controller GSM v1.3.2 works with hardware keys.
Okay if you enable Polling Method in Global Settings in morphgear and then install Topaz Keyboard Controller GSM v1.3.2 (search for it on this site) then you can use your hardkeys to play your games. You just have to mount your hardkeys to Up, Down, Left, Right, Page Up, Page Down - These are buttons Morphgear can use. You don't have to mount the volume buttons - morphgear can control them from start.
It takes a little bit getting used to but i have mounted right to Back button and Left to Hang-Up button and A and B button to volume buttons. So you can play the games with hardkeys only... And btw thats if you play games in landscape.
Remember to add the keys with Direct Key Mapping in the keyboard controller and do not mount you buttons to any letters or else it won't work...

NotATreoFan said:
The Blackstone does not have multitouch. You need a capacitive screen for multitouch to function, and so far only HTC's Android phones are using them... Windows Mobile currently only "officially" supports resistive touchscreens.
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The blackstone doesn't have a capacitive screen... but with some trickery they got a "multitouch" kinda setup. Basically hidden buttons between the virtual dpad and the virtual buttons... so that when you touch Right + A... it would hit the hidden button in the middle that just output "right + A".
Capacitive screens are whole different beasts then resistive. Capacitive screens are more sensitive because they don't require pressure like resistive screens. It works by using your finger to charge electrons in the screen or something. The downside is that a typical stylus won't work on Capacitive screens. Capacitive screens also support multiple touch inputs on the screen at any given time, but I forget how many max inputs the iPhone senses at once (3 maybe or 4).
This isn't working on the Topaz because the screen is smaller, thus the hidden buttons are smaller, thus harder to hit. It would probably work properly if the hidden buttons were enlargedd a hair.

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This isn't working on the Topaz because the screen is smaller, thus the hidden buttons are smaller, thus harder to hit. It would probably work properly if the hidden buttons were enlargedd a hair.
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The hidden buttons are smaller, but they still work. Sure, you need to be precise with your fingers, but that was the case on Blackstone too. It didn't take me long to get used to it. Plus, when you just need certain combinations you can always bind keys to 'back' and 'volume down' hard keys. Note (again) however, that you must disable the HTC keyboard for that to work !!
As a side note - for some time I have switched away from TESS ROM to X-Treme ROM. Not only the menu started to display properly (there are some glitches when using TESS) but also the sound emulation started to work. The drop in FPS was slight but noticable. I am now using TESS again, but with WinMo 6.5. While the menu is still glitched as hell, the sound works too. Just make sure to:
1) Enable sound in global settings
2) Enable sound in SNES settings
3) Enable Emulation in SNES settings
4) Restart MorphGear

Qns. Mame for HD2?

Is there any at all?

The closest thing I've been able to find so far is Final Burn 0.014 (Google for it if you want to check it out) but it's pretty much unusable as all it does is run the rom files, there are no on-screen controls and it doesn't seem to support landscape
Would love to see either Mame or Final Burn on the HD2!

come on anyone knows of any good ones? share with us info on it !

It's been very long since WinCE based MAME were compiled.
I am not sure why, maybe because MAME is very actively developed and machines get more complex.

I've now got PocketCultMAME running on my HD2 (Google pcmame04a.zip) and it will happily play games in landscape mode, they run great! (tested Final Fight)
Only problem is the on-screen controls don't work nor does mapping any of the keys (windows button inserts a coin though!) and once you start running a game you have to disconnect the battery to exit the program!
If I knew what I was doing I'd gladly put in the hours to try and make it work, anyone fancy giving me a crash course?!?
To my uneducated mind on these matters it seems fairly realistic that PCMAME could be ported in the same way MorphGear was? Or is there just no love for the old arcade classics any more?

why disconnect batter and not soft reset?
also the "home" button should take you to manila and then you can kill mame task
in any case all MAME ports have years to be updated

