
Release notes for Sony Ericsson Themes Creator Version 4.00

Copyright 2006 Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications AB

Table of Contents:

1. System Requirements
2. Supported Sony Ericsson handsets
3. Documentation
4. Change log
5. Sony Ericsson Developer World

1.  System Requirements
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1.1  Operating System
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- Microsoft Windows 2000
- Microsoft Windows XP
- Microsoft Windows Vista
- Mac OS X

1.2  Requires hardware & memory
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- 10 MB hard disk
- 128 MB system RAM
- 300 MHz CPU

2  INSTALLATION
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Uninstall any previous versions of Themes Creator before installing this new version.

2.1  Microsoft Windows 2000/XP
- Run ThemesCreator-v4.00.exe to install the Sony Ericsson Themes Creator 4.00

2.2  Apple Mac OS X
- Open the disk image ThemesCreator-v4.00.dmg, then move the files to the desired folder.

3 DOCUMENTATION
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3.1  Supported Sony Ericsson handsets
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- C510 
- C702
- C901
- C903
- C902
- C905
- F500i
- G502
- G700
- G705
- G900
- J210/J220/J230
- J300
- K200
- K300
- K500/K506/K508
- K510
- K530
- K550
- K600
- K610
- K618
- K630
- K660
- K700
- K750
- K770
- K790
- K800
- K810
- K850
- M600
- P1
- P900/P908
- P910
- P990
- R300
- R306
- S500
- S700/S710
- T226/T230/T238/T290
- T250
- T280
- T303
- T610/T616/T618/T630/T628/T637
- T650
- T68i/T300/T306/T310/T312/T316
- T700
- V640
- V800
- W200
- W300
- W350
- W380
- W508
- W595
- W580
- W600
- W610
- W660
- W700
- W705
- W710
- W715
- W760
- W810
- W850
- W880
- W890
- W900
- W902
- W910
- W950
- W960
- W980
- W995
- Z250
- Z300
- Z310
- Z320
- Z500
- Z520
- Z525
- Z530
- Z550
- Z555
- Z600/Z608
- Z610
- Z710
- Z750
- Z770
- Z780
- Z1010


4. Documentation
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The user is strongly adviced to read the Developers' Guidelines
also available from Sony Ericsson Developer World.
This includes information about different themes formats in
Sony Ericsson mobile phones, tips, recommendation and known
issues with the Sony Ericsson Themes Creator.


5.  Change log
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Version 4.00
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- New graphical user interface design.
- Added new phones C901, C903, C510, G705, W508, W595, W715, W902, W995 and T700.
- There is now a wizard in which full featured themes can be created in a few minutes.
- When hovering the mouse pointer on a element's control, the element will be highlighted in the preview.
- User may import Adobe Swatch Exchange files that is used to colorize the theme.
- The latest news from Sony Ericsson Developer World can be read in the RSS news viewer.
- Application will check and notify if there is a later version available for download.
- Updated information on the currently selected phone can be viewed in an info-box.

Version 3.34
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- Added K630

Version 3.32
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- Added W705

Version 3.31
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- Added C905

Version 3.29
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- Added G502 and Z780
- Added XML editor tool
- Support for previewing SWF files

Version 3.27
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- Added C702, C902, G700, G900, R300, R306, T280, T303, W350, W760, W980, Z555 and Z770.

Version 3.22
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- Added Theme Generator.
- Added a new color picker.

Version 3.20
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- Added K660, V640, W380 and W890.

Version 3.19
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- Added color reduction functionality for PNG images on Symbian phones (for Windows only).

Version 3.18
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- Added K770.
- Improved management of unsaved themes.
- Fixed preview errors for several phones.

Version 3.17
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- Added K530, K850, T250, W910, W960, Z250 and Z320.

Version 3.16
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- Added color reduction and image dithering functionality on PNG images (for Windows only).

Version 3.15
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- Added P1, S500 and T650.

Version 3.14
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- Corrected errors in previews of W880, W580 and Z750.

Version 3.13
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- Added W580 and Z750.

Version 3.12
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- Fixed tab order when jumping between edit boxes.

Version 3.11
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- Added W660.

Version 3.10
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- Added K810 and W880.
- Added function that lists all elements that are not set in the theme.

Version 3.09
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- Added K200, K550 and W610.
- Added function for automatic creation of empty image files that can be changed and imported.
- Fixed graphical error in desktop highlight preview for Z310.
- Added list box popout colors to M600 and W950.

Version 3.08
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- Redesigned Themes Creator for P990, M600 and W950 to improve user experience.
- Added tool tip information on properties allowing theme designer to check on which previews each property is showed.
- Added image size information after the image name.
- Fixed bug that sometimes created a corrupt theme when images was dragged and dropped to Themes Creator.
- Fixed some preview errors for Z310.

