I've yet to find a good tut on editing the manila files that contain all the icons and such. The ones called (number)_manila that contain things like taskbar and notification icons, Sense images, etc.
Tygrtail said:
I've yet to find a good tut on editing the manila files that contain all the icons and such. The ones called (number)_manila that contain things like taskbar and notification icons, Sense images, etc.
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For image editing type mods, you can use Mode9 Editor to convert the original manila file into a PNG file.
Then, using image editing software such as PhotoShop, Fireworks etc, edit the image as you prefer.
Use Mode9 Editor to convert your newly edited file back into a manila file.
Copy and paste the new manila file back into your device's 'Windows' directory (using Resco, Total Commander or similar to ensure the original file is overwritten).
Don't forget, if you're going to mess with manila files... backup, backup, backup!
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i tryed to change the icons in s hellres.dll withResHacker, but when i put this modified file in the rom, my SPV c600 cannot recognize the MiniSD card...Have anybody tryed to modify this file？And using which tool？
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I'd like to do the same thing... help?
dbshane said:
i tryed to change the icons in s hellres.dll withResHacker, but when i put this modified file in the rom, my SPV c600 cannot recognize the MiniSD card...Have anybody tryed to modify this file？And using which tool？
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See if this info applies to you. Its from Blue Angel forum, please read further on this post
xplode said:
Ok i will give you difrend guide (proper one):
1. Copy shellres.96.dll from \windows to your sd card (of my rom) and rename it to shellres.96.dll.0409.mui - if you replace the original file for this rom you may encounter unpredicted bugs thats why it is more safe to use mui file
2. Copy the file to your computer
3. Extract original resources to a folder using Resource Tuner(Resource Hacker can not extract them) or a similar program (the resources are icons 8,9,24 - 8 and 9 are exactly the same so you me skip extracting 9 but later you have to replace it too)
4. Open the old shellres.96.dll (you can get it from suns kitchen for example) extract the same resources into a difrend
5. Open the old and new resources with icon editor (i used ArtIcons - open all icons) and copy the new resources to the old ones which will give you old sized icons with new looks
6. Add the resources back to the mui file with Resource Hacker - you can also delete all other resources since they are not needed and they already are in shellres.96.dll
7. Sign the file with SignCode and proper certificate (i used SamplePrivDeveloper because it is privileged one - taken from wm6.1 sdk)
8. Now you can either copy the mui to windows folder or make a cab to do this for you.
setup xml will not work added your way because you add it as file and not as setting - but if you need to you can add it with WinCE Cab Manager as a provisioning xml info and it will add it to configuration
My fixes added to the second post
OK-X-Fix.cab uses the original resources of this build with proper size and they are edited a little by me to have better looks
OK-X-FixL.cab uses large resources - like in the rom but antialiased
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Perhaps, you can ask Explode if this guide would apply to other phones.
Good Luck!
Do try to mod shellres96.dll, I tried on my blue angel running WM6.1 and it worked i just changed the startmenu icon. I dunno if this file is present in WM6.1 standard or not,
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I've tried to use the solution in here for my blackstone in order to fix the arab-numbers issue on my ppc.
I've downloaded the tahoma.ttf and tahomabd.ttf files
rename the existing files to tahoma.ttf_old and tahomabd.ttf_old
I copied the files from the sd to the /windows folder and SRed the device.
all the hebrew fonts were screwed and blank squares were shown where normally the letter would be,
I got worried, so I checked the "/windows" forlder and I've noticed new files were created.
so now I have 3 versions of each file in the folder:
for tahoma:
tahoma.ttf (original, was created after the SR)
TAHOMA.TTF (the one I copied from the SD, yes, its the same name only the letters are in different case)
tahoma.ttf_old (the backup of the font including hebrew letters)
same goes for tahomabd.
renaming the tahoma.ttf or TAHOMA.TTF is not possible not from normal file explorer, not from resco file explorer and not from total commander (pocket-version), deleting the files didn't work as well ("can't delete file" or "can't rename file" error).
the font on quick dial was ok.
I've figured the problem was that the files were in use, so I've searched the folowing thread which changes the windows fonts folder, so I copied the new version to the /windows/fonts folder and changed the registry value...
it worked, I can see hebrew and normal numbers when the font is set to "right to left", but the fonts are in the wrong folder and I can't delete or rename the new files... which brings me to the...
short version:
how can I delete/rename (and then delete after SR) the "tahoma.ttf", "TAHOMA.TTF", "tahomabd.ttf" or "TAHOMABD.TTF" files from my /windows folder so I can change them with my own font files?
any help would be appreciated.
p.s.