NLS said:
why disconnect batter and not soft reset?
also the "home" button should take you to manila and then you can kill mame task
in any case all MAME ports have years to be updated
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None of the hard keys worked once a ROM was running, they only make the screen flicker so I was forced to resort to a battery pull

still better keep the battery on and use soft reset

PocketCultMame
PocketCultMame works fine in HD2 (although it's VGA - not WVGA, so there may be bars showing top or bottom). No problems with portrait or landscape. Most of the games I tried seem to work. Haven't tried FinalBurn Alpha or MameCE, but they should work ok.
As for controls, I use Cobalt Controller and a Playstation 3 Sixaxis bluetooth controller (picked one up secondhand for £5). That combination works like a dream (also works great with FpseCE playstation emulator, as well as Morphgear GBA emulator etc...). More than makes up for the lack of D-pad on the HD2.

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PocketCultMame works fine in HD2 (although it's VGA - not WVGA, so there may be bars showing top or bottom). No problems with portrait or landscape. Most of the games I tried seem to work. Haven't tried FinalBurn Alpha or MameCE, but they should work ok.
As for controls, I use Cobalt Controller and a Playstation 3 Sixaxis bluetooth controller (picked one up secondhand for £5). That combination works like a dream (also works great with FpseCE playstation emulator, as well as Morphgear GBA emulator etc...). More than makes up for the lack of D-pad on the HD2.
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DualShock3 using Cobalt has problem with action keys. The arrows 're working fine. Has anyone any experience with mapping? Thanks.
Swype solved my problem, thx anyway

MStruhar said:
DualShock3 using Cobalt has problem with action keys. The arrows 're working fine. Has anyone any experience with mapping? Thanks.
Swype solved my problem, thx anyway
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how did swype solve the problem?

thnx so much for vry useful nd juicy info.bt i cnt configure ma ps controller with pocketcultmame.can u pls kindly reply me soo quick how u have done?

Hexjibber said:
I've now got PocketCultMAME running on my HD2 (Google pcmame04a.zip) and it will happily play games in landscape mode, they run great! (tested Final Fight)
Only problem is the on-screen controls don't work nor does mapping any of the keys (windows button inserts a coin though!) and once you start running a game you have to disconnect the battery to exit the program!
If I knew what I was doing I'd gladly put in the hours to try and make it work, anyone fancy giving me a crash course?!?
To my uneducated mind on these matters it seems fairly realistic that PCMAME could be ported in the same way MorphGear was? Or is there just no love for the old arcade classics any more?
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Use the LMT v0.8 multitouch controller. Look here to begin your quest: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629263 .
I'm gonna get this all figured out over the next few days. Also, that controller I linked to is a FULL GESTURE SUPPORT app for the HD2, which means a 'double finger gesture' would be able to close mame instead of pulling battery. Those gestures work on top of gapi games that steal the screen too -- thats a huge bonus! Once I get all this sorted out I will try and post any types of apps or shortcuts or whatnot that will get it working well. That app up I linked to is awesome!
I KNOW IT WILL WORK, and if it turns out that 'key codes' or '.ini files' are needed to make it work I will post those soon and some instructions too. I've been wanting this for awhile now myself.

Working Controls For MAME on HD2 -- PocketCultMame works great now
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Use the LMT v0.8 multitouch controller. Look here to begin your quest: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=629263 .I KNOW IT WILL WORK, and if it turns out that 'key codes' or '.ini files' are needed to make it work I will post those soon and some instructions too. I've been wanting this for awhile now myself.
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HOORAY! LMT v0.8 works 'right out of the box' with no tweaks needed. Just go to the screen to configure the key, then open the onscreen controller, then chose each mame button and when it says 'press a key' just press the corresponding button on the onscreen controller.
TIP: you will want to assign an LMT gesture to KILL the foreground app to prevent battery pulling to close PocketCultMAME. Then, use say "fdcsoft advanced task manager" to make sure that pcmame.exe is terminated. I use LMT to assign a gesture to a tiny mortscript that merely makes sure pcmame.exe is dead. The mortscript just reads:
while(procexists("pcmame.exe"))
kill("pcmame.exe")
exit
(yeah, it's not a 'clean' solution but I'm a mame lover)

"The Quest" runs on HD2 *FULLY WORKING*

I've been in contact with Redshift about possibly adding 480x800 resolution support to The Quest, one of the better RPG games for WM. The reply I got wasn't great... they won't be supporting the WM version anymore. However, they did mention that 800x480 support works and is built in (aka landscape mode in HD2, HD, X1, etc.)
EDIT: See second post for instructions on how to get this to work.

