[GUIDE][TUT] Manila Development for Beginners - ManilaFiles & Tut3 (30Sep) in NewWiki

Well done on your tutorials!
I had slight hopes it would solve my Documents Tab problem, but unfortunately it keeps telling me SD Card Full or Missing. It does seem to create database and cache folders on it and a 'flintlock' file.
The TAB was already cooked in, but 'disabled' (registry value was renamed from .dll to .bak)
I tried your tutorial and cab installer, neither worked.
Multiple SD-Cards (1GB and 4GB) and multiple full and quick FAT32 formats...
Any suggestions?

meltwater said:

Captain_throwback had a theory on this:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5787124&postcount=93

I don't know what would happen if you use cachefilt.dll, I'll post it on that thread if you like and see if it solves the issue. Ok, can't get it off my device, Hidden, System, Rom file - will post it if I can get to it.

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omg, I love you!

I did read that thread as well before I posted in this one, but I couldn't find cachefilt.dll anywhere. After playing around a bit I found that the problem wasn't that I needed cachefilt.dll, because apparently it's already there (eventhough I can't find it because it's hidden/system/whatever), but all I needed was to add the filter to the registry!

This is all I had to add to the registry:

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\StorageManager\FATFS\Filters\CacheFilt]
"Dll"="CacheFilt.dll"
"Order"=dword:12

I have a working Document Tab now ^^

Thanks for leading me into the right direction!

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hi and thanks
its a great thread many tanx
i want to know that is it possible to use manila for phones that they dont have touch flow for example O2 zinc?
is it working?

Any idea when these wiki pages will be back online?

Manila file names for document tab

Meltwater

Is there an easy way to find the names of the manila file for the documents tab ???

I want to translate them in greek language..

I ask a greek cook here in xda for the filenames and i dont know why he refuse to reveal the file names as it was a big secret ...(i am realy pist off)

Anyway, if you can help me on this please ???

Thanks in advance...

meltwater said:

You want the manila hash exe from the command line kitchen, linked on the 1st post here. Only on my phone at the moment so dont know the full paths you'll need for the names (was on the Wiki); might be on the doc tab thread. Will give you more detail after weekend if needed.

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Thanks for the responce m8 .... i found them with the manilahash.exe app..


Thanks

please help with generating hash names

i've followed this thread and rat's, and co0kiemonster's thread and neither approach works for me.
that means 'i'm reading something wrongly!'

here's what's going on:
i've made a sweep hand for a clock. i named it weekdayHand.png. i've followed rat's instructions for using manilaHASH.exe and get 3 different hash results.

what is the correct entry in the input box for the "manila file path"?
i've tried \windows htc\home\assets\images\Home\VGA\weekdayHand.qtc and get DB83083_manila. the author stated that leading zero's are necessary if the hash name is less than 8, so the name is 0DB83083_manila. but that makes my clock fail. the clock works fine until i try to add this sweep hand.

have i done this correctly as far as the hash naming process goes?

thanks very much for any help you can provide!
marvin

could you give me a tip

thanks for your response. i was wondering if you knew if the following was correct:

let's say i want to name the new sweep hand...sweephand.

when i run the manilaHASH.exe program, the manila name box already has
\windows\ in it. so i add sweephand.qtc to it, press the "get manila" button and the results are: 2C42AE7D_manila.

the PROBLEM is this. when i tried using names that Rat_2566 used in his gold Tourbillon clock, like "moonphase", i get a different manila name than he does???
his name is: 2C2AA9E8_manila. i tried dozens of variations with moonphase and can not get that manila name from the program????

any idea?

thanks again,
marvin

WOW! thanks, great pointer

that helped quite a lot. i may actually make some progress now!

interesting lua "switch" statement

i want to thank meltwater for the pointer to colossus. that really put the data together for me. i got my new clock working just fine now.

i'd like to share something i learned along the way if any one is interested in lua programming. i've been a software engineer for 28 years. actually i've never quit even though i'm retired.

i noticed that when the m9editor imports lua it has its own style for if-then-else structures...especially the indenting! yuk!

so as i was searching for answers to other lua scripting questions, i came across an interesting thought about using tables to simulate a case/switch function. i used it in my new clock. for anyone interested, here it is:

Here is how m9editor imported my structure to convert the month as a numeric string into a 3-character string:

if MonDate.String == "8" then
MonDate.String = "Aug"
else
if MonDate.String == "9" then
MonDate.String = "Sep"
else
if MonDate.String == "10" then
MonDate.String = "Oct"
else
if MonDate.String == "11" then
MonDate.String = "Nov"
else
if MonDate.String == "12" then
MonDate.String = "Dec"
else
if MonDate.String == "1" then
MonDate.String = "Jan"
else
if MonDate.String == "2" then
MonDate.String = "Feb"
else
if MonDate.String == "3" then
MonDate.String = "Mar"
else
if MonDate.String == "4" then
MonDate.String = "Apr"
else
if MonDate.String == "5" then
MonDate.String = "May"
else
if MonDate.String == "6" then
MonDate.String = "Jun"
else
if MonDate.String == "7" then
MonDate.String = "Jul"
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
end
end

i replaced it with this:

setMonthStr = {
[ "1"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Jan" end,
[ "2"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Feb" end,
[ "3"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Mar" end,
[ "4"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Apr" end,
[ "5"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "May" end,
[ "6"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Jun" end,
[ "7"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Jul" end,
[ "8"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Aug" end,
[ "9"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Sep" end,
["10"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Oct" end,
["11"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Nov" end,
["12"] = function (x) MonDate.String = "Dec" end,
}

and invoke it like this:

setMonthStr[MonDate.String](MonDate.String)

how it works: by invoking the name of the table with the MonDate.String as a parameter in square brackets setMonthStr[MonDate.String], the table returns the virtual address of the function (x) for the string index used.

then, by adding the same string in parenthesis (MonDate.String), it has the effect of calling the function (x) and passing it the MonDate.String as a parameter. works like a charm, is very clean, and is rather neat too!

i also use this technique to set the degree of rotation for my weekday graphic like this:

setWeekdayRot = {
["Su"] = function(x) wdRot = -45 end,
["Mo"] = function(x) wdRot = -90 end,
["Tu"] = function(x) wdRot = -135 end,
["We"] = function(x) wdRot = -180 end,
["Th"] = function(x) wdRot = -235 end,
["Fr"] = function(x) wdRot = -270 end,
["Sa"] = function(x) wdRot = -315 end,
}

setWeekdayRot[weekday2](weekday2)
weekdayHand.Rotation.z = wdRot

multiple statements can be included in the generic functions also. here's an example:

setWeekdayRot = {
["Su"] = function(x) wdRot = -45 wdLength = 9 end,
["Mo"] = function(x) wdRot = -90 wdlength = 8 end,
["Tu"] = function(x) wdRot = -135 wdtime = 5 xterra = -1 end,
["We"] = function(x) wdRot = -180 end,
["Th"] = function(x) wdRot = -235 end,
["Fr"] = function(x) wdRot = -270 uset = wdRot / 3 end,
["Sa"] = function(x) wdRot = -315 end,
}
there appears to be no limit, but readability forces me to keep it short!
also notice that each function can have different statements! it very much mimics a case/switch capability rather neatly.

DON'T MISS THE CLOSING COMMA AFTER THE LAST END!!!

I define both of these tables as global tables, that is, i declare them outside of the calendardate function so they only get created once and then re-used.
really hard to tell if there's much speed difference, but like i said, i think they look nice, easy to setup and use.

marvin