I'm NOT using a coocked ROM and I would like to avoid reset to factory settings... as I've been spending the past week to make the device behave just the way I like it...
thanks in advance
Deleting Fonts in WM6/WM6.1
Rename the filename extension ".ttf" (i.e.: "Tahoma.ttf" --> "Tahoma.bak")
Then delete the font file. That's it. No need to reboot.
If you still can't delete it, reboot your device..Then try deleting again.
I've made a cab with the fonts
you can just install it.. and it'll make the arab numbers disappear
btw, the fonts were edited by InfX
EDIT: use Resco Explorer, it will work
I'm stuck with the same problem. I want to replace tahoma.ttf with the Vista version of it. It gives better results with cleartype. It always worked fine until I installed a newer ROM. I don't really understand the solution. Could anybody pleasy make a cab to replace the Tahoma en Courier New fonts with the default ones from Vista? I would be extremely thankful.
just use QuickCAB 1.0 to create a cab with the new fonts.
nir36 said:
just use QuickCAB 1.0 to create a cab with the new fonts.
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Thanks. Will look into it.
Resco Explorer fixed the problem for me. Total Commander didn't work.
Yeah... total commander.. altho wonderful.. has it's annoyances.
i need to know what program i need to make my own themes from scratch...
Moving to the Q&A section. In the future please post questions here.
M2DCT files
Hi
The formula is simple. Put all the required files, which is the image files and the settings xml into a folder with the preview then add them all to a .zip archive. Once you've done this simply rename the .zip extension to .m2dct. .zip archives do actually work in M2DC anyway.
So really you just need any image editing/authoring software and a text editor, oh and a compression utility if this isn't build into your OS.
Cheers
andrew-in-woking
Is there a program to quickly edit themes?
I am not familiar with XML type.
Thanks
xed23 said:
Is there a program to quickly edit themes?
I am not familiar with XML type.
Thanks
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There is no software pack , like ThemeGen , for M2d themes, what I do is what a lot of other people do. Just take an existing theme, and replace all the files one by one with your own image files and text files.
Find the thread on editing the xml , it is in dev and hacking I think, and edit the HomeSettings xml until you have every \thing placed where you want it.
It is not easy, but it is not hard. It is time consuming which makes it the accomplishment that much more satisfying.
Just go here and follow the links to helpful tutorials and tools
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2636185&postcount=1
Hi!
I want to edit a skin package for the program "Tengo Thumb" by myself.. I have a cab file with a skin inside it but when I open it with winrar the files don't have any file-endings.. I want to get to those pictures and change them to something nicer.
Any clues?
You can install the software, take out all files you want to edit from the folder they were installed to, and then replace them with the edited files. Sounds easy, doesn't it?
This is what I do when I edit the resources of various EXEs and DLLs - sure the same will work for images.
You can afterwards repack the installed program using, for example, SK Tools (Installed Programs - Marked items - Make cab) and get yourself a working installer
There might be better and more professional ways to do the same - if anyone knows, please educate us
You could use a .cab editer like Cab Manager. With that, you can extract and add files, and then re-save the new .cab file.
does anyone know if there are any png file for this weather mod
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694886
or how to extract the png from the cab file
You would need to extract the manila files from the cab first and then extract the .pngs from the xxxxxxxx_manila files. Not very difficult with the right tools (cab manager of choice and CFC GUI). Or you can just shoot a pm to the creator and ask if he can share the .pngs.
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The esiest way to extract manila files to png is mod9editor.
Put all the manilas in a folder on your desktop. Open mod9editor and choose the path to the folder. Then klick on the button Q>P that means QTC to PNG. Now all manila files are as PNG in that folder.
Same way to convert them back to QTC (manila) by using the button P>Q.
I was recently messing around with the weather images for "darkwolfelite" over in the farscape thread and made myself a collection of all the original manila files as well as extracted pngs to go with each. I figure it'll probably save you lots of time and help some so here's a zip with everything..
Dic3ptor said:
The esiest way to extract manila files to png is mod9editor.
Put all the manilas in a folder on your desktop. Open mod9editor and choose the path to the folder. Then klick on the button Q>P that means QTC to PNG. Now all manila files are as PNG in that folder.
Same way to convert them back to QTC (manila) by using the button P>Q.
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thanks hun it worked
Thank You Inando84 that is exactly what i was looking for. Let the theming begin