[MOD]SASHIMI - regexport the values YOU want - Windows Mobile Apps and Games

I recently started to use SASHIMI heavily to customize my HD after a ROM flash. Congrats and credits to bengalih who did an awesome job.
One option i really missed in SASHIMI is to be able to specify specific values for custom registry export, so i decided to modify the script to my needs. From what i've read in various threads/forums other people wants to do the same, so i'll share it here for everyone who wants to try.
The mod allows additional parameters in REGEXPORT.INI:
key1=<yourkeypath1>
key2=<yourkeypath2>,<value1>,<value2>,<value3>, ... ,<valueN>
key3=<yourkeypath3>,*
key1 is the traditional way of exporting registry keys as its already implemented. It exports this key including all values/subkeys.
key2 specifies a key, plus the value names you want to export (value1-valueN). Value names are CASE SENSITIVE (!), if they dont match you end up with an empty key.
key3 specifies a key, plus ALL values, but WITHOUT subkeys.
WARNING: DO NOT mix filtered (like in key2, key3 examples) and unfiltered keys (key1) in the same section, as this will lead to missing values. If you need to do this, split them into separate sections.
examples from my own usage:
[Opera vibration]
RegExportDirMode=Auto
key1=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Opera\Defaults,VibrationEnabled
[power+backlight settings]
RegExportDirMode=Auto
key1=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts,BattSuspendTimeout,BattSuspendTimeoutSave,ACSuspendTimeout,ACSuspendTimeoutSave
key2=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\BackLight,BatteryTimeout,BatteryTimeoutUnchecked,ACTimeoutUnchecked
If you want to give it a shot here are the downloads:
CustomRegistryExport.txt
SASHIMI.mscr

Nice mod, m'lady!
I hope bengalih will consider it for future SASHIMI versions

Great job!
Very Very helpfull!
Thanks a'lot!

well... just tried this (kept a backup of the original mscr). The only key it exported was key9. It took what felt like 5min to get past the "mysettings.............." line.
Code:
[MySettings]
RegExportDirMode=Auto
key1=HKLM\Ident
key2=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Clock
key3=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Vmail\UserProvidedNumber1
key4=HKCU\ControlPanel\Notifications
key5=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\Devices
key6=HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts
key7=HKCU\Software\HTC\People\OwnerInfo
key8=HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\Configuration
key9=HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila,Weather.CityList,Weather.ServerURLOverride,Locale,Weather_Focus,Weather.Fahrenheit,Weather.PostRunFirst
key10=HKLM\Software\Arcsoft\ArcSoft MMS UA\Config\mm1
key11=HKCU\Software\HTC\TaskManager
key12=HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\ProgramLauncher
And Generated this .reg file
Code:
Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila\]
"Weather.CityList"="37384,30914,31106,30824"
"Weather.ServerURLOverride"="http://weather.conflipper.com/htcweather/weathertranslate.php?ac=CONFLIPPER&locCode=%25ls&version= 1&device=innovation"
"Locale"="en-US"
"Weather_Focus"="United States"
"Weather.Fahrenheit"=dword:00000001
Notepad shows that all on 1 line w/ carriage returns as open squares.
Sashimi.mscr is in the BIN folder along w/ the .txt file. The weather entries are the main reason I need this mod. I think I did everything right, but looks like I missed something.

ProfEngr said:
well... just tried this (kept a backup of the original mscr). The only key it exported was key9. It took what felt like 5min to get past the "mysettings.............." line.
Notepad shows that all on 1 line w/ carriage returns as open squares.
Sashimi.mscr is in the BIN folder along w/ the .txt file. The weather entries are the main reason I need this mod. I think I did everything right, but looks like I missed something.
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congrats ... you found a bug
Notepad showing only 1 line is normal, it cant handle lines terminated with LF only.

Is a fix in the works?

ProfEngr said:
Notepad shows that all on 1 line w/ carriage returns as open squares.
Sashimi.mscr is in the BIN folder along w/ the .txt file. The weather entries are the main reason I need this mod. I think I did everything right, but looks like I missed something.
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Hello ProfEngr,
I'am exporting a lot of keys with Dotfreds taskmanager.... with a simple text editor I place all of them in 1 Reg file..... and afterwards I import only 1 reg file with all the keys in it ...
Not really a solution, but a work-around
Greets from sudist

thanks, I'll try that in the interim.

sudist said:
Hello ProfEngr,
I'am exporting a lot of keys with Dotfreds taskmanager.... with a simple text editor I place all of them in 1 Reg file..... and afterwards I import only 1 reg file with all the keys in it ...
Not really a solution, but a work-around
Greets from sudist
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I do that with normal SASHIMI too. I setup several registry settings in a text ini file, mysettings1 for registrations and program setup, mysettings2 for CHome setup like weather, used icons, launchers shortcuts etc, mysettings3 for device setup like email, ISP, bluetooth, advanced config etc and so on. So i can restore everything after a hard reset or flash, or only one set of registry at any time. From time to time i do a custom backup of the current registry.

ProfEngr said:
Is a fix in the works?
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I'll look after that sometime next week

any luck squashing that bug?

I'm currently testing the changes. Looking good so far. If they turn out ok i'll publish them tomorrow.

I tested the changes and they work great, however it takes ages to process a fair amount of regitems.
I wont publish this as its practically unusable. The reason is that i adapted the script to filter out unwanted regentries, which is slow by design. The better way would be to write a filter in C++ or .net and call it from Sashimi.
My advice is this: split the settings in two or more sections, and dont mix regkeys that need filtering with the ones that dont.
For your example this would look like this:
Code:
[MySettings1]
RegExportDirMode=Auto
key1=HKLM\Ident
key2=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Clock
key3=HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Vmail\UserProvidedNumber1
key4=HKCU\ControlPanel\Notifications
key5=HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Bluetooth\Devices
key6=HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\Power\Timeouts
key7=HKCU\Software\HTC\People\OwnerInfo
key8=HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\Configuration
key10=HKLM\Software\Arcsoft\ArcSoft MMS UA\Config\mm1
key11=HKCU\Software\HTC\TaskManager
key12=HKLM\Software\HTC\Manila\ProgramLauncher
[MySettings2]
key9=HKCU\Software\HTC\Manila,Weather.CityList,Weather.ServerURLOverride,Locale,Weather_Focus,Weather.Fahrenheit,Weather.PostRunFirst
Or - and thats the way i prefer - split it into functional portions, one section per key. If you need to troubleshoot something its way easier to handle small bits instead of one megaload of settings.
I added a warning to the first post to make that clear.

Works, but wow - slow
I got it to work, creating two ouput files (allmyregistryneedsnotfiltered.REG & allmyregistryneedsyesfiltered.REG). Output was about 2500 lines and 250 lines respectively. The non-filtered 2500 lines ran in the blink of an eye. The filtered 250 lines took about 40 minutes. It seems to have worked perfectly, but wow, what a time investment.
[AllMyRegistryNeedsNotFiltered]
RegExportDirMode=AUTO
HTC-Camera=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Camera
Internet-Shortcuts=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Manila\InternetPush
Keyboard-Config=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\KeyboardConfig
LockScreen=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell\LockScreen
Mail-Settings=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\Inbox\Mail Settings
Manila-Home=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Manila\Home
Manila-Tabs=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Manila\Configuration
S2U2-Settings=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\A_C\S2U2
Sound-Notifications=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Notifications
SPB-Backup=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{7B9996D8-B043-4013-98B5-FC12829C28D6}
SPB-Time=HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\CLSID\{B6C22A2E-6610-4033-990C-C8CDCF73B1BE}
Splashid=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\SplashDataReg\SplashID
Total-Commander=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Ghisler
XDA-Folders=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\XDA\DirCopy
[AllMyRegistryNeedsYesFiltered]
RegExportDirMode=AUTO
Date-in-Titlebar=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shell,*
Facebook-Photo=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\People\OwnerInfo,FBPhotoFromFB,PhotoPath
Facebook-Settings=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\FacebookSDK,*
HTC-Accounts=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\HTCAccountManager,*
Identity=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Ident,*
Manila-Settings-Level-a=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\HTC\Manila,*
Owner=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Owner,*
Owner=HKEY_CURRENT_USER\ControlPanel\Owner,*
Softkey=HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\HTC\Manila,HomeLSKText,HomeLSKPath

Auto install jar games/apps
I'm looking for a software that auto-install .jar games / apps (something like sashimi does with .cab files), may you help me ?
Thank a lot
ciao

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Necessary Programs & Tweaks for Our Prophet

We have many ROM for our Prophet. The problem is, we saw some of these programs available in some ROM and not in the other ROM. So, let we share these programs, tweaks and tips.
Dutty Explorer
I am starting with Dutty Explorer, based on GSFinder+, a very good replacement to default File Explorer (even with extensions like Spb Plus and HouMing File Explore Extension), plus latest version of gsgetfile.dll compatible with WM6.
We have Resco Explorer but not Freeware. Total Commander CE is good, but not the interface.
SQPC v2.99 - The Universal Top Bar
sawari said:
We have many ROM for our Prophet. The problem is, we saw some of these programs available in some ROM and not in the other ROM. So, let we share these programs, tweaks and tips...
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SQPC is a program (MULTI-PURPOSE TOP MENU BAR) that as old as my age.....
But, flexible that you can alter it anyway you like, the main reason why I had it kept as personally I love that one tap finish actions too much, like copy, paste, input selector, soft-keyboard pop up.........
Goodness:-
1. SWAPPABLE TOP BAR with any Length / Programmable / Executable Icon you like,
2. Clipboard 10 history too easy to use ( very very good for my study use),
3. Clock and Calendar on the screen is plug-ins,
4. left side program shortcuts,
5. any back ground images, automatic rotate selectable,
6. single tap actions for any programs / files....
7. Less than 300 KB in file size........
Weakness:-
1. Too many functions for juniors, ( for me, just a junior user, I had explored its 50% of features only.... there are more advance feartures like to call out parameters......)
2. UI is not too fancy~~~
I would like to share the .ini file of it so everyone can give it a try.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU HAD THE SQPC.rar.zip changed to SQPC.rar before unzip.
Thanks for all of yours attention. Please correct me if I am wrong !
I didnt like
dioxda2 said:
SQPC is a program (MULTI-PURPOSE TOP MENU BAR) that as old as my age.....
But, flexible that you can alter it anyway you like, the main reason why I had it kept as personally I love that one tap finish actions too much, like copy, paste, input selector, soft-keyboard pop up.........
Goodness:-
1. SWAPPABLE TOP BAR with any Length / Programmable / Executable Icon you like,
2. Clipboard 10 history too easy to use ( very very good for my study use),
3. Clock and Calendar on the screen is plug-ins,
4. left side program shortcuts,
5. any back ground images, automatic rotate selectable,
6. single tap actions for any programs / files....
7. Less than 300 KB in file size........
Weakness:-
1. Too many functions for juniors, ( for me, just a junior user, I had explored its 50% of features only.... there are more advance feartures like to call out parameters......)
2. UI is not too fancy~~~
I would like to share the .ini file of it so everyone can give it a try.
PLEASE BE SURE THAT YOU HAD THE SQPC.rar.zip changed to SQPC.rar before unzip.
Thanks for all of yours attention. Please correct me if I am wrong !
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this is a very old program. fonts and icons is not pretty..
sorry, i didn't like..
Sorry for being old fashioned
ycimpir;1709977 said:
this is a very old program. fonts and icons is not pretty..
sorry, i didn't like..
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Thanks for you compliments.

MortButtons 2.5

MortButtons is around since about 4 years, but since there's quite some hype recently about both "touch-able" menu systems like Spb Menu or TouchCube and "click-through" button enhancers like HButton, maybe MortButtons might be interesting for some people, too.
It offers all required ways to launch a menu entry (press app button multiple times and wait for timeout, direction pad, tapping the entry), allows freely configurable items for up to 5 main menus (any number of entries and sub menus; don't believe old sites telling about an entry limit, it doesn't exist since years...), includes a task list (like Alt-Tab), offers many "special" entries (system settings, new documents, calls, new messages, screen rotation, ...), is skinnable, free (though donations would be nice), ...
V2.5 compared to V2.41 mostly adds some "facelifts" (new icons and skins, alpha channel support, images as icons for entries, user defined backgrounds, ...) and better performance, but also some new features like finger gestures and access to the system settings.
More informations, download, manual, etc. is available here.
(Screenshot shows TransAqua1 (new default) skin with Spb's Snowy theme as background, icons are "GlassIcons" .png images available in Rotlaus' forum intended for rlToday).
Wow, Thank you so much for such a wonderful software. I just started using Mortbuttons just a few weeks ago and like it very much.
I have made a skin that goes well with the Touch look and would like to share it.
JudgeDredd67 said:
Wow, Thank you so much for such a wonderful software. I just started using Mortbuttons just a few weeks ago and like it very much.
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Yeah, it's only a pity it's still some kind of insider tip while around for years, while similar concepts realized in the last few months make such a fuzz...
I have made a skin that goes well with the Touch look and would like to share it.
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Thanks. Btw, it's also possible to create a skin with bigger tiles like the original TouchCube style. You can use any size for the menu entries you like, as long as MortButtons manages to fit at least one entry on the screen...
Nice Mort! I'll try it and give you some feedback
By the way, can I include this on a ROM ?
Thanks for great work, I was using previous version and this is even better. Keep it this way.
Just updated my skin to take advantage of the alpha layer.
Thanks again Mort for all your wonderful stuff.
Excellent application. Thanks a lot for the hardwork.
dferreira said:
By the way, can I include this on a ROM ?
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Sure, go ahead. Same goes for my other apps, too, btw.
JudgeDredd67 said:
Just updated my skin to take advantage of the alpha layer.
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Nice one, tough the alpha layer isn't very obvious.
Little hint: Zip only the folder contents itself (i.e. no subfolder in the archive), then change the file extension from .zip to .mbz. Having to copy only a single file makes skin installation a bit more easy for beginners. And it saves some space, though usually more by better cluster usage than by compression (most images already are compressed...).
Thanks again Mort for all your wonderful stuff.
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You're welcome...
Very nice update, the launch time seems to be much less. There does seem to be a bit of a memory leak? But not sure how to pinpoint if its cuz of MortButtons or something else. Nevertheless, it is a very nice, free, and actually more powerful alternative to other touch/launcher kinda applications.
Also a fan of MortScript (for small, useful tasks) and MortPlayer (THE audio player for winmobile ). Do you have a smartphone version of MortPlayer planned?
VGA & icons pixelization
Hi,
I just tried on my VGA PDA (Dell Axim X51v), and application icons which are VGA-enabled, appear pixelized in MortButton. Any idea on what I did wrong?
Great work Mort. I've been using mort buttons since about the day after I got my vario II 16 months ago. It was the ideal solution to the missing capabilities I had always presumed a touch screen device would come with by default!
I much prefer it to all of these today screen launchers as these seem to slow down the phone and generally use smaller, less usable buttons for my sausage fingers!
One thing I've noticed though, the new built in shortcuts to the control panel options don't seem quite right. e.g. I've added a shortcut to the Memory control panel on a menu. Having launched the Memory panel, the only way to close it is by pressing the 'ok' button on the top right of the screen - neither OK button works....
Alternatively, if I add a .lnk shortcut which starts the memory panel (with the shortcut "Settings>System>Memory>Main = 20#ctlpnl cplmain.cpl,4") the panel launches fine and can be closed with the OK buttons no problem.
The same goes for Input, Phone, Today panel shortcuts...
I was wondering if MortButtons is not closing properly after launching these settings links?
Apart from this quibble, a great update. Keep up the good work - I'd have binned this phone long ago if it wasn't for this App!!
MortButton and FTouchFlo
Thanks Mort for a great app. I was wondering what is the command line to launch each of the buttons. I was trying to use this in conjunction with efrost's FTouchFlo app where I assigned a gesture like leftright app to launch button 1 by putting the path "\Program Files\MortButtons\Button1.mbi" but that did not launch button1 when gesturing. Would you happen to have a solution?
blistirs said:
Thanks Mort for a great app. I was wondering what is the command line to launch each of the buttons. I was trying to use this in conjunction with efrost's FTouchFlo app where I assigned a gesture like leftright app to launch button 1 by putting the path "\Program Files\MortButtons\Button1.mbi" but that did not launch button1 when gesturing. Would you happen to have a solution?
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I experienced the same. But if you link to the 'Button.exe'. It will bring you to the main menu where you can see the 5 buttons. While this is one more step extra, better than nothing.
^ What you guys are trying to do works fine here.
For e.g. go to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MortButtons and see how the shortcut for button 1 is created (if you have a good file explorer such as gsfinder you can see the shortcut as well as the command line parameter).
Basically the shortcut should point to \Program Files\MortButtons\MBRunner.exe and the command line parameter should be \Program Files\MortButtons\<path_to_button>.mbi. Both of these paths should be put in Ftouchflo config without quotation marks around. This makes for a much faster, customizable and full featured launcher than the cubes.
Thanks. That did the trick!
ammarr said:
^ What you guys are trying to do works fine here.
For e.g. go to \Windows\Start Menu\Programs\MortButtons and see how the shortcut for button 1 is created (if you have a good file explorer such as gsfinder you can see the shortcut as well as the command line parameter).
Basically the shortcut should point to \Program Files\MortButtons\MBRunner.exe and the command line parameter should be \Program Files\MortButtons\<path_to_button>.mbi. Both of these paths should be put in Ftouchflo config without quotation marks around. This makes for a much faster, customizable and full featured launcher than the cubes.
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Once again for dummies. You mean:
LeftRightApp:\Program Files\MortButtons\MBRunner.exe
LeftRightAppCmdLine:\Program Files\MortButtons\Program Files\MortButtons\Button3.mbi?
I tried:
LeftRightApp:\Program Files\MortButtons\MBRunner.exe
LeftRightAppCmdLine:\Program Files\MortButtons\Button3.mbi
but it didn't work, it shows an empty "MortButton" window.
Maybe you need to use quotes around the parameter (i.e. mbi file). Otherwise it might be MortButtons tries to load "\Program" as menu informations, which doesn't quite work...
The exact method that you've listed works for me. Are you using the latest version of ftouchflo? I remember one of the versions had a bug in the leftright swipe..
Where can I find soft-reset function and it's Icon so that I can put it on the Mortbutton. Annoying each time wanna do soft reset have to tuck the stylus in the hole.

MortScript to change the S2U gif Picture

Hey Folks,
I'm an absolute noOb in programming but I need a Script for MortScript.
The Script should do the following:
In S2U i can only set Jpg Images for a random change.
So, i would like to use Mortscript to
-copy .gif picture X from /StorageCard/My Pictures to /ProgramFiles/S2U/gfx/wallpaper.gif
-and after time X copy the file back and take another one.
I think the problem is that the wallpaper for S2U must be named as wallpaper but i can't have a folder on storage card with 20 or more wallpaper.gif files.
Is there the possibitity to use MortScript to rename the files to wallpaper.gif and later back to the old name (or maybe another name like 1, 2, 3 and so on.)
It would be great if someone could make such a script, an i'm sure that other people would like it, too.
Randomly change S2U2 wallpaper
Hey, buddy,
I wrote this script some time ago and I've been using it for a while now. I thought I was the only one who wanted random gifs, guess not
Attached is a MortScript I wrote, it will choose a random file in a directory of your choosing and set it to the S2U2 background every 2 hours.
To change the directory: edit Line 8
To change how often you want the images changed: edit Line 33
Make sure you copy this to your My Documents folder on the device mem and run it. Then it'll change randomly for you.
Currently I have it set up to choose gifs and jpegs, but you can change that in Line 8, in theory
Enjoy and pass it on to others!
- chis
thank you amigo it s cool idée
chris.wilcox said:
Hey, buddy,
I wrote this script some time ago and I've been using it for a while now. I thought I was the only one who wanted random gifs, guess not
Attached is a MortScript I wrote, it will choose a random file in a directory of your choosing and set it to the S2U2 background every 2 hours.
To change the directory: edit Line 8
To change how often you want the images changed: edit Line 33
Make sure you copy this to your My Documents folder on the device mem and run it. Then it'll change randomly for you.
Currently I have it set up to choose gifs and jpegs, but you can change that in Line 8, in theory
Enjoy and pass it on to others!
- chis
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This is really cool, thanks a lot
In my p3600 the gif's does't animate.. what am i doing wrong? how do i use your tool?

Nanling's QuickPad EN - notepad, text editor, multiple instances, big files, unicode

You sure know the QuickMenu - Start manager by our fellow Nanling.
He created this QuickPad app too, but never did translation into english, which made it little non-usable by us, who can't read Chinese.
My first attempt was pretty lazy, editing res in exe, which wasn't very complete work and created some mis-formatting too.
Now there is standard MUI file in english!
what's good about QuickPad:
- multiple instances - will not open second file in the same window
- can open big big files
- can do go to column/line and showing position too
- unicode is called UTF-16 in it.
- can edit read-only files (PHM notepad would ignore save if read-only, quite nasty)
- no touchflo. In file open/save dialog, if you try to scroll by dragging in list, it would come with error (but not crash) (where is this option to disable TF in reg? I saw it once I think)
- if you hold down/up button it will start scrolling by pages (click by line, holding by pages) - can't really decide if this's good or bad
in attachment:
QuickPad.cab: classic EN installation
if your pda is not EN, rename mui code to your lang code:
QuickPad.exe.0409.mui to QuickPad.exe.xxxx.mui
MUI fix-ONLY for EN localized pda.cab: DON'T RUN THIS cab ON NON-ENGLISH PDA's (would reset it to english)
Some EN pdas would ignore mui files. This cab (just reg inside) should fix that.
the cab contains this reg:
[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\MUI]
"SysLang"=dword:00000409
"Enable"=dword:00000001
QuickPad.zip: OEM - if you know what it is, you know what to do
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one issue: in open/save dialog, there should be current folder visible in first combo. I can't set original props for this dialog with what I have.
I made translation by guess and try there still are some strings and one dialog I never saw and can't guess what it is. If someone from China, could go through them and tell me, I'll add it there. Or if someone would run into "xxxS1" by using QuickPad, let me know what was supposed to be shown there.
cheers
Thanks for sharing. I will give it a try on the weekend. Report later...
I've been looking for suitable notepad memo app for WM for forever... one that can truly replace the simple Memo app in old PalmOS which debutted some 15 years ago. One of its key features was that you could create dozens of hundreds of memos and then search through them for a simple string pattern and it would list all the hits and you then could tap on one and you would be put in that memo at exact the point of the string match. Also the searching was FAST, even for hundreds of memos on 16mhz CPU.
I still can't find anything in the WM world that matches this... I don't suppose the app does...

[APP] NotepadWS - Tabbed text editor with online Search feature - updated (2.7)

NotepadWS ver 2.7
NotepadWS is a notepad-like application with TABS feature and some interesting tools such as the WEB SEARCH.
The Web Search (context menu) allows you to get google, wiki or dictionary contents about the word or text selected from NotepadWS,
it could be a good way to perform your search quickly and easily!
FEATURES
- Edit up to four different text files in the same session.
- Switch from one tab to another with just one click.
- Ability to add or remove tool bars at any time.
- Configure each tab separately.
- Online search of selected word or text; google search, wiki search, dictionary.
ver 2.0
- Open and Save dialogs totally redesigned to be more useful and finger-friendly
- Settings page added
ver 2.55
- File association works propely
- Max file size supported increased
- Word-wrap options added
- Copy and paste between different tabs added
- Cmd ExitAll added
- File and Folder Shortcuts feature added
- Start folder option added (if left blank, the folder of last file used is taken)
- Single click option added
- Font and color customization tool added
- Ability to have tabs with different properties (font, colors, start folder, etc)
- Tab character enabled (by pressing tab button you get column alignment)
ver 2.57
- Overwrite related bug fixed
- Read-only related bug fixed
ver 2.7
- External clipboard functions added
tabs improved
Now NotepadWS allows to configure and save the properties of each tab,
so you can have 4 tabs completely different one from another;
each tab has its own font type, size, style and color, background color,
start folder and other properties you can configure through the settings page.
Instead, if you prefer to configure all the tabs in the same way, you don't need
the repeat the setup more times, just setup one and check "apply to all tabs"
in the settings page.
Requirements
- Windows Mobile 5.0 or later
- Touchscreen device
- VGA or higher resolution screen
- .NET Compact Framework 3.5
Hope you enjoy!
Message for the generous people: If you like this app you can
eur, or
usd, the amount you prefer. Thank you!
xdaid said:
NotepadWS ver 2.0
NotepadWS is a notepad-like application with TABS feature and some interesting tools such as the WEB SEARCH.
The Web Search (context menu) allows you to get google, wiki or dictionary contents about the word or text selected from NotepadWS,
it could be a good way to perform your search quickly and easily!
FEATURES
- Edit up to four different text files in the same session.
- Switch from one tab to another with just one click.
- Ability to add or remove tool bars at any time.
- Configure each tab separately.
- Online search of selected word or text; google search, wiki search, dictionary.
ver 2.0
- Open file and Save file dialogs completely redesigned to be more useful and finger-friendly
- Settings page added
Requirements
- Windows Mobile 5.0 or later
- Touchscreen device
- VGA or higher resolution screen
- .NET Compact Framework 3.5
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Hello,
Your program is very interesting, but I can not use just one problem you encounter, and it is important: only lets you open documents in the folder "my documents" in the main memory device. You should modify the program to allow open and save files in any folder on the device memory and the external memory card.
I have not tested whether extensions can also be associated with your program to automatically open when clicking those files from the file explorer program.
If I could use it widely, as I need, I would donate a sum of money for it, in that there is a problem.
Sincerely,
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Hello,
Your program is very interesting, but I can not use just one problem you encounter, and it is important: only lets you open documents in the folder "my documents" in the main memory device. You should modify the program to allow open and save files in any folder on the device memory and the external memory card.
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Very good software
Only thing i could ask extra is word wrap "hope i haven't missed the option"
stylez said:
Very good software
Only thing i could ask extra is word wrap "hope i haven't missed the option"
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Hello,
True, I had not noticed having to click twice (or press "enter") to run this option to access all folders on the device.
What if I notice that you can not open large files, not size, but more than 100 KB can not be with them.
Nor could I see if you can associate text files "txt" to open this program directly from file explorer.
Sincerely,
Hello,
I've been testing the program further NotepadWS, which I consider a good application, but there are two problems with it:
I have seen two important issues that prevent me from replacing AgileNotesTouch, which is what I use now, for NotepadWS:
1 .- NotepadWS not allow it to associate with files by extension, to boot automatically with this application. For example, if you associate files "txt" with NotepadWS ... file does not start with "txt" open.
2 .- I do not know NotepadWS maximum size allowed, but a file of 100 KB or more does not open properly. AgileNotesTouch allows very large files sizes, without problems.
It is important that NotepadWS could solve these two problems.
Sincerely,
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NotepadWS new version - 2.5
What's new and cab installer at first post (updated)
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NotepadWS ver 2.5
NotepadWS is a notepad-like application with TABS feature and some interesting tools such as the WEB SEARCH.
The Web Search (context menu) allows you to get google, wiki or dictionary contents about the word or text selected from NotepadWS,
it could be a good way to perform your search quickly and easily!
FEATURES
- Edit up to four different text files in the same session.
- Switch from one tab to another with just one click.
- Ability to add or remove tool bars at any time.
- Configure each tab separately.
- Online search of selected word or text; google search, wiki search, dictionary.
ver 2.0
- Open file and Save file dialogs completely redesigned to be more useful and finger-friendly
- Settings page added
ver 2.5
- File association works propely
- Supported max file size extended
- Word-wrap options added
- Copy and paste between different tabs added
- Cmd exit added
- Editor and menus improved
- Bug on launching online dictionary fixed
Requirements
- Windows Mobile 5.0 or later
- Touchscreen device
- VGA or higher resolution screen
- .NET Compact Framework 3.5
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eur, or
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Hello Xdait,
Now he has been magnificent NotepadWS v2.5 program. Only one small detail I see in my device (VGA) and is the icon of your program in the file explorer leaves very large, so you see only a quarter of the icon ... only that detail.
I just made a donation through PayPal by using the program, as I indicated. I hope you get well.
Sincerely,
Looks interesting, just what i was looking for. Any chance for WQVGA in future?
Thank you a lot JCM!
2.5 -> 2.51
- Now app memorizes the folder of last file used for the next launch
