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TUTORIAL: How can (and why should) I change the standard File Dialog?

In the Smartphone & Pocket PC Mag VIP Help forum, I’ve received the following question:
“When I create an email on my Mogul (HTC4000) and go to insert file, my memory card is not a listed option to pick from any ideas? My Moto Q did this as did my 6700 before that”
The explanation and cure for this is pretty simple. (Note that if this problem doesn’t apply to you, don’t stop reading: in the second part of this tutorial, I provide you with some really useful tips. Also note that this article deprecates my pre-WM5 one published HERE. I also explain the difference between the MS Smartphone and Pocket PC platforms, file dialog-wise.)
First, the explanation. Let’s see the case of the Moto Q – that is, MS Smartphone devices. In which way is the MS Smartphone (that is, touchscreen-less) platform different from the “big brother”, the Pocket PC OS? In several ways, of course – it’s much dumber in almost every respect (I miss the ability to fine-tune the backlight level the most). In a way, however, it’s (at least for many users) much more useful and usable than the Pocket PC operating system: its file dialog box is entirely different from that of Pocket PC’s. This, however, greatly confuses users switching between the two platforms.
When you go to Menu / Insert / File (or, more generally, you select a file from any program - again, this tutorial is a generic one), you’ll have direct access to all the directories (including the storage card(s)) as can be seen in the following screenshot:
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Here, if you do select the storage card (by going to Menu / Storage Card), you’ll be taken directly to the card and, there, can select (left softkey) any file, in any directory, as can be seen for example in the following screenshot:
On Pocket PC’s, the situation is vastly different. When, upon composing a mail, you select Menu / Insert / File, you’re shown ALL the (accessible – see the rules later) files in one listbox as can be seen in the following screenshot:
There can be several hundred or even thousand files in the list, which results in both at time huge loading times and a lot of work to actually find the file you need; therefore, you can restrict the selection to a subdirectory only by using the “Folder” drop-down list:
The results of the restriction can be seen in HERE, showing an example of listing the contents of the “cities” subdirectory.
Note that – this is VERY important! – the “Folder” drop-down list only contains subdirectories under \My Documents in the built-in storage memory and the direct descendants (subfolders) of the root folder of the storage card. That is, if you have a file you’d like to add in, say, a second descendant of the root of your card, (say, \a\b), it won’t be accessible at all. The same stands for the subdirectories of \My Documents on the storage card – they won’t be listed either. This has always a BIG problem with Windows Mobile and has widely been criticized (see for example THIS for links).
In addition, there’s no way to “select only the root (without its visible subdirs) of the storage card” from the list – as opposed to the above-shown Smartphone screenshot. You will ONLY see the contents of the root of the card if you leave the “Folder” drop-down menu on its default, “All Folders” setting. Then, happy hunting for the file - after the list, finally, loads ; )
If you find this all (1, the HUGE number of the files shown 2, the inability to access anything outside \My Documents in the built-in storage memory and the direct subdirectories of the root of the storage card) a pain in the back, rejoice: there are decent solutions to the problem. Of them, I explain the two most widely used and important ones; one of them being even free.

1.1 Spb Pocket Plus 4
As has already been mentioned in my quick review of the IEM plug-in of Spb Pocket Plus, the, particularly with the new and indeed vastly improved version, highly recommended all-in-one system helper application, there’s built-in support for changing the system-level file dialog to something much better.
If you do get Spb Pocket Plus 4+, your problems are already solved: after installing it, the new file dialog will take effect at once, as can be seen in the following screenshot:
That is, it’ll work just great; you’ll be able to freely navigate the entire directory structure and won’t be flooded with hundreds or thousands of files at the same time, making it pretty hard to find the right one (or even wait for the list to load).
1.2 Y. “Mad Programmer” Nagamidori's FileDialogChanger
Before the (recent) release of Spb Pocket Plus 4, this was the suite I recommended the most for Windows Mobile users. Now that Spb Pocket Plus 4 also supports this functionality AND is a highly recommended all-in-one tool, I no longer do this - FileDialogChanger won't be needed any more if you go the Spb Pocket Plus 4 route. If you, however, don't (or REALLY need the exception defining capabilities, which I explain in the next subsection), make sure you get and install FileDialogChanger.
Get THIS ZIP file, extract gsgetfile.dll from the ARMRel directory and transfer it to \Windows on your Pocket PC. Then, get THIS file and, from the ARM directory, copy filedlgchg.cpl also to \Windows. Note that you MUST right-click these two links and select Save As to directly save it - if you just left-click it (as usual), you'll be taken to an error page because of the invalid referrer.
Now, go to Settings / System and tap the new File Dialog Changer icon and make sure you enable the Exchange Standard File Dialog checkbox as can be seen in the following screenshot:
That’s all; now, you can safely traverse the file system when adding attachments (or, again, looking for a file to load - or, a directory to save your current one to). Note that, unlike with Spb Pocket Plus, there’s no a quick drop-down tree list containing the current directory, all its parents the storage card(s). However, you can always use the left softkey (up) to go up to the parent (to the root, as it starts with \My Documents), where you can already click Storage Card (or any other directory):
1.2.1 Defining exceptions
Note that Mad Programmer’s FileDialogChanger also allows for defining exceptions (Spb’s program is incapable of this). That is, if, for some reason, you do not want to rely on the new file dialog in a given program, just add the given application to the exception list. For example, you prefer seeing all your, still sticking with emulators, ROM files on your PDA at once, and don’t want to manually navigate the directories to find them, then, you might want to add the emulator to the exception list so that FileDialogChanger knows it shouldn't be used with that specific app.
An example with PocketHobbit, the Commodore 64 emulator (discussed HERE), which uses the default file dialog box (screenshot HERE; with Mad Programmer’s tool, HERE). Then, all you need to do is clicking ADD, go to the directory with the executable file and double-click it. In this example, I’ve added all the three EXE files visible in the previous screenshot, resulting in the following exception list:
After this, PocketHobbit will start using the standard file dialog, while the rest of the system (all the other apps) will still use the redefined one - that is, that of FileDialogChanger.
(Note that I’ve chosen this emulator for this explanation not because of its (pretty much missing) merits but because it’s based on the system-level dialog box. If you are really into C64 emulation, forget this emulator at once and go for something better.)
1.3 Why will you want to consider changing the file dialog?
No, not only when you want to add attachments to a mail. The new dialog can be used much more widely. As a rule of thumb, whenever and wherever you’ve, in the past, encountered the standard, dumb and, in many cases, very annoying file dialog control, the new one will be used instead at both loading and saving. Yes, even at saving - for example, when you save Word Mobile files, you can tell the system in exactly which directory it should be stored to as can be seen in THIS screenshot.
As the standard file dialog only lists files under \My Documents in the main memory and files one level deep in the file system of the card (without showing the user where they really come from), in many cases, your only choice will be using third-party file dialogs like these two.
Again, just an example of the utility of these third-party applications: in order to keep the directory structure clean, you keep, for example, your emulator ROM image files two levels deep on your storage card under, say, \ROMs\SNES. Unless you use direct invocation (you click the given file from File Explorer to make the system invoke the associated emulator) and (when you do need them) you don’t copy around these files to a directory already visible to the standard file dialog, you won’t see these files at all. Unless, of course, install a better, third-party file dialog - one of the apps introduced in this tutorial.

