SDA custom homescreen help

[Dishe]

Hey, does anyone know how to format the xml on the homescreen to only display text messages if you have any?

Basically, I've noticed that if you get a new MMS, or a new email, suddenly it will say "MMS (1)" or "Pop3 Inbox (1)", but otherwise the MMS and email fields will be hidden. However, even if you have 0 text messages, it will still say "Text Messages (0)" on the home screen, taking up precious screen real estate. Why can't it disappear like the others when there is no msg?

I've been looking into it, the xml plugin in charge of messages on the pre-installed homescreens seems to be called msgcount2, but I have no idea how to configure it. All the tutorials online seem to be out of date, as msgcount2 only started showing up on the new wm5 devices (they used to use a diff. plugin, and that one always shows "0" messages. At least this one seems capable of hiding it if zero).

Any help would be appreciated! (I'm sure I'm not the only one who'd appreciate being able to do this...)

[heizenberg]

Try something like:

	<plugin clsid="{8486CC1E-025B-4888-9C76-048DF7C1787D}" name="msgcount2" height="25" autoheight="false">
		<background>
			<format state="selected" bgcolor="COLOR_HOMEHIGHLIGHT"/>
		</background>
		<mail account="sms"/>
		<format state="noevent" visible="false"/>
	</plugin>

[Dishe]

Hey does this work?
I'll have to try it...

[heizenberg]

Nope
Tried it myself after posting it... didn't work for me

[PhatFony]

Pretty cool and nice of you to do, heizenberg. And so helpful on your first post. Welcome aboard.

BTW, did you get the information from a guide or manual or something? So far everything I have learned has been from looking at the code I could find. The problem with that method is that if you don't run accross something in code, then you don't know about it.

Thanks

[heizenberg]

Thanks.

No guide or manual here either. All from just looking at code and other implementations added to a healthy dose of optimism

[PhatFony]

Well any way nice job and welcome. Please stay a while. BTW, your name has a uncertain ring to it...