TeDeV
2nd May 2009, 08:07 PM
Ok, i was looking for a simple and function dpad application to install on my diamond 2.
i already looked in the blackstone thread for a solution, but it seems like only virtual d-pad is an option at the moment, which i find kinda lame because it uses gsensor. after searching all over the place for a solution, i figured out that someone had a pretty good idea adding a new skin on finger keyboard with only the last row of the keys, but it didn't work for version 2.1 so ...
i tried to create a new skin for finger keyboard 2.1, i added only the last row, and it kinda worked, the problem is that it is not functional, since i need to change the language button to get to that skin. the other problem is that finger keyboard has a global parameter to all skins for the height of its panel. (335 i think). i changed that to something smaller, it worked for the dpad skin but it f@cked up the rest of the skins (english, greek, etc), so i have given up with that for a lot of other reasons too.
after that i tried to create a custom application using vb.net in order to create a dpad app, but that failed too because compact framework sucks when it comes to things like that.
what i suggest is this as a perfect dpad solution (at least for me). the guy who created finger keyboard (sorry for not knowing u :) ) can create a special skin like the picture below but in a seperate program, so we can assign it to a button, and not destroy our software keyboard at the same time.
so if i need to open finger keyboard, i will open it normally as i am doing right now, but if i want to use the dpad keyboard i will call the seperated exe file by holding my call button. this will display the following keyboard like the image below, and that will be the end of the dpad problem.
i propably got a little crazy in that text sorry for that, but i am furious that vb.net couldn't create something simple like that. (i even googled it)
i already looked in the blackstone thread for a solution, but it seems like only virtual d-pad is an option at the moment, which i find kinda lame because it uses gsensor. after searching all over the place for a solution, i figured out that someone had a pretty good idea adding a new skin on finger keyboard with only the last row of the keys, but it didn't work for version 2.1 so ...
i tried to create a new skin for finger keyboard 2.1, i added only the last row, and it kinda worked, the problem is that it is not functional, since i need to change the language button to get to that skin. the other problem is that finger keyboard has a global parameter to all skins for the height of its panel. (335 i think). i changed that to something smaller, it worked for the dpad skin but it f@cked up the rest of the skins (english, greek, etc), so i have given up with that for a lot of other reasons too.
after that i tried to create a custom application using vb.net in order to create a dpad app, but that failed too because compact framework sucks when it comes to things like that.
what i suggest is this as a perfect dpad solution (at least for me). the guy who created finger keyboard (sorry for not knowing u :) ) can create a special skin like the picture below but in a seperate program, so we can assign it to a button, and not destroy our software keyboard at the same time.
so if i need to open finger keyboard, i will open it normally as i am doing right now, but if i want to use the dpad keyboard i will call the seperated exe file by holding my call button. this will display the following keyboard like the image below, and that will be the end of the dpad problem.
i propably got a little crazy in that text sorry for that, but i am furious that vb.net couldn't create something simple like that. (i even googled it)