UPDATE (11/16/2007): HowardForums forum member BeyondTheTech has just created a CAB installer of Mad Programmer’s FDC. This greatly simplifies installation – you just download the ZIP file from HERE, unZIP it, transfer the CAB file to your handset (if it’s not already there) and execute it in order to be installed. (Install it into main memory!) After a reset, you're all set – you only need to enable it as explained above (by checking in the checkbox).
Note that being put in a CAB installer also means you can uninstall it if you want if, for some reason, disabling the above-mentioned checkbox isn’t sufficient for you (because, for example, you want to remove all third-party stuff from your PDA without hard / clean resetting it).

FDC 1.70 Beta with thumbnail view

I was using this one when I am still in the pocketpc era....
http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html
But apparently, it don't support every applications out there...

ww2250 said:
I was using this one when I am still in the pocketpc era....
http://tillanosoft.com/ce/tgetfile.html
But apparently, it don't support every applications out there...
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Yup, very few.
It's mostly on the MS Smartphone platform that it's useful - several of Masterall's kick-ass emulators use it.

It exist also gsgetfile.dll for Smartphones.
"http://www.geocities.jp/hou_ming_2/gsgetfile-i_sp.zip"
PS: "http://www.geocities.jp/hou_ming_2/beta/FakeCursorSP.zip" also for Smartphones.

Word?
Nice solutions! The free one especially since, well, it's free!
However, this doesn't seem to effect Word Mobile. Even with the FDC Word still only let's one search one directory deep...
Any thoughts on that one?
EDIT: to clarify, while saving files it works, but i'm reffering to the OPEN-file dialog. Which still s**cks.

DopamineNL said:
Nice solutions! The free one especially since, well, it's free!
However, this doesn't seem to effect Word Mobile. Even with the FDC Word still only let's one search one directory deep...
Any thoughts on that one?
EDIT: to clarify, while saving files it works, but i'm reffering to the OPEN-file dialog. Which still s**cks.
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Yup, Office Mobile has a different file dialog. I don't know how it can be changed.

CharlyV said:
It exist also gsgetfile.dll for Smartphones.
"http://www.geocities.jp/hou_ming_2/gsgetfile-i_sp.zip"
PS: "http://www.geocities.jp/hou_ming_2/beta/FakeCursorSP.zip" also for Smartphones.
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Thanks; as usual, you're GREAT!

CharlyV said:
FDC 1.70 Beta with thumbnail view
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WOW... thumbnails... sounds nice.
How good is it though considering it's still BETA? Menneisyys, have you had a go at this? Any problems reported... speed, stability etc?
Would be great if you could do a review of it.
Cheers

Menneisyys said:
Yup, Office Mobile has a different file dialog. I don't know how it can be changed.
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Office Mobile use own open file dialog, no workaround exist.

CharlyV said:
FDC 1.70 Beta with thumbnail view
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I just downloaded FDC 1.70 Beta. It doesn't have the gsgetfile.dll so I used the same gsgetfile.dll from v1.66 and extracted it along with the v1.70 filedlgchg.cpl you have provided in the link.
When I tried to configure it, I had the option to enable the thumbnail view but when I actually used the File Dialog, I couldn't see anything different from the older v1.66.
Any help would be appreciated.

Tool to edit .CPL files

Hello,
I need a tool to edit CPL files. I have done quite a bit of searching on Google and here, but none of the tools found on the net are actually intended for CPL files, while threads here only mention people editing them, not how.
Why I want to do this - I would like to edit Japanese text inside these CPLs so that I can fully localize my device(s) into English.
These are some of the files:
- ShPowerMng.cpl
- ShUsbCnt.cpl
- ShWrlsMgrRes.cpl
- shutil.cpl
Thanks in advance!

cheeseus said:
Hello,
I need a tool to edit CPL files. I have done quite a bit of searching on Google and here, but none of the tools found on the net are actually intended for CPL files, while threads here only mention people editing them, not how.
Why I want to do this - I would like to edit Japanese text inside these CPLs so that I can fully localize my device(s) into English.
These are some of the files:
- ShPowerMng.cpl
- ShUsbCnt.cpl
- ShWrlsMgrRes.cpl
- shutil.cpl
Thanks in advance!
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did you try looking in the reg for it... i think its something like HKCU\***\MyCpl

irus said:
did you try looking in the reg for it... i think its something like HKCU\***\MyCpl
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Yes, of course, I have looked through each registry folder - this is how, for instance, I found out how to translate Today items and Button descriptions (HKLM/Software/MS/Shell/Keys).
Suggested from posts here about HTC devices, I looked for HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\ControlPanel\MyCpl --- but I do not have such a registry setting.
Is it a far guess to tell that the files I mention above are used instead of registry settings?
This is why I am looking for a tool to edit these files. Is there one?

Any resource editor would do, try reshacker

stepw said:
Any resource editor would do, try reshacker
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Thank you! Reshacker does open the files.
How to edit them, though, is less obvious than I thought. I was thinking there'd be strings of text I would just need to replace.
I'd like to ask for more help here, please.
For instance, I have:
Code:
STRINGTABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, 0x1
{
101, "???????"
102, "Utility Applet"
}
1st Question: how can I see the Japanese text not garbled?
2nd: The two values above - do I just switch them somehow? 101, "???????" is the Japanese correspondent of 102, "Utility Applet".
Similarly here:
Code:
119 DIALOG 0, 0, 200, 110
STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | WS_CHILD | WS_DISABLED
CAPTION ""
LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, 0x1
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
{
CONTROL "????????????????\n??????", 1067, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 6, 6, 138, 24
CONTROL "???????(????)", 1006, BUTTON, BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 6, 42, 120, 12
CONTROL "???????????????\n(???????????)", 1007, BUTTON, BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | BS_TOP | BS_MULTILINE | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 6, 60, 126, 24
CONTROL "*RGB???????????????", 1068, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 6, 84, 138, 12
}
How do I change the language - LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, 0x1?
And, of course, if I can't see the Japanese text, I can't translate it -- I tried the various fonts available in ResHacker, but none of them seems to support Japanese.
PS. After installing Japanese (East Asian) Languages support on my PC, ResHacker now offers a couple more fonts that have "Japanese" under "Script", e.g. MS Mincho, MS Gothic etc. but they are still unable to properly render the Japanese text of the CPL file, whose font is "MS Shell Dlg".

