How to use LCD Miscellany with m1730?

Can we use this http://www.g15forums.com/forum/showthread.php?t=3957 program with the lcd that the xps m1730 has?

Anyone using it successfully without any issues?

Is there a "How To" for it out there somewhere? I tried this link http://dwarg.dyndns.org/docs/QuickStart.html but I coildnt get past pasting the fonts folder into window\fonts. The program shows up in the lcd when I scroll through but its just blank.

Anyone kind enough to explain the install process and how to make it work ??

 

Don't have an m1730, but I have some experience with LCD Miscellany.

LCD Miscellany requires the ini and the scripts to display anything other than a blank screen, so it sounds to me like there's a problem with the program's scripts, rather than some m1730-specific issue. Either it can't find them, or there's something wrong with the main script file (include\LCDMisc Script.c). Make sure that the LCD Miscellany executable, the default ini, and the include and icons directories (With all their scripts) are all extracted to the same location, and then run the executable.

If you still get the blank screen, open up the "LCDMisc.log" file and see what it says.

 

Okay so lets me start from the beginning. I download it, then double click it and it takes me to the WinRar. Kay now what?

Sorry if I'm asking for too much help..

By the way, I downloaded it again and opened it and the lcd is not clear anymore however I'd still lilke to do this the right way cause I'm sure I'm missing something.

 

Simplest thing to do is this:

Double click on the rar, openning it in WinRAR, and select extract to in the menu. Make sure the first entry ("..") in the list view below is selected when you click on extract to, so it'll extract all the files and not just what you have selected. Just click ok, and you'll get a new folder in the same location the exe. Move the new folder where ever you want it to live (There's no installer). You might want to rename the folder so it doesn't contain the version number, so when you upgrade, you can just overwrite the files and the folder's name won't be confusing.

Then navigate to that folder and double click on the executable. That's it, other than installing the fonts, which you've already done. If you want WinAmp support, you'll have to install the WinAmp plugin, too, of course.

One other thing: Delete any versions of the exe you might have anywhere else on your hard drive from failed or messed up installs. If the LCD manager tries to load multiple copies of the exe at startup, one will kill the other, and the survivor might not be the one that's properly installed.

Hope this helps.

 

When you say extract to in the menu is that the desktop or where? Now if I want to edit the screens is there an easy way of doing it or just follow the Quick Start Giude they provide?
Thanks for the help.

 

Err...I meant on the tool bar, sorry about that. Doesn't matter which one you click, as long as you don't right click on a single file and select extract to from there.

The Quick Start Guide isn't terribly complete, just gives rough instructions on how to modify the primary status screen and remove screens you don't use. To modify the status screen (Or anything else), you actually have to modify the scripts, which isn't too hard, if all you want to do is move things around, though it does require a lot of trial and error. Doing anything more than that, while possible, is significantly more difficult...

 

Great, yea I'll just leave it as is for now. Dont want to mess with the scripts yes I'm to scared
Thanks for the help. It works fine now.