- File shortcuts list added, to open registered files with just one click
QVGA version, probably i will do it, but don't know exactly about the time i need
2.51 cab installer at first post
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Thank you a lot JCM!
2.5 -> 2.51
- Now app memorizes the folder of last file used for the next launch
- File shortcuts list added, to open registered files with just one click
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@xdaid, appreciate the effort you've put in to this app so far. It has a lot of promise.
I've been playing with it off and on since the 2.0 release. It has not replaced me using AgileNotes (which has its own set of issues for me) on a regular basis, but I look forward to the possibility.
Here are my suggestions and please note I understand you have a life and your own set of requirements when you code, so I know maybe none of these comments might be used...
1. if you can support PWI files
2. if you can handle files with carriage return + linefeed end of line terminator (eg, DOS, windows based text files). Right now, files with CR+LF show up as unprintable characters
3. if you can allow for a default file folder on startup. Use the file shortcut UI you just implemented and apply it to select default, and/or favorite folders. I see you've just implemented it to memorize the last used folder, that is a good start and should be retained unless a default folder is specified.
4. allow for a default file type (eg, TEXT, LOG, etc). Currently always defaults to TEXT when you restart the app.
5. suggest adding or putting an EXIT APP type selection/option in your "cmd" CLOSE action list. Right now it has "X" to only close the active tab, but you have to go to the MAIN MENU to exit the app. Just does not seem intuitive in my opinion.
6. allow the user to select a default background color, font size, and font color if possible (to override system defaults). I realize this suggestion may be difficult or out of scope.
Future wish list, knowing it would likely require extra effort as you may not have the development environment to test on:
a. support the newer WM 6.5.x layout with the STARTMENU and "X" button on the bottom of the screen, or at least detect you are running on the newer versions and keep that bottom bar accessible.
b. use a better file selection UI. Right now, at least on my device, you have to tap on the actual scroll bar to scroll. It should be smooth and fluid like some of the default file selection interfaces in AgileNotes or even Resco File Explorer.
c. allow similar option like Resco or Total Commander for double or single tap to open a directory or file in your selection UI.
Again, thank you for the time and effort you have invested in to this application thus far.
A new version --> 2.55
cab installer and info at first post
It's a quite-big update for NotepadWS, sure not all the stuff listed by powinmo but.. something has been done.
Hope you enjoy
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A new version --> 2.55
cab installer and info at first post
It's a quite-big update for NotepadWS, sure not all the stuff listed by powinmo but.. something has been done.
Hope you enjoy
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Hello Stefano,
Congratulations !!!... you've made a great program, you've passed this new version. Thanks for your program remains my sole editor in my HTC Touch Pro, I do not need anything else to work.
Sincerely,
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A new version --> 2.55
cab installer and info at first post
It's a quite-big update for NotepadWS, sure not all the stuff listed by powinmo but.. something has been done.
Hope you enjoy
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@xdaid. Sweet! Did a quick test run, and seems you incorporated many of my suggestions. Nice work so far.
Only major concern right now is:
- allowing up/down scroll gestures in the file selection UI without actually having to tap directly on the scroll bars. Trying to do a scroll gesture typically selects the item your finger first lands on - basically seems the filename/directory listing of that UI reacts to single tap picking only.
Other than that, my left overs from my prior wish list post are still items:
(1) pwi support and (a) winmo 6.5.x UI support
Again those are not critical, just something for down the road - if even possible.
It's pretty close to being my daily editor and that's saying a lot. Keep up the great work.
Please re-download 2.55 cab installer
i forgot to include a small bug fix, now the cab is updated.
@ powinmo: scroll gesture in file selection UI should not be a problem, i will implement it soon.
Instead, pwi support could be quite hard to realize, i have some ideas about how
extract text from / save text to pwi files. Just ideas so far, but i can try..
regards
Thx for update works a treat
xdaid said:
Please re-download 2.55 cab installer
i forgot to include a small bug fix, now the cab is updated.
@ powinmo: scroll gesture in file selection UI should not be a problem, i will implement it soon.
Instead, pwi support could be quite hard to realize, i have some ideas about how
extract text from / save text to pwi files. Just ideas so far, but i can try..
regards
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@xdaid - appreciate your continued work on the app! Looking forward to seeing that file selection UI more usable and closer to how others UIs act.
As for pwi support, I would put that priority at the very bottom and address any other items you feel are more important.
I do have one additional request after using your app a bit more now:
- add the ability to recognize a scroll up/down gesture versus highlighting text when editing. Right now, when you try to do that the editor strictly acts as if you want to mark text for an action (eg, copy, looking, etc). To scroll through a long document, you have to literally tap on the scroll bar versus the natural inclination of using a gesture.
Other than that, I'm almost sold on trying to the app as my regular editor. Thank you for being so receptive to user comments and suggestions!
For those who like to use the tab character to get fixed spaces / column alignment:
I added a 2.56 version, it's the same as 2.55 but tab character is enabled.
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For those who like to use the tab character to get fixed spaces / column alignment:
I added a 2.56 version, it's the same as 2.55 but tab character is enabled.
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Hello Stefano,
I think your application becomes an application program is essential to our Windows Mobile devices. You've got an editor and text file reader very versatile and practical, ingenious solutions. Thanks for your good program.
Sincerely,
I've been looking for a nice notepad app for a while now, this looks pretty nice . Thanks for sharing!
I have a bit of a request: would you consider adding file 'scheme' functionality. Say you are looking a reg file, the 'scheme' would highlight certain predefined key words or phrases making it more readable. The same could then be true for .xml, .mscr or any other file that can be read by notepad. You think that would be doable?

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