Icon resize/spzce at desktop in WinCE5.0

Hi,
Our device based on WinCE5.0has a very high GPI panel, VGA on 2.4" panel. As
default, the system fonts and icon are too small to be visible. We have
increased font size, but icons will be overlapped by the bigger fonts on the
desktop. How can i resize or space out the icons on the desktop?

Thanks

Susan

voidcoder
Thu Mar 09 15:55:38 CST 2006

Have a look at WINCE500\PUBLIC\WCESHELLFE\OAK\FILES\wceshellfe.db
database file. You will find there entries like this one:


Database: "\\DesktopPositions480x240" : 42424242 : 1 : 4021001f :0
Record :
Field : 4021001f : "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Field : 42020003 : 15
Field : 42030003 : 2
End
....
....

Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet you
requirements.

Field1 is Shell CLSID for the item. You can find the definitions
in Shell.reg, eg:

"{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"="My Device"

Field2 and Field3 are screen coordinates X and Y.



"Susan" <Susan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:13CE951D-8E25-4883-9EFB-C83A798B1E1F@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> Our device based on WinCE5.0has a very high GPI panel, VGA on 2.4" panel.
> As
> default, the system fonts and icon are too small to be visible. We have
> increased font size, but icons will be overlapped by the bigger fonts on
> the
> desktop. How can i resize or space out the icons on the desktop?
>
> Thanks
>
> Susan
>

voidcoder
Thu Mar 09 16:04:28 CST 2006

Hm, seems I'm sleeping.

> Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
> to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet your
> requirements.

This of course means Platform.db or Project.db files.




"voidcoder" <voidcoder@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:Or52wQ8QGHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> Have a look at WINCE500\PUBLIC\WCESHELLFE\OAK\FILES\wceshellfe.db
> database file. You will find there entries like this one:
>
>
> Database: "\\DesktopPositions480x240" : 42424242 : 1 : 4021001f :0
> Record :
> Field : 4021001f : "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
> Field : 42020003 : 15
> Field : 42030003 : 2
> End
> ....
> ....
>
> Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
> to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet you
> requirements.
>
> Field1 is Shell CLSID for the item. You can find the definitions
> in Shell.reg, eg:
>
> "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"="My Device"
>
> Field2 and Field3 are screen coordinates X and Y.
>
>
>
> "Susan" <Susan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:13CE951D-8E25-4883-9EFB-C83A798B1E1F@microsoft.com...
>> Hi,
>> Our device based on WinCE5.0has a very high GPI panel, VGA on 2.4" panel.
>> As
>> default, the system fonts and icon are too small to be visible. We have
>> increased font size, but icons will be overlapped by the bigger fonts on
>> the
>> desktop. How can i resize or space out the icons on the desktop?
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Susan
>>
>
>

Susan
Mon Mar 20 15:16:26 CST 2006

Thanks for the tips. But I tried to put the following entries in platform.db:

Database: "\\DesktopPositions480x640" : 42424242 : 1 : 4021001f :0
; My Handheld PC
Record :
Field : 4021001f : "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Field : 42020003 : 15
Field : 42030003 : 2
End
; My document
Record :
Field : 4021001f : "\\Windows\\LOC_DESKTOP_DIR\\LOC_MYDOCUMENTS_LNK"
Field : 42020003 : 15
Field : 42030003 : 4A
End
; Recycle Bin
Record :
Field : 4021001f : "{000214A1-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Field : 42020003 : 15
Field : 42030003 : 94
End
End Database

And modified field2 and field3 values, it didn't help, icons are still at
the original places. In addition, I only see the resolutions for 640*480,
480*240 and etc, the panel I have is actually 480*640 VGA in portrait mode. I
am not sure if this make differences.

Susan

"voidcoder" wrote:

> Hm, seems I'm sleeping.
>
> > Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
> > to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet your
> > requirements.
>
> This of course means Platform.db or Project.db files.
>
>
>
>
> "voidcoder" <voidcoder@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Or52wQ8QGHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Have a look at WINCE500\PUBLIC\WCESHELLFE\OAK\FILES\wceshellfe.db
> > database file. You will find there entries like this one:
> >
> >
> > Database: "\\DesktopPositions480x240" : 42424242 : 1 : 4021001f :0
> > Record :
> > Field : 4021001f : "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
> > Field : 42020003 : 15
> > Field : 42030003 : 2
> > End
> > ....
> > ....
> >
> > Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
> > to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet you
> > requirements.
> >
> > Field1 is Shell CLSID for the item. You can find the definitions
> > in Shell.reg, eg:
> >
> > "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"="My Device"
> >
> > Field2 and Field3 are screen coordinates X and Y.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Susan" <Susan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:13CE951D-8E25-4883-9EFB-C83A798B1E1F@microsoft.com...
> >> Hi,
> >> Our device based on WinCE5.0has a very high GPI panel, VGA on 2.4" panel.
> >> As
> >> default, the system fonts and icon are too small to be visible. We have
> >> increased font size, but icons will be overlapped by the bigger fonts on
> >> the
> >> desktop. How can i resize or space out the icons on the desktop?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Susan
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

