mTC: FAQ

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myThemeCreator Troubleshooting & FAQ: Get answers to the most common questions we have received regarding myThemeCreator (mTC)

• How does mTC v2 compare with Sony Ericsson's Themes Creator?
• Where can I download mTC?
• What do I need to run mTC?
• How do I run mTC using the Linux bundle?
• What files does mTC create on my computer?
• Why is my theme not showing any images?
• I am getting an SVG error, what am I doing wrong?
• I create a theme for my phone and now it is opening as a different model
• I am having trouble installing mTC on my computer, is there any way I can run it?
• Can I create a template of images for my theme?
• How do I create a launcher for the Linux version of mTC (Gnome, KDE)?
• I can't download the OS X version of myThemeCreator
• Can I drag images and quickly add them to my theme?
• How do I make a transparent highlight, tab or popup image?
• How do I get near perfect previews for Sony Ericsson with mTC?
• How do I get near perfect previews for Nokia with mTC?
• Does mTC support Nokia devices?

If you are experiencing a problem not mentioned here, please post your feedback at: mTC: User Feedback

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So how does the new myThemeCreator (mTC), measure with Sony Ericsson's revised Themes Creator

View the attached PDF file (requires Adobe Acrobar Reader)

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To download the latest version of mTC: CLICK HERE

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You simply need Java Runtime Envrinment (JRE) 1.5 and above.

To check the version of Java you have installed, just open your terminal/command prompt and type

java -version

If you do not have java installed or it is older than 1.5 download the JRE from www.java.com

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mTC creates the following on your computer:

1. An XML file- mTC_Settings.xml in either the directory mTC is located in or in your Temporary directory: mTC_Settings.xml, contains settings & information about your themes
2. A folder is created when saving or opening a theme- mTC_Temp in either the direcory mTC is located in or within your Temporary directory: mTC_Temp, contains folders with the theme name along with the elements that are added to your theme

To find out exactly where these files are created, open mTC > Help > System > mTC Version & Working Directory

After closing a theme or mTC the folder contents should automatically delete, if you notice that they did not delete, open mTC > Goto Help > Preferences > Press Clear at Clear temporary folder... this will remove the mTC temporary folder and all its contents.

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If you have added images to a theme, but when you press save your images are not there:

• Make sure your files along with the complete directory does not contain any special characters

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If you are trying to add an image to your theme, but a window pops up with an SVG error, more likely you are adding images from a folder or directory that contains special characters, simply change the directory from using special characters to latin characters.

If you are a Windows user, and your username in Windows is using special characters (Arabic, Greek, Chinese, etc.) follow these steps:

• Change your username using latin characters only
• Reboot Windows

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Although mTC can automatically detect the theme , there are situations that a theme might be detected to work for a different device. What you can do here is very simply:

1. Disable Automatic Theme Detection (Press Help > Preferences), make sure you set it to Off
2. Now select the device you know the theme was created for
3. Open the theme

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This bundle works for all users with any operating system, as long as you have the Java Runtime installed (1.5 or above), if you do not have the JRE installed Click Here.

You should download mTC-v2.xx_Linux_Unix.zip found in the mTC Download Thread

1. Open a command prompt window (shell, terminal, or DOS)
2. Type the following: java -jar (complete directory of) mTC.jar
3. IMPORTANT: Make sure that the folder lib folder is with mTC in the same directory

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If again you are having trouble starting mTC, check if you have the Java Runtime Installed (www.java.com)

1. CD to your java directory (i.e. > CD C:\\Program Files\Java\bin)
2. Now again from the command prompt do the same mentioned before (i.e java -jar mTC.jar)

NOTE LINUX USERS:
If the standard java -jar mTC.jar does not work, you may have not set java 1.5 as your default runtime so you have to specify the complete location of both java and mTC i.e. "/home/USERNAME/jre1.5.0_11/bin/java -jar /home/USERNAME/Desktop/mTC.jar"

To make things easier and not type the complete directory each time you want to run mTC, please create a Custom mTC Launcher

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As of mTC 2.11, you can quickly make a template of a series of PNG images with the correct dimensions for the corresponding image elements of the theme.

This can be achieved either by:

1. Go to File > Export Theme Template > All Images OR Only Empty Images
2. Through the Graphics Editor has the same buttons in the right side of the workspace

You have to select a folder for mTC to generate the image to.

All Images:
Exports all theme image fields

Only Empty Images:
Only exports the theme image fields that you have not added an image yet

The images are saved using the name of the corresponding images titles for the theme. NOTE: We recommend you export within a new. folder to easily manage the images

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Creating a launcher is simple for Linux based users, let's use the desktop to do this:

1. Right click on the desktop and click Create Launcher
2. The arguments to run is "java -jar mTC.jar", but you may have to specify the complete directory of both your location of java along with mTC i.e. "/home/USERNAME/jre1.5.0_11/bin/java -jar /home/USERNAME/Desktop/mTC.jar"
3. We have attached a PNG image which you can use as an Icon for mTC

Files attached contains a sample Launcher and a PNG image to use as an icon for mTC

This is how the text code of your launcher should look (the bold items may vary according to the location of your setup)

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Exec=/home/USERNAME/jre1.5.0_11/bin/java -jar /home/USERNAME/Desktop/mTC.jar
TryExec=
Icon=/home/USERNAME/mTC_logo.png
X-GNOME-DocPath=
Terminal=true
Name[en_AU]=mTC Launcher
GenericName[en_AU]=mTC Linux Launcher
Comment[en_AU]=Launcher for linux users
Name=mTC Launcher
GenericName=mTC Linux Launcher
Comment=Launcher for linux users

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Alternative download location for the Mac OS X version of mTC from MacUpdate

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Yes you can! As of mTC v2.11 you can quickly add images to your theme simply dragging them to the Current Screen area of mTC. Make sure you are using the exact & recommended dimensions for you image or mTC will not add the images using the drag and drop.

mTC automatically adds the image for you to the corresponding place in your theme so you don't have to waste time trying to find your images, here is an example of how Drag and Drop works:
We have selected a K800 theme, the Current Screen is showing the Standby Screen, and you drag a 240x320 (width x height) image to the Current Screen. Even though the Desktop and Background use the same size mTC knows that you are working on the Standby Screen so the image is added for that screen to the Standby Image field.
Now if you want to add a Desktop image you simply change the Current Screen to the Desktop Screen and add the image there, it will automatically go to the Desktop Image Screen.

NOTE: if you want to add an image which dimensions are different and the image does not add using the drag and drop method, simply add them the conventional way using either the Theme Editor or the Graphics Editor

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With the built in Graphics Editor, you can quickly and easily make your highlights transparent. Go to the Graphics Editor tab and follow these instructions:

1. Select the image/highlight (i.e. Desktop Highlight, Highlight, Highlight_small, Popup_highlight, etc.) you want to create from the drop down list in the Image Layout
2. Check the Fill Checkbox & Select a color
3. You can apply a border by doing the same as before for the Border field
4. Check the Allow Transparency field, and adjust the transparency using the Alpha Transparency Slider
5. Press Save and save your image

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For enhanced Nokia theme previews with mTC, please download and install the following True Type Fonts on your computer, install them, start mTC and select a Nokia device.

The zip file contains three Nokia True Type Fonts

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Yes, mTC now supports Nokia S40 devices, we are going to be gradually adding all S40 devices.

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For enhanced Sony Ericsson theme previews with mTC, please download and install the following True Type Fonts on your computer, install them, restart mTC and select a Sony Ericsson device.

The zip file contains three Sony Ericsson True Type Fonts