cheeseus said:
Thank you! Reshacker does open the files.
How to edit them, though, is less obvious than I thought. I was thinking there'd be strings of text I would just need to replace.
I'd like to ask for more help here, please.
For instance, I have:
Code:
STRINGTABLE
LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, 0x1
{
101, "???????"
102, "Utility Applet"
}
1st Question: how can I see the Japanese text not garbled?
2nd: The two values above - do I just switch them somehow? 101, "???????" is the Japanese correspondent of 102, "Utility Applet".
Similarly here:
Code:
119 DIALOG 0, 0, 200, 110
STYLE DS_FIXEDSYS | WS_CHILD | WS_DISABLED
CAPTION ""
LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, 0x1
FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"
{
CONTROL "????????????????\n??????", 1067, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 6, 6, 138, 24
CONTROL "???????(????)", 1006, BUTTON, BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 6, 42, 120, 12
CONTROL "???????????????\n(???????????)", 1007, BUTTON, BS_AUTORADIOBUTTON | BS_TOP | BS_MULTILINE | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 6, 60, 126, 24
CONTROL "*RGB???????????????", 1068, STATIC, SS_LEFT | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_GROUP, 6, 84, 138, 12
}
How do I change the language - LANGUAGE LANG_JAPANESE, 0x1?
And, of course, if I can't see the Japanese text, I can't translate it -- I tried the various fonts available in ResHacker, but none of them seems to support Japanese.
PS. After installing Japanese (East Asian) Languages support on my PC, ResHacker now offers a couple more fonts that have "Japanese" under "Script", e.g. MS Mincho, MS Gothic etc. but they are still unable to properly render the Japanese text of the CPL file, whose font is "MS Shell Dlg".
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Try PE-explorer, this one gives you more power and also will display an example of the form (for certain compilers).
Regards,
EqX

the-equinoxe said:
Try PE-explorer, this one gives you more power and also will display an example of the form (for certain compilers).
Regards,
EqX
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Thanks! Tried PE explorer as well. Just like ResHacker, it displays the form, but not the form is actually readable - ResHacker displays garbled chars in the script and the form, PE -- only in the script. Sadly, I still can't see, and copy, the Japanese text so that I can have it translated. Tried the various fonts in PE Explorer too...
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}

cheeseus said:
Thanks! Tried PE explorer as well. Just like ResHacker, it displays the form, but not the form is actually readable - ResHacker displays garbled chars in the script and the form, PE -- only in the script. Sadly, I still can't see, and copy, the Japanese text so that I can have it translated. Tried the various fonts in PE Explorer too...
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It seems that those scripts can handle only western language .
If you try to edit the form (like moving Tedit boxes etc..), is there any chance to grep the text?
And if you look in the hex editor, any chance to get it from there?
(there is a program that can get the text from a dialog, sadly I forgot it's name.)
Regards,
EqX

the-equinoxe said:
It seems that those scripts can handle only western language .
If you try to edit the form (like moving Tedit boxes etc..), is there any chance to grep the text?
And if you look in the hex editor, any chance to get it from there?
(there is a program that can get the text from a dialog, sadly I forgot it's name.)
Regards,
EqX
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Couldn't grip the text from the form editor - can move it around, but can't select it.
Can't find out how to see the file in HEX editor mode - this stuff is quite new to me...
The best idea I had was use OCR software to extract the text from a screenshot of the form. Abbyy Fine Reader 9 advertises Japanese/Chinese support but the copy I found doesn't have Japanese in its list of languages... so, I am stuck here, unless you can remember that program;s name
Regards,
Stefan

Little progress
I am having very little progress here...
I started editing the "ShPowerMng.cpl" file by looking at my other device and comparing tabs and options. And so I translated two screens. However, when I upload the file to the device, only the tab names are in English, while the other stuff I translated is still in Japanese
Tried resetting the device... no change.
When I copy back the ShPowerMng.cpl file from the device to the PC - checking if the file was successfully overwritten - it is translated, but why doesn't it show the English text?

cheeseus said:
I am having very little progress here...
I started editing the "ShPowerMng.cpl" file by looking at my other device and comparing tabs and options. And so I translated two screens. However, when I upload the file to the device, only the tab names are in English, while the other stuff I translated is still in Japanese
Tried resetting the device... no change.
When I copy back the ShPowerMng.cpl file from the device to the PC - checking if the file was successfully overwritten - it is translated, but why doesn't it show the English text?
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Could be that the cpl has a separate "strings" section in the resources, or that the ROM also contains a ShPowerMng.cpl.04**.MUI file (not sure that cpl files can have a mui).
Regards,
EqX

the-equinoxe said:
Could be that the cpl has a separate "strings" section in the resources, or that the ROM also contains a ShPowerMng.cpl.04**.MUI file (not sure that cpl files can have a mui).
Regards,
EqX
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Excellent point, .mui seems to be supported for .cpl's too. If there's a native mui file, this is where the resources should be translated. If there's none, it could be created for ease of translation, then you won't have to patch up .cpl's.
More details regarding MUI on Windows CE/Mobile are avaiable on MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa913592.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa912683.aspx
Most resource editors don't support unicode string resources properly, hence Japanese characters are replaced with question marks. MS Visual Studio resource editors may be able to handle them properly. Another freeware that claims proper unicode support is XN resource viewer, maybe you could get the chars displayed properly using it.

stepw said:
Excellent point, .mui seems to be supported for .cpl's too. If there's a native mui file, this is where the resources should be translated. If there's none, it could be created for ease of translation, then you won't have to patch up .cpl's.
More details regarding MUI on Windows CE/Mobile are avaiable on MSDN:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa913592.aspx
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa912683.aspx
Most resource editors don't support unicode string resources properly, hence Japanese characters are replaced with question marks. MS Visual Studio resource editors may be able to handle them properly. Another freeware that claims proper unicode support is XN resource viewer, maybe you could get the chars displayed properly using it.
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XN Resource Editor saves the day!
However, because it returns save error for some of the files (write protected), I open the resource in it, copy the caption text in Japanese, paste in Google Translate, take the text and paste it inside the corresponding box in PE Explorer because it has no problem saving the file.
I have made significant progress this way, THANK YOU!
There are still some unknown problems:
- on the Power Management file (ShPowerMng.cpl), everything is translated but only the title and the tab captions are shown in English - the rest is still displayed in Japanese.
- on the Utilities file (shutil.cpl) - again everything is translated, but this time the tab captions are shown in Japanese, while the tab texts are all in English.
- on the USB connection manager (ShUsbCnt.cpl) the situation is as in the Power Management - tab names are in English, texts are in Japanese.
- the ShSystemInfo.cpl file is fully translated but I cannot see its contents in Settings - when I tap "S01SH Firmware", which is this file, I see only one page with some text that I could not see while editing, while the texts I edited are hidden. The text I can see is about the firmware version - 1.05a (upgraded from 1.00) - in Japanese, and the texts I cannot see contain: "Firmware version 0.00 / NAND ver.: / NOR ver.:" and over 10 other screens with texts that I presume are various warning messages displayed by the system, e.g. "An invalid argument was encountered."
Thanks for the help, guys! I hope that I can finish the job...

