N-S-E-W Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 1st off let me say what a great forum this is. I purchased a 5000 BT two weeks ago and decided to see what kind of forums there were so I could get better acquainted with the unit. Little did I know I would find myself applying some the modifications listed on this site. I've learned so much from some of the threads that Stephanie participated in as well as Boris, Leet and others. I started trying to figure out how to get the date to show on the unit. The following is the code I entered but as you can see from the picture the format is showing the year-month-day. The format I was looking for is month/day/year. If any one has any ideas on what I need to change it would be much appreciated. I've also at my daughters request added a bitmap at the top left hand corner. I have absolutely no skills as to how create the image with a transparent background. I would also appreciate if someone can help with that. FYI - This is the first time I've ever posted a photo on a site. Please accept my apologies if it appears too large. Thanks. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
N-S-E-W Posted December 2, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 Here's the code I used for the date in case anyone is interested: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted December 2, 2008 Report Share Posted December 2, 2008 I'm pretty sure there is something in Regional Settings that lets you specify what kind of date format you want to use.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
N-S-E-W Posted December 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Thanks for the reply Boris. I tried that as well before the post. Do the in-dash units show the date anywhere in stock form? The reason I ask is because the 500 does not but did have the options to change the way the dates are displayed. I'll try to play with the code a little bit to see if I have any luck. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted December 3, 2008 Report Share Posted December 3, 2008 Hmmmm, I don't think stock skin has date anywhere that I've seen. I've seen some other skins showing it, so it is possible... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
N-S-E-W Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Boris, Since I didn't see anyone else with a date showing in any of the other posts, I thought I'd take a stab st it. I tried changing formatmodel="b]local[/b]_dateformat"visiblemodel="gps.current_date.valid" fonttype=bw> to formatmodel="b]regional[/b]_dateformat"visiblemodel="gps.current_date.valid" fonttype=bw> and that didn't work. I'll play with it more in the next couple of days. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 What did you use for textmodel? In the IPAQ version, they show date like this: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
N-S-E-W Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I started with: at and changed references from time to date. The first try all that showed was a "0". Then to my surpise when I deleted > dayperiod=0 < it showed up, but in the current format. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
N-S-E-W Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 I get back in about 15 minutes. I'm going to try what you posted and see what happens. Of course I'll change the fonts and location first. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
N-S-E-W Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 No luck with one. It dispays the way as before. I took the unit in the garage until I got a signal just to be sure. I also tried differant combinations in the regional settings. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 No luck with one. It dispays the way as before. I took the unit in the garage until I got a signal just to be sure. I also tried differant combinations in the regional settings. May be it's just not there... I searched through the executable but did not see any other format models for dates. Although may be I need to look at the settings file to see if it is actually doing SETDATEFORMAT after you specify it in settings... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
N-S-E-W Posted December 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Boris, Last night when I transferred the updated navigate file to my unit I somehow messed up. I re-did it and now the date displays correctly based on the regional settings. The code you listed is correct. Sorry I reported something false the first time. Your help is greatly appreciated. To everyone else, In case you want to have the date shown on your unit. Copy and paste the code Boris listed: onto the navigatemap_800_480.ui file into the first layer. Don't forget to change the font and location to your liking. As far as I can tell, the font that's currently listed is not on our units. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
BorisM Posted December 4, 2008 Report Share Posted December 4, 2008 Boris, Last night when I transferred the updated navigate file to my unit I somehow messed up. I re-did it and now the date displays correctly based on the regional settings. The code you listed is correct. Sorry I reported something false the first time. Good. It would've been rather satrange if they have removed this particular functionality... Don't forget to change the font and location to your liking. As far as I can tell, the font that's currently listed is not on our units. No, this is the default font Twingos skin for IPAQ 31x series uses. Once could load the font onto AVIC as well, but I, personally, do not find it any better looking than Tahoma we have. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dumpystig Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Been trying to add this to my 500, I want it below the clock @ top right. But I'm not sure what the relationship of the 'z....' and 'w....' are to the positioning. Can anyone help me out? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dumpystig Posted January 21, 2009 Report Share Posted January 21, 2009 Been trying to add this to my 500, I want it below the clock @ top right. But I'm not sure what the relationship of the 'z....' and 'w....' are to the positioning. Can anyone help me out? Cheers Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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