I got it to work. Here's the instructions:
Install BsB Tweaks, The Quest v 1.04 (Not 1.03), and VGA Fix v.4 (The newest one that works with 6.5)
Start BsB Tweaks, and goto the rotation menu. Add File Explorer to the list of programs that can rotate, and soft reset.
Once phone is back on,use VGA Fix v.4, set res to VGA. start BsB tweaks, and go into the rotation menu. Add the quest to the list of programs that can rotate. Before closing The Quest, or soft reseting, go into the settings for The Quest, and select "Left Landscape" for view. Soft reset.
Now, once phone is back on, goto File explorer. Search out The Quest exe. (usually under program files\games\the quest\), rotate screen so file explorer is in landscape, and *double tap* (see note below) the quest. Congrats, your game should start, touch controls will work, and you wont need to use VGAFix to lose full screen. Let me know if it works for you.
NOTE: it seems that a single click on the exe won't always start The Quest. It will show the white "Starting the Quest" text, then exit back to the file explorer. Double tapping the exe works every time... got me as to why.

Thanks for the tip on the settings and starting the game via landscape mode file explorer. works for me.

where can we dl this game? is it free?

http://redshift.hu/
That's the homepage for the game. It isn't free, unless you do some searching. I will say that the game is worth the 10 bucks they are asking. I can easily waste 30 to 60 hours on a play through, not including the official expansion... or the multiple other 3rd party expansions. A new, free expansion was just released for it, in fact. If you poke around in the forums they list on the home page, you can find a ton of info on it. They do have a demo you can download and try.

I added this to the thread on "Games that work for the HD2". Anyone else try this? Just want to make sure it works for a few people.

Hi,
where I can find the VGA fix?
I search and search and don't find anything...
greets
Sturmwind80

Nice one
Good to know !!!
try it tonight ...
THX

Sturmwind80 said:
Hi,
where I can find the VGA fix?
I search and search and don't find anything...
greets
Sturmwind80
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Same issue.
Where do i find this VGA Fix program?

Seems like the OP was talking about WVGA Fix 4.

Works on my TP2
Hey, thanks for the tip! Works like a charm on my Touch Pro 2.

Doesn't work well on my Omnia 2 - the game starts properly on a full screen but the controls are screwed both in start menu and the game itself (have to tap in competely different places than icons are placed, it looks like there is portrait layout of "clickable" places on a landscape display).
Has anyone found a fix for this?

Awesome tip. Worked on my TP2 as well. Like the tweaks apps too.

morphgear multitouch and game pads?

hi every one my question is about morphgear i have an hd2 with miri rom on it and have install the latest version of mgear and have download every game pad there is for sega, nintendo ect. everbody tells how to install it the same way and the go to global settings go down to skins and there should be the new game pads. but the problem is i could never pass down tweaks and also want to know if multitouch only works with those game pads that people create bc it does not work with the standar game pad. thank you please help.

Have you installed the customized version that blutz made? If you installed the version from the official site, then multitouch is not enabled.
Also the standard pad is pretty bad when it comes to multitouch, so I would recommend that you downloaded another pad

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i did download difrent pads but i cant find the folder for skins under global settings.

once you copy the gamepads to the skin folder "Program file\games\morphgear\skins" (if you installed it on you device), then when you open morphgear and go to settings, you have to select the emulator you want to change the settings for, iNES, GBA....... Scroll to the bottom of the settings and change the gamepad there. You have to change it for each individual emulator. you cant do it under global settings. Hope this helps.