Some strings, for instance tab captions and window titles may be dynamic and the strings could be manipulated in code. In this case you won't be able to find them in the resource sections.

Use Sisulizer, it correctly displays all the languages, including Japanese

the big question
So, what I am still struggling to grasp is, where exactly are the texts written?
stepw says: "Some strings, for instance tab captions and window titles may be dynamic and the strings could be manipulated in code. In this case you won't be able to find them in the resource sections." --- does this then mean that the texts, written inside the CPL file are just there for no reason:
[above is the resource being edited, below is a screenshot of the resource displayed - tab names are in English, the rest is not displayed...]
Maybe these texts are also written in some other file and when the two files are loaded, the first one has greater weight than the CPL?
I also tried, following your advice to try creating a MUI file - in Windows directory there is also a "ShPowerMng.cpl.409.mui" file but it doesn't seem to change anything.
Maybe there is some other file I need to edit as well?
PS. I realize this thread has changed its original topic - the tool to edit CPL files - but I don't want to start a new thread for something which very few people would be interested in.
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PSPS. Looking at this thread, I see that the following are displayed from "cplmain.cpl":
Settings>System>Backlight>Brightness = 20#ctlpnl cplmain.cpl,6
Settings>System>Backlight>Battery power= 20#ctlpnl cplmain.cpl,6,1
Settings>System>Backlight>External power = 20#ctlpnl cplmain.cpl,6,2
Unfortunately, this is the only CPL file that I can't copy from my device - I get "cannot copy" in total commander and "access denied" in activesync. Any idea how I can cheat this?

cheeseus said:
...Unfortunately, this is the only CPL file that I can't copy from my device - I get "cannot copy" in total commander and "access denied" in activesync. Any idea how I can cheat this?...
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try it with ROM Extractor 1.0. with that tool you can copy "non-copyable" files from device to storage card, and from there to your computer (via active sync). you'll have to do these steps on your device off course ;-)
see you

kel187 said:
try it with ROM Extractor 1.0. with that tool you can copy "non-copyable" files from device to storage card, and from there to your computer (via active sync). you'll have to do these steps on your device off course ;-)
see you
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Thanks! ROM Extractor did manage to copy cplmain.cpl but it cannot be edited - ResHack and XN Resource Editor won't open it, while PE Editor opens it but gives a warning of some errors ("Erros detected! File opened in Safe Mode."). Still, the Resources are not viewable (View > Resources is grey) so even if there is text that should be edited in there I cannot get to it.
So, maybe I am looking in the wrong direction?
Yesterday I managed to completely edit another one of the CPLs, Pointing.cpl, which deals with the pointing device on my S01SH - I still have to fix the sizes of a couple of text boxes because some text is cut off but that isn't difficult.
Where else should I be looking for stuff to edit/translate?

Help localizing a program - drop down boxes won't open after editing

Hello,
I'd like to ask for some expert help with editing the resources of the EXE file of a piece of software. The application's name is NetChanger, it's Japanese, and I am editing it using XN Resource Editor.
I am having the following problem: if I rename (from JP to EN) any item on an expandable menu or the label of a drop down box, the same will no longer open. When restored to its Japanese text, the drop down works as expected.
For anyone caring to take a look, please download and open attached file (only XN Resource viewer shows Japanese text normally, all other editors show ?????).
Example - the main menu, or tap "Register" > General Wireless (ticked) > Next -- on the screen that opens, if I edit anything on it, even not the label of a drop down box, but say the TCP/IP Settings button - none of the drop downs works anymore.
Note: simply place folder anywhere on your pocket and start the program, it will work.

Sorted
It seems XN Editor was causing the problems. So I worked with it to show me the Japanese text but made the changes in PE Explorer and the program was OK.
I have created an install file that will install the English version to the device, although some bits are still untranslated, while others I simply did not understand the meaning of, so it is just what the machine translation produced.
If anyone is interested, test it and let me know if you have any suggestions or comments.
The install file will show the Agreement garbled - just tap the LEFT button to agree.
It says something about a trial from 2006 until April 2009 - this could be the reason why the Connect / Disconnect buttons are greyed out, but otherwise it seems like a decent piece of software.
I have included a machine translated Help file in the ZIP - replace the file in Windows directory with it, if the JP file is installed there.

[Dec 2012] Android SMS Importer from WM PimBackup files

This utility allows to convert PimBackup files to XML one which is
compatible with Android application "SMS Backup&Restore" created by
Ritesh Sahu (* check the author to match the right application on Market *).
After the conversion the XML file contains all your SMS and you can Import
them to you Android smartphone.
This utility doesn't require any installation process or additional DLLs,
in order to start using it, just run the executable file.
WARNING: I've tried to restore about 11,000 SMS with success on "Motorola Atrix 4G" and it seems to freeze many times while running stock "Text Messaging" application.....so I think 11,000 SMS is too much to handle for Android OS
Versions History
=============
* Version 2.0.0.4 (2012-12-13)
- New Draft Folder support
- Messages in Custom Folders are now moved to Inbox or Outbox
- Minor bug fixes
* Version 2.0.0.2 (2012-11-28)
- New option (only for CMS files): Discard self-test messages
- New option to convert not supported folders in In/Outbox
* Version 2.0.0.1_beta1 (2012-11-14)
- New advanced graphic design
- PimBackup binary files (*.pbm) supported!!!!!!
* Version 1.0.1.0 (2011-09-28)
- If it enconters an irreversible error it will asks if you want to continue without stopping conversion
* Version 1.0.0.9 (2011-09-26)
- Managed splitted Conversation/SMS text in multi-rows (messages with Carriage Return)
* Version 1.0.0.8 (2011-07-27)
- Fixed negative values for TimeZone offsets
* Version 1.0.0.7 (2011-07-27)
- Added TimeZone and Date/Time management to increase/decrease according to your local TimeZone
* Version 1.0.0.6 (2011-07-04)
- Fixed bug while using special characters like "&" or quote
* Version 1.0.0.5 (2011-04-21)
- Fixed bug for Inbox messages if SenderName and/or SenderAddress is empty
* Version 1.0.0.4 (2011-04-21)
- Managed empty "SenderName" and "SenderAddress" for Outgoing messages. Now those messages will be considered well.
- Draft, Trash and Outgoing folders (from CSM file) are not converted in any case because Android hasn't got those folders.
* Version 1.0.0.3 (2011-04-19)
- Added "Text Encoding" option to decide output file text encoder ("UTF-8" is the most common)
- Managed empty "SenderName" and "SenderAddress" data from input files. Now those messages will be discarted
* Version 1.0.0.2 (2011-04-19)
- Added an option to stop decodification after have decoded a specified amount of messages
- Managed "line-brakes" in messages. Those line-brakes will be removed from the message
- Managed "self-test" messages. Those self-test messages will not be added to output file
- Fixed a bug that truncates TextMessage at first "semicolon" character
- Added an "Error" section to show occurred errors
* Version 1.0.0.1 (2011-04-18)
- Uncompressed Executable file for better compatibility on multiple Windows OS
* Version 1.0.0.0 (2011-04-06)
- First release
Create a good backup file with PimBackup
=================================
The software is dummy and need a good/perfect file to work fine; in other words it needs
a good PimBackup file.
Let's create that file:
* open PimBackup in your Windows Mobile phone/smartphone
* choose "Backup" from dropdown list
* select sections as you wish but not forget "Messages"!!
* press "Next"
* (if you have a lot of SMS do not select "Create temp files in memory")
* press "Next" and go-on following the Wizard....
Find CSM or PBM file
===================
At the end of procedure above you will have a single PIB file.
This file is compressed and you can open it with WinZip/WinRAR/7Zip.
* So, please open it and look for "*.cms" or "*.pbm" file.
* Extract it from the compressed file.
That's it!!
Start the conversion
==================
Ones located CSM/PBM file you will want to convert it, right?
* Open "PimbackupDroid.exe" (this software of course!)
* Click "Menu --> Open" and select a CSM/PBM file
* [only for CMS] Enter "Your phone number for comparison". This field is necessary because
this is the only way to identify you as the sender of outgoing messages.
You can use simple numbers without international prefix (Ex: 0039 or +39).
* (optional) Check "Only between dates" to force convert just SMS between
two specified dates. It works for both incoming and outgoing messages.
* (optional) Check "Blacklist" OR "Whitelist" radio button if you want to
EXCLUDE (blacklist) some contacts or you just WANT (whitelist) convert
just some specified contacts.
!!WARNING!! - Blacklist and Whitelist using "Partial" input data, in
other words if you will add "Edward" in one of those all
contacts CONTAINS "Edward" word will be blacklisted/whitelisted,
for example also "Edward2" will be affected.
Both Blacklist and Whitelist are case insensitive (no difference between
"Smith" and "SMITH").
* Press "Start" button. It will generate a NEW file with the same name of original
one but with ".xml" extension. (!!WARNING!! - it doesn't ask for overwriting)
Import XML file on Android OS
========================
Now you have an XML file generated with this utility and you need to download
a small (and FREE) application from Android Market:
*SMS Backup & Restore" created by "Ritesh Sahu" (!!!check the author name!!!)
Install it
Before run this new installed utility you need to create a new "SMSBackupRestore"
folder in you Internal Phone Storage's root directory.
Now you can copy your XML file to this new folder and run the new Android application.
This Android utility is very very easy to understand: just press "Restore" button
and select your XML file.
Now wait until errors (ops!!) or successfully popup window!
System Requirements
==================
This utility works properly on all 32-bit/64-bit versions of Windows,
including Windows 98/ME, Windows NT, Windows 2000, Windows XP, Windows
Server 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Seven and Windows 8.
Personally tested on: Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit, Windows XP 32bit and Windows 8 Pro 64bit
Linux users: I think this software will works with "WINE" but not tested.
Disclaimer
==========
The software is provided "AS IS" without any warranty, either expressed
or implied, including, but not limited to, the implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. The author will not
be liable for any special, incidental, consequential or indirect damages
due to loss of data or any other reason.
Issues/Limitations
===============
- MMS/e-mails not supported
- Attachments (like images or files) not supported
Screenshot
===========
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
Download at Sourceforge.net
======================
https://sourceforge.net/projects/pimbackupdroid/
Any idea on what to add more to this software??

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This sounds great. I have a lot of old SMS I'm missing after switching to android. I'm going to test it as soon as I'm with my PC tommorow morning. Will report back then.
Sent from my HTC HD2 using XDA App

emandt, I tried to download your SW from the page you have listed, but it looks like folder is empty...?

As I've wrote in first post: project just opened at SF.net, so be patient
I'm creating a small README as Guide and prepare source code to place it on SF.net very soon.

OK, I was under impression at least test version is available. I'll wait

Released the first version few hours ago.
Check the Limitations (first post) before post a bug

I've realized my PIM backup files are .pib, not .csm. Is there any way how to move it to .csm? Except of restoring and archiving again through WM...I have only one phone
Thanks.

Please read the description at first post or the README file following the EXE.....
The ".CSM" file IS INTO the PIB file.
PIB file is just a compressed file to handle multiple files in single one.
Use WinZip / WinRaR / 7-Zip to open the PIB file and extract CSM one.
If your backup was created with "Binary backup(faster)" options it's impossibile to convert with my software (no any description/protocol about "How To Read" a Binary file created by BimBackup)....so, in this case, I think you need to Restore all messages and start the backup (without THAT option!!) again....sorry.
However I will study (raw mode with thousands of tries) "Binary backups" to allow them as non-binary ones.

I'm sorry I have overlooked this step. The problem is that even when I open .pib file, there is no .csm. Actualy, all extensions begin with .p**. Could be the reason that I have somehow checked "binary backup" in WM PIM?
I'm hot to test your SW but obviously I'm not a good tester
BTW, why don't you move this topic between general android applications, to have it more visible in the forum?

I'm trying to read binary backup files but without any description from author is very very hard to resolve this step. I've not found a schema for the data into binary files yet.