Version 3.07
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- Added W200.

Version 3.06
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- Added Z310.
- Fixed problem with unreadable size for very small images.

Version 3.05
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- Bugfixes.

Version 3.04
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- Minor bugfixes.
- Added support for user defined icons.

Version 3.03
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- Minor bugfixes.

Version 3.02
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- Added K310

Version 3.01
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- Minor grafical adjustments
- Minor bugfixes.

Version 3.00
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- New graphical user interface design.
- Minor bugfixes.

Version 2.54
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- Added K618 and Z610.
- Fixed problem with the background in Tabs.
- Fixed problem with "too similar colors" warning.

Version 2.53
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- Minor graphical adjustments.
- Reduced size of executable.

Version 2.52
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- Fixed sound playback instability.
- Minor preview updates.

Version 2.51
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- Changed to updated API.

Version 2.50
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- Added W710, W850, Z550 and Z710.

Version 2.42
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- Updated properties for M600 and W950.

Version 2.41
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- Added one handed background property for M600 and W950.
- Added support for margins for images when using the "Tile" style.

Version 2.40
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- Added W700 and Z525.
- Fixed bug where wrong tab could be shown after changing a property.
- Fixed bug that could cause the application to crash after phone selection.

Version 2.31
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- Fixed issue with loading themes

Version 2.30
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- Added K510, K790, K800, W300 and Z530

Version 2.20
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- Fixed issues with & < > " and ' in author fields
- Removed title image from W600 Row Title screen
- Added calendar date cue patch to P990
- Added SVG to the W810 standby image filter
- Added J210, K610, W950 and M600

Version 2.10
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- Added W810
- Skin text style combobox now updates theme modification flag
- Bug with UTZ non 7-bit ASCII character filenames fixed

Version 2.00
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- Added P990

Version 1.93
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- TC now accepts THM files using signed checksums
- SVG disabled for W600/W550 and W900 in order to comply with phone software

Version 1.92
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- Added Z300, J220 and J230

Version 1.91
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- Fixed handling of SVG files with external image dependencies
- Improved SVG performance for Windows

Version 1.90
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- Added support for the W900
- Fixed Z520 external operator text outline tag bug
- Fixed K750 activity unselected tab image alignment
- K750 volume input preview fixed (white rectangular background removed)
- Added SVG support

Version 1.80
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- Added functionality to allow author information to be added to a theme
- Added a size indicator
- Added support for the Z520 and W600
- Added colour check for input text and marked text to ensure text is readable under relevant handsets


Version 1.71
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- Added thin border around screens in global preview window
- Added GIF89a transparency support
- Updated K750 with new color conflict checking for softkey pressed
- Fixed severe P9x0 bug that caused crash on reset and change phone when a Flip Open wallpaper was set
- Fixed blackline preview screen bug for K700 desktop preview
- Fixed "Morelist" image width for K750 and K600
- Fixed softkey image background that in some special cases was wrong for some previews for K750


Version 1.70
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- Added: Support for J300, K300, K600, K750 and Z800
- Added: Improved sound playback
- Fixed: P900/P910 sound filter strings that caused import sound
file dialog bug
- Fixed: masks for P900 Messaging that were inverted
- Fixed: desktop preview for S700/S710/Z500/K500/K506/K508
- Fixed: hex input for Unicode build
- Fixed: version control problem with OS regional settings
- Fixed: theme name in title bar was not updated when theme was saved
- Fixed: bug with calling about dialog from command line
- Fixed: Theme verson loading conflict messages
- Fixed: Popup image align för Z500/K500/F500
- Fixed: Z500/K500/F500 bug with incorrect screen and tab pairs
- Fixed: Black pixels in Desktop and Single title previews for Z500/K500/F500 phones
- Fixed: Color distance check for T68i and T610 series
- Fixed: Image control bug where some images were not always cropped properly


Version 1.60
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- Added: Support for V800, T290 and S710
- Added: Changed layout for phone selection dialog
- Added: Drag and drop import for image, mask and sound controls
- Fixed: TAR padding error for file sizes in multiples of 512

Version 1.50
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- Added: Support for P910 series
- Added: Integrated Symbian MBM handling;
- Fixed: Misc GUI, SW and MBM file handling bugs

Version 1.40
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- Added: Support for T637, K700, S700, Z500 and F500i
- Added: Functionality for toggling images on/off in preview
- Added: Drag 'n drop of theme files
- Added: Display GIF aminations (K700, Z500, S700 and F500i)
- Added: Scrollbars and resizability to preview all window
- Added: Import All-function for images
- Added: new Icons for .exe and .thm/utz files
- Fixed: GUI flaw when importing images with tab scrolled down
- Fixed: Misc SW errors

Version 1.31
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- Fixed: Support for revised K700 themes

Version 1.30
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- Added: support for Sony Ