10-18-2002, 08:04 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Microsoft Theme Generator Version 2.0 Sneak Peek
http://www.pocketpcmagic.com/themegenv2/
This coming Monday, Microsoft is going to release a new Theme Generator. It's a freebie app, and doesn't seem to offer the fancy features of the commercial apps, but it looks like they added a few key enhancements to the builder to make it easier to use. When it's live, we'll let you know! In the meantime, our pal pt put together a sneak peek. I like saying "sneak peek" because it sounds more naughty than "preview". :lol:
"Theme Generator Version v2.0 will be available Monday 10-21 as a free download and features the following:
New for the desktop application:
� Desktop Shell Extension.
� Access to Pocket PC themes (.tsk files) directly from the desktop.
� Imaging features: Negative, Grey Scale, Flip, Mirror, Darkness / Lightness, Transparency and crop tools now built in.
� Advanced image quality control (BMP and JPEG settings).
New for the Pocket PC:
� Today screen updates at user-defined time intervals, called "Theme Switcher"."
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10-18-2002, 08:27 PM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 80
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I hope they fix the bug where the form is not resizeable, but the contents scale according to the "Dots per inch" setting (see "Large fonts" in the advanced features of the display settings) so that the stupid thing doesn't fit in its own window on my computer or any other computer in Large Font mode.
(I run 1280x1024 on 17" LCDs (so I can't drop the DPI back without it looking ugly), but my 41 year old eyes, warn out from 10+hour per day monitor staring over the last 2 decades, really need the larger text created by Large Font mode. In fact, I suspect LOTS of you would like this better if it weren't for stupid programs like this one that don't handle it right.
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10-18-2002, 09:21 PM
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Sage
Join Date: Jul 2004
Posts: 658
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You have:
• Access to Pocket PC themes (.tsk files) directly from the desktop.
listed twice. :wink:
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10-19-2002, 05:06 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Feb 2002
Posts: 321
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Will it work with older versions of Windows?? (98, Me, etc . . .)
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10-19-2002, 06:35 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 29,160
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Originally Posted by mscdex
You have:
� Access to Pocket PC themes (.tsk files) directly from the desktop.
listed twice. :wink:
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Oops - that's what I get for copying info from that pt fella'. :wink:
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10-19-2002, 06:36 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by dcharles18
Will it work with older versions of Windows?? (98, Me, etc . . .)
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Highly doubtful - if memory serves, it was built using some new development tools that are only compatible with 2K/XP. I'm not a developer, so I don't understand it, but that's what I was told. Anyway, XP rocks. 
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10-21-2002, 06:54 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 29
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I don't know what I am missing, but I can't get the theme generator to work on my desktop running XP.
What is the .msi extension?
Any hints?
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10-21-2002, 08:04 PM
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Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 6,878
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Originally Posted by ryanmjones
What is the .msi extension?
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.msi = Microsoft Intsaller Package...
Steve
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10-21-2002, 08:14 PM
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Pupil
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 11
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Ok ... it's Monday.
Any ideas where I can get the new theme generator (v2.0) from MS? I looked on PocketPC.com
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10-21-2002, 08:25 PM
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Executive Editor
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Originally Posted by woodster
Ok ... it's Monday.
Any ideas where I can get the new theme generator (v2.0) from MS? I looked on PocketPC.com
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Check the front page. :wink:
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