I've studied BINARY backup and already found half-solution, at least for NAME, TELEPHONE_NUMBER and TEXT_MESSAGE.....not I'm stuck at "Date and Time field"....
I've wrote to PimBackup author and I hope he will respond me with the solution.
Stay tuned

Nice initiative
Hi,
first of all, congrats for the iniative. Sorrowfully, it doesn't work for me (Access Violation at address 004ccea0 [...] @ address 00000004
If this helps: W7 x64 Pro @i5
For people who have their backups in binary format, from this same forum (don't remember the threads tho, sorry) came these tips:
1) Download Microsoft Windows mobile 6.5 Professional Developer Tools (goole it or "Windows Mobile 6.5 emulator");
2) run the appropriate version of the emulator;
3) "install PimBackup and restore your backup (set up a "shared Folder" for that, it will appear as a storage card);
4) redo your backup without binary format unchecked;
5) have fun! (if you're reading this thread, you know the rest already )
Also, see this link: Transferring contact list from Windows Mobile to Android SANS OUTLOOK
Have fun! I'll have to wait the next stable version.

It's strange....I'm using Win 7 Ultimate 64bit in italian language.
What OS language?
What is your OS alphabet in use?
I've developed this application quiclky and I don't have considered alphabets and non-latin characters. Maybe it could be this.
I'll spend more time to make it works on other OS settings

@tuliogs: if your Error is generated during startup of application you can try new version (v.1.0.0.1 folder on download section) which has an uncompressed Executable file to increase compatibility on Windows OS.
Otherwise: I need more explanations about that Error.

not yet
I get the error when trying to convert the file. Win7 here is in brazilian portuguese, I guess it's UTF-8 (or else, probably Windows-1251, which in turn is an ISO 8859-1 variant, I guess).
Just tried the new version... same issue, but it now shows where it stops: on a self-test SMS (explained below). It was enough to change the "phone number for comparison" field and _that_ issue was solved. However, please keep reading.
I found some "anomalies" in some messages in my file, though:
some are self-tests I sent to myself or just empty drafts. this seems to be the issue described before;
some contain the whole phone numbers including country codes and the plus sign (no trouble with those ones);
some archived messages contain line breaks: these are plain skipped;
duplicate messages, some within a short interval (3 secs or less) disappear also;
different cellphones use different text encodings so you guess the mess... however, overall text is more important than specific characters, so it's relevant to say I had no problem at all with these, apart from getting alien symbols (which don't bother me).
I had to abandon Android on my Kaiser to revamp it from scratch (therefore, WM again aawwww), so I can't test the final result now, but there's a Samsung Galaxy S (Froyo, I guess) coming in a few days. So if you'd wish to attack those issues in the meantime, I'll gladly test the final result when time comes.
Thank you again and keep up the good work.

Nice to have so detailed error description!!
New version was compiled just without "Compress executable" option because I thought your error were caused on startup and not during conversion.
Can you send me just a complete row (you can manually edit a row to create fake text) of CSM file with many brazilian characters??
Now I'll try with:
- self test messages
- many special characters (also line-breaks)

outgoing SMS is sucessfully converted,
but I cannot found any incoming message in the output files...
Here are the first few line of the output:
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?>
<smses count="196">
<sms protocol="0" address="" date="1284300650000" type="1" body="回到家了啦" read="1" status="-1" contact_name="" />
<sms protocol="0" address="" date="1286260959000" type="1" body="整緊" read="1" status="-1" contact_name="" />

@azothterry: TYPE="1" means "Inbox" but perhaps this wrong decode depends of strange Input data.
I've tested with my latinian-alphabet without special chars (comma, points and few single-quote chars) and it works.
To allow other alphabets/characters I need few lines from your CSM file, expecially with special chars.
Don't forget to set "Number for comparison" field with your partial (without international prefix) phone number.

Hi, emandt
Here are some line of my csm file, many thx.
Code:
0x00,0x00;"";"";;"";"回到家了啦";"";0;"\\%MDF1";"SMS";"IPM.SMStext";;;33;262144;2011,04,13,15,07,28;2010,09,12,22,10,50;1;"524296\;Kat\;99999999\;1\;0\;SMS";0;""
0x00,0x00;"Kain Kwok";"\"Kain Kwok\" <88888888>";;"";"幫我開電腦pls";"";0;"\\%MDF1";"SMS";"IPM.SMStext";;16;1;;2008,01,01,16,38,55;2010,09,22,09,29,45;0;"";0;""
0x00,0x00;"";"";;"";"整緊";"";0;"\\%MDF1";"SMS";"IPM.SMStext";;;1;262144;2008,01,01,16,38,56;2010,10,05,14,42,39;1;"524296\;Kat\;99999999\;1\;0\;SMS";0;""
0x00,0x00;"Kat";"\"Kat\" <99999999>";;"";"飲檸檬茶中..";"";0;"\\%MDF1";"SMS";"IPM.SMStext";;14;1;;2011,04,13,15,07,28;2010,10,05,14,46,55;0;"";0;""
0x00,0x00;"";"";;"";"飲緊燈汁!明天俾一支你!";"";0;"\\%MDF1";"SMS";"IPM.SMStext";;;33;262144;2011,04,13,15,07,28;2010,10,05,14,51,24;1;"524296\;Kat\;99999999\;1\;0\;SMS";0;""
0x00,0x00;"Kat";"\"Kat\" <99999999>";;"";"何時買?";"";0;"\\%MDF1";"SMS";"IPM.SMStext";;8;1;;2011,04,13,15,07,28;2010,10,05,14,52,55;0;"";0;""
0x00,0x00;"";"";;"";"今早";"";0;"\\%MDF1";"SMS";"IPM.SMStext";;;33;262144;2011,04,13,15,07,28;2010,10,05,14,53,23;1;"524296\;Kat\;99999999\;1\;0\;SMS";0;""