Susan
Mon Mar 20 15:20:27 CST 2006

Thanks for the tips. But I tried to put the following entries in platform.db
file: Database: "\\DesktopPositions480x640" : 42424242 : 1 : 4021001f :0
; My Handheld PC
Record :
Field : 4021001f : "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Field : 42020003 : 15
Field : 42030003 : 2
End
; My document X(15) Y(4A)
Record :
Field : 4021001f : "\\Windows\\LOC_DESKTOP_DIR\\LOC_MYDOCUMENTS_LNK"
Field : 42020003 : 25
Field : 42030003 : 6A
End
; Recycle Bin: X(15) Y(94)
Record :
Field : 4021001f : "{000214A1-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
Field : 42020003 : 25
Field : 42030003 : 94
End
End Database
And modified Field 2 and 3 for X/Y coordinations, it didn't help, icons are
still at their original places. In addition, the panel I am using is VGA in
portrait mode, 480*640. I only can find reslotions for 640*480 in
wceshell.db, I am not sure if it would make difference.

Susan

"voidcoder" wrote:

> Hm, seems I'm sleeping.
>
> > Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
> > to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet your
> > requirements.
>
> This of course means Platform.db or Project.db files.
>
>
>
>
> "voidcoder" <voidcoder@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:Or52wQ8QGHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > Have a look at WINCE500\PUBLIC\WCESHELLFE\OAK\FILES\wceshellfe.db
> > database file. You will find there entries like this one:
> >
> >
> > Database: "\\DesktopPositions480x240" : 42424242 : 1 : 4021001f :0
> > Record :
> > Field : 4021001f : "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
> > Field : 42020003 : 15
> > Field : 42030003 : 2
> > End
> > ....
> > ....
> >
> > Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
> > to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet you
> > requirements.
> >
> > Field1 is Shell CLSID for the item. You can find the definitions
> > in Shell.reg, eg:
> >
> > "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"="My Device"
> >
> > Field2 and Field3 are screen coordinates X and Y.
> >
> >
> >
> > "Susan" <Susan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:13CE951D-8E25-4883-9EFB-C83A798B1E1F@microsoft.com...
> >> Hi,
> >> Our device based on WinCE5.0has a very high GPI panel, VGA on 2.4" panel.
> >> As
> >> default, the system fonts and icon are too small to be visible. We have
> >> increased font size, but icons will be overlapped by the bigger fonts on
> >> the
> >> desktop. How can i resize or space out the icons on the desktop?
> >>
> >> Thanks
> >>
> >> Susan
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

Voidcoder
Tue Mar 21 01:38:48 CST 2006

I can't remember now, but it were some issues with this. Try to
edit wceshellfe.db directly before you run makeimg. Do not
foreget to backup it first.



"Susan" <Susan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:8A1CC2FB-CFBA-44AF-A60D-692C9ED8A799@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the tips. But I tried to put the following entries in platform.db
> file: Database: "\\DesktopPositions480x640" : 42424242 : 1 : 4021001f :0
> ; My Handheld PC
> Record :
> Field : 4021001f : "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
> Field : 42020003 : 15
> Field : 42030003 : 2
> End
> ; My document X(15) Y(4A)
> Record :
> Field : 4021001f : "\\Windows\\LOC_DESKTOP_DIR\\LOC_MYDOCUMENTS_LNK"
> Field : 42020003 : 25
> Field : 42030003 : 6A
> End
> ; Recycle Bin: X(15) Y(94)
> Record :
> Field : 4021001f : "{000214A1-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
> Field : 42020003 : 25
> Field : 42030003 : 94
> End
> End Database
> And modified Field 2 and 3 for X/Y coordinations, it didn't help, icons are
> still at their original places. In addition, the panel I am using is VGA in
> portrait mode, 480*640. I only can find reslotions for 640*480 in
> wceshell.db, I am not sure if it would make difference.
>
> Susan
>
> "voidcoder" wrote:
>
>> Hm, seems I'm sleeping.
>>
>> > Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
>> > to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet your
>> > requirements.
>>
>> This of course means Platform.db or Project.db files.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "voidcoder" <voidcoder@yahoo.com> wrote in message
>> news:Or52wQ8QGHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
>> > Have a look at WINCE500\PUBLIC\WCESHELLFE\OAK\FILES\wceshellfe.db
>> > database file. You will find there entries like this one:
>> >
>> >
>> > Database: "\\DesktopPositions480x240" : 42424242 : 1 : 4021001f :0
>> > Record :
>> > Field : 4021001f : "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"
>> > Field : 42020003 : 15
>> > Field : 42030003 : 2
>> > End
>> > ....
>> > ....
>> >
>> > Copy/paste the entries for your display resolution database
>> > to Platform.reg or Project.reg and modify them to meet you
>> > requirements.
>> >
>> > Field1 is Shell CLSID for the item. You can find the definitions
>> > in Shell.reg, eg:
>> >
>> > "{000214A0-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}"="My Device"
>> >
>> > Field2 and Field3 are screen coordinates X and Y.
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > "Susan" <Susan@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> > news:13CE951D-8E25-4883-9EFB-C83A798B1E1F@microsoft.com...
>> >> Hi,
>> >> Our device based on WinCE5.0has a very high GPI panel, VGA on 2.4" panel.
>> >> As
>> >> default, the system fonts and icon are too small to be visible. We have
>> >> increased font size, but icons will be overlapped by the bigger fonts on
>> >> the
>> >> desktop. How can i resize or space out the icons on the desktop?
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >>
>> >> Susan
>> >>
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>