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mb286
10th August 2008, 05:36 PM
Hello all,

i have been looking for a way to set my todat theme to a TSK file that is not located in the //windows , //My documenst folder or the root of a storage card. There are already a few programs out there that can do this (like mortscript and ShantzTodayChanger) but i just wanted a simple program that displays a browse dialog and lets me just select a TSK file to set as the today theme.

So i just made my own, i'm posting it here just in case someone else wants something like this.

Update 20080908
almost figured out how to preview the TSK, it's not perfect yet, there are still unsupported TSK files, but it already looks quite good...

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee356/mb286/TC_1.jpg
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee356/mb286/TC_2.jpg
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee356/mb286/TC_3.jpg


usage:
just copy to your device ands start the program.
Select a TSK file (does not matter where the location is).
Click apply and you are all set :)

Some TSK files are a bit "stubborn" they do not set the colors correctly. Check "Force refresh" to also set the Colors of the theme. I have tested it and it works without problems, but there is some brute force involved here so please use at your own risk.
Also, if you see the "No preview available" message it does not mean that the TSK cannnot be used by the program, it just means that the program was unable to preview the TSK.
FatBoyExtraordinaire
11th August 2008, 12:04 AM
If you could do that, you'd be the man. That's exactly what I'm looking for. Thanks for the app, I'll test it out later.
nir36
11th August 2008, 12:24 AM
grrrrreat! thanks
zinc
11th August 2008, 08:33 PM
The ability to preview will be a big plus, and a program icon perhaps? ;)
shantzg001
12th August 2008, 06:28 AM
@mb286: Good man :)..Preview option would be definitely great.. (and thanks for the ShantzTodayChanger mention ;) )
mb286
8th September 2008, 07:21 PM
Updated first thread, the program now displays a preview of the TSK, if possible.
zinc
8th September 2008, 08:08 PM
I was about to bump the thread and I saw ur update. :D Thanks a lot!!
lepsyfou
8th September 2008, 08:27 PM
it's nice release, thank you nb286 ;D
ralpheboyo
8th September 2008, 10:13 PM
....nice one....thx...:)!!!
FatBoyExtraordinaire
11th September 2008, 12:44 PM
sweet! forcing the colors is on the money.
abumhmmd1
11th September 2008, 01:46 PM
THANKs

keep wrkng
quicksite
11th November 2009, 06:38 AM
But how do you GENERATE a tsk file? I have tweeked about 50-80 interface color elements, from text to scrollbars, but i have no idea how to preserve it as a theme (tsk). I used "UITweeker" to achieve my themed look of all those interface elements, but i've never been able to get its own export theme function to work....

Hello all,

i have been looking for a way to set my todat theme to a TSK file that is not located in the //windows , //My documenst folder or the root of a storage card. There are already a few programs out there that can do this (like mortscript and ShantzTodayChanger) but i just wanted a simple program that displays a browse dialog and lets me just select a TSK file to set as the today theme.

So i just made my own, i'm posting it here just in case someone else wants something like this.

Update 20080908
almost figured out how to preview the TSK, it's not perfect yet, there are still unsupported TSK files, but it already looks quite good...

http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee356/mb286/TC_1.jpg
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee356/mb286/TC_2.jpg
http://i535.photobucket.com/albums/ee356/mb286/TC_3.jpg


usage:
just copy to your device ands start the program.
Select a TSK file (does not matter where the location is).
Click apply and you are all set :)

Some TSK files are a bit "stubborn" they do not set the colors correctly. Check "Force refresh" to also set the Colors of the theme. I have tested it and it works without problems, but there is some brute force involved here so please use at your own risk.
Also, if you see the "No preview available" message it does not mean that the TSK cannnot be used by the program, it just means that the program was unable to preview the TSK.
mb286
11th November 2009, 08:11 AM
But how do you GENERATE a tsk file? I have tweeked about 50-80 interface color elements, from text to scrollbars, but i have no idea how to preserve it as a theme (tsk). I used "UITweeker" to achieve my themed look of all those interface elements, but i've never been able to get its own export theme function to work....

That is a good question, there are programs out there that can generate a tsk , but i don't really know of a program that can generate a tsk file based on the current theme settings of the device. But i don't really use these programs, i mainly use premade tsk files.