[TOOL]Logcat Tool

FIXED HUGE ISSUE CAUSING EMPTY FILES
DOWNLOAD
PM or post here if you run into any issues. They WILL be addressed.
I have made a tool to simplify Logcat creation for people. The creation of this tool was inspired, and guided, by the thread started HERE by paxChristos.
UPDATE 4.1
Corrected an issue causing empty files.
apparently, if the process id contained a space ( 1234) the file would parse correctly, but if the numbers came up to the parenthesis (12345) it would output an empty file named ACTIVITY(12345) with no extension.
This was a huge issue, and i apologize for not seeing it sooner. It has been corrected, and the logcat tool works better than ever. I just ran through a 20,000 line logcat without any empty files appearing.
a couple more things to help with stability.
Underscores (_) will be replaced by dashes (-)
Brackets ([]) and arrows (<>) will be replaced with paranthesis(())
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
HUGE UPDATE
Added the ability to "SUPER PARSE" Files, which separates files into folders by log level and creates a TXT file for each activity
EX.
.[OUTPUT FOLDER]-->
.....[DEBUG LEVEL FOLDER] --->
............... BACKUPMANAGER.TXT
............... SURFACFLNGER.TXT
................ETC...
Super parse DOES NOT Work with LONG format Logs.
SUPER PARSE is in its infancy I do expect errors, please let me know if you run into anything.
EDIT V3.6 DONE
Added ability to filter logcats by activity name. (logcat -s "FILTER")
Fixed Log Level Setting
EDIT V3.5 DONE
NOW PROPERLY PARSES "LONG" FORMAT LOGCATS.
Thank you to Senior Member jes0411 for pointing out the issues that lead me to create V3.4 and 3.5. If any of you have an issue please let me know. It could be hours before i get to it or weeks, but i will get to fixing it.
EDIT V3.4 DONE
Changed the way the date variable was handled to hopefully fix issues experienced by users of non-English versions of windows.
EDIT V3.3 DONE
modified the output to include the log level before the logcat as seen below;
ERROR LEVEL
Code:
"E/MotionRecognitionService( 902): mReceiver.onReceive : ACTION_USER_PRESENT :: UNLOCK SCREEN"
"E/Watchdog( 902): @Sync 96"
"E/Watchdog( 902): @Sync 97"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): Activity com.google.android.music.ui.TrackContainerActivity has leaked IntentReceiver [email protected] that was originally registered here. Are you missing a call to unregisterReceiver()?"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): android.app.IntentReceiverLeaked: Activity com.google.android.music.ui.TrackContainerActivity has leaked IntentReceiver [email protected] that was originally registered here. Are you missing a call to unregisterReceiver()?"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.app.LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher.<init>(LoadedApk.java:814)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.app.LoadedApk.getReceiverDispatcher(LoadedApk.java:610)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.app.ContextImpl.registerReceiverInternal(ContextImpl.java:1774)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.app.ContextImpl.registerReceiver(ContextImpl.java:1754)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.content.ContextWrapper.registerReceiver(ContextWrapper.java:486)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.widget.ViewFlipper.onAttachedToWindow(ViewFlipper.java:93)"
"E/MP-Decision( 2125): DOWN cpu:1 core_idx:1 Ns:1.100000 Ts:190 rq:0.000000 seq:196.000000"
LOGCAT GENERATED BY FUZZYMEEP TWO'S LOGCAT TOOL
AS OPPOSED TO
Code:
"E/MotionRecognitionService( 902): mReceiver.onReceive : ACTION_USER_PRESENT :: UNLOCK SCREEN"
"E/Watchdog( 902): @Sync 96"
"E/Watchdog( 902): @Sync 97"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): Activity com.google.android.music.ui.TrackContainerActivity has leaked IntentReceiver [email protected] that was originally registered here. Are you missing a call to unregisterReceiver()?"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): android.app.IntentReceiverLeaked: Activity com.google.android.music.ui.TrackContainerActivity has leaked IntentReceiver [email protected] that was originally registered here. Are you missing a call to unregisterReceiver()?"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.app.LoadedApk$ReceiverDispatcher.<init>(LoadedApk.java:814)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.app.LoadedApk.getReceiverDispatcher(LoadedApk.java:610)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.app.ContextImpl.registerReceiverInternal(ContextImpl.java:1774)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.app.ContextImpl.registerReceiver(ContextImpl.java:1754)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.content.ContextWrapper.registerReceiver(ContextWrapper.java:486)"
"E/ActivityThread(22620): at android.widget.ViewFlipper.onAttachedToWindow(ViewFlipper.java:93)"
"E/MP-Decision( 2125): DOWN cpu:1 core_idx:1 Ns:1.100000 Ts:190 rq:0.000000 seq:196.000000"
LOGCAT GENERATED BY FUZZYMEEP TWO'S LOGCAT TOOL
EDIT V 3.2 Finished
Google code won't allow any new uploads, so i will attach the new update here in a ZIP file.
Fixed ADB Location settings, some users were having trouble if they input the ADB folder with any quotation marks in the path name, it will now automatically remove quotation marks to ensure correct syntax.
Fixed issue with ADB Location setting not exiting to previous menu.
Fixed issue with Log Level setting not exiting to previous menu.
Capitalized some stuff
Added a feature that will automatically create the selected folder if no output folder exists and the user attempts to run a log.
Added a check when selecting an output folder that will ask if you want the folder created if it does not exist
NOW PARSES FILES
{
"lightbox_close": "Close",
"lightbox_next": "Next",
"lightbox_previous": "Previous",
"lightbox_error": "The requested content cannot be loaded. Please try again later.",
"lightbox_start_slideshow": "Start slideshow",
"lightbox_stop_slideshow": "Stop slideshow",
"lightbox_full_screen": "Full screen",
"lightbox_thumbnails": "Thumbnails",
"lightbox_download": "Download",
"lightbox_share": "Share",
"lightbox_zoom": "Zoom",
"lightbox_new_window": "New window",
"lightbox_toggle_sidebar": "Toggle sidebar"
}
OUTPUTTING SEPREATE FILES:
(DEBUG).TXT
(ERROR).TXT
(INFO).TXT
(VERBOSE).TXT
(WARNING).TXT
ETC..
AS WELL AS A FULL LOGCAT
EXAMPLE OUTPUT "INFO" LEVEL FILE
Code:
"I/LocationManagerService( *495): request passive (pid 9909) 0 0"*
"I/LocationManagerService( *495): request passive (pid 3221) 60000 0"*
LOGCAT GENERATED BY FUZZYMEEP TWO'S LOGCAT TOOL
****OLD STUFF*****
EDIT V3.1 DONE
FIXED OPTIONS 7 & 8, URLS WERE MISSING A "?"
CHANGELOG EDITS
SAVES AND PARSES FILES IN TO DIFFERENT OUPUT FILES BASED ON LOG LEVEL (E , I , D , W , ETC)
EDIT V3 DONE
https://code.google.com/p/logcat-tool/downloads/list
added a logcat icon to exe
various bug fixes
addeed "HIDE" brackets (Thank you Szczepanik)
EDIT:
Many bug and typo fixes.
Now Saves Settings.
Easy XDA option adds
Code:
brackets for easy posting to XDA.
There are now key words you can enter to execute actions instead of just numbers ex. "LOG" to start logging or HELP for help
Automatically adds "/" to end of directories entered if forgotten.
[/HIDE]
Keywords:
Logcat Parsing
How to parse logcat
Windows Logcat
Logcat Tool
Windows Parse Logcat

FuzzyMeep Two said:
I have made a tool to simplify Logcat creation for people. The creation of this tool was inspired, and guided, by the thread started HERE by paxChristos.
LOGCAT TOOL by FuzzyMeep TWO
I made this in about a half hour, so if you fnd any issues let me know. I believe i worked out all functionality issues, and do plan on expanding functionality in the future. This is written in Batch, and compiled with QuickBFC.
https://code.google.com/p/logcat-tool/
Edit: source here.
Batch Source
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Let me test it for you
Sent from my NexusHD2 using xda premium

EDIT V3.1 DONE
FIXED OPTIONS 7 & 8, URLS WERE MISSING A "?"
CHANGELOG EDITS
SAVES AND PARSES FILES IN TO DIFFERENT OUPUT FILES BASED ON LOG LEVEL (E , I , D , W , ETC)
apurohit said:
Let me test it for you
Sent from my NexusHD2 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Have at it, click the link above, it should download. the only thing i think it is missing is search filters, but that will be added asap, or, if you're feeling generous (anyone) feel free to take the batch source and add to it.
Download page

you still working on this?

very useful...keep up the good work !

grr windows

congrats for getting on homepage !

EDIT V3.1 DONE
FIXED OPTIONS 7 & 8, URLS WERE MISSING A "?"
CHANGELOG EDITS
SAVES AND PARSES FILES IN TO DIFFERENT OUPUT FILES BASED ON LOG LEVEL (E , I , D , W , ETC)
Shano56 said:
you still working on this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I haven't added anything in a while, but like i said, do intend to add filtering, i already started the framework in the file (variables, menus and such) it was juts giving me all kinds of sh*t so i backed off and fixed some other more pressing bugs. But i think i will hop back on it soon, and add filtering.. And, if you (anyone) have any suggestions, let me know.

Thank you, thank you. Good job, and works.

New and improved!!!
EDIT V3.1 DONE
FIXED OPTIONS 7 & 8, URLS WERE MISSING A "?"
CHANGELOG EDITS
SAVES AND PARSES FILES IN TO DIFFERENT OUPUT FILES BASED ON LOG LEVEL (E , I , D , W , ETC)
EDIT: BUG FIX UPDATE HERE
The last version removed a "*" on me so it had a great potential for closing itself, so i have repaired the problems.
Many bug and typo fixes.
Now Saves Settings.
Easy XDA option adds
Code:
brackets for easy posting to XDA.
There are now key words you can enter to execute actions instead of just numbers ex. "LOG" to start logging or HELP for help
Automatically adds "/" to end of directories entered if forgotten.

[HIDE]
As Logcats are usually quite long, may I suggest that, as well as the
Code:
brackets
[QUOTE="FuzzyMeep Two, post: 30573127, member: 4507027"]Easy XDA option adds [CODE] brackets for easy posting to XDA.[/QUOTE]
you also add [B][HIDE][/B] brackets (see my sig).
Cheers
Tom

Szczepanik said:
As Logcats are usually quite long, may I suggest that, as well as the
Code:
brackets
you also add [B][HIDE][/B] brackets (see my sig).
Cheers
Tom[/QUOTE]
That is a great idea, thank you... will do.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

FuzzyMeep Two said:
I have made a tool to simplify Logcat creation for people. The creation of this tool was inspired, and guided, by the thread started HERE by paxChristos.
EDIT:
Many bug and typo fixes.
Now Saves Settings.
Easy XDA option adds
Code:
brackets for easy posting to XDA.
There are now key words you can enter to execute actions instead of just numbers ex. "LOG" to start logging or HELP for help
Automatically adds "/" to end of directories entered if forgotten.
EDIT: BUG FIX UPDATE [URL="http://code.google.com/p/logcat-tool/downloads/detail?name=logcatTool.exe&can=2&q="]HERE[/URL]
The last version removed a "*" on me so it had a great potential for closing itself, so i have repaired the problems.[/QUOTE]
I downloaded your updated apk as a file logcatTool.exe to my SGS I9000 , but the file is not executable. Have you instructions?
Thank you
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You should add a grep-like function to enable seperate I, W, E logcat (info, warning, error)
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus running Android 4.2 JB

I have made a tool to simplify Logcat creation for people. The creation of this tool was inspired, and guided, by the thread started HERE by paxChristos.
EDIT V 3.2 Finished
Google code won't allow any new uploads, so i will attach the new update here in a ZIP file.
Fixed ADB Location settings, some users were having trouble if they input the ADB folder with any quotation marks in the path name, it will now automatically remove quotation marks to ensure correct syntax.
Fixed issue with ADB Location setting not exiting to previous menu.
Fixed issue with Log Level setting not exiting to previous menu.
Capitalized some stuff
Added a feature that will automatically create the selected folder if no output folder exists and the user attempts to run a log.
Added a check when selecting an output folder that will ask if you want the folder created if it does not exist
NOW PARSES FILES
OUTPUTTING SEPREATE FILES:
(DEBUG).TXT
(ERROR).TXT
(INFO).TXT
(VERBOSE).TXT
(WARNING).TXT
ETC..
AS WELL AS A FULL LOGCAT
EXAMPLE OUTPUT "INFO" LEVEL FILE
Code:
"I/LocationManagerService( *495): request passive (pid 9909) 0 0"*
"I/LocationManagerService( *495): request passive (pid 3221) 60000 0"*
LOGCAT GENERATED BY FUZZYMEEP TWO'S LOGCAT TOOL
****OLD STUFF*****
EDIT V3.1 DONE
FIXED OPTIONS 7 & 8, URLS WERE MISSING A "?"
CHANGELOG EDITS
SAVES AND PARSES FILES IN TO DIFFERENT OUPUT FILES BASED ON LOG LEVEL (E , I , D , W , ETC)
EDIT V3 DONE
https://code.google.com/p/logcat-tool/downloads/list
added a logcat icon to exe
various bug fixes
addeed "HIDE" brackets (Thank you Szczepanik)
EDIT:
Many bug and typo fixes.
Now Saves Settings.
Easy XDA option adds
Code:
brackets for easy posting to XDA.
There are now key words you can enter to execute actions instead of just numbers ex. "LOG" to start logging or HELP for help
Automatically adds "/" to end of directories entered if forgotten.
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Fix website adress on OPTION 7 & 8 in console. These options not working.

zomer331 said:
Fix website adress on OPTION 7 & 8 in console. These options not working.
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All fixed, thank you... i had accidentally removed a ? from each URL.

great work!
now... is there a tutorial on how to use this, for a noob like me?
i don't know the first thing about this stuff or how to use it

x000x said:
great work!
now... is there a tutorial on how to use this, for a noob like me?
i don't know the first thing about this stuff or how to use it
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Try here to familiarize yourself with logcats a little, run the program alongside it and choose the options you need, you will need adb setup on your pc already. For the most part the program can be run with default options, and you can then parse the file and choose the log level you need from the output files.

Edit. Disregard. I'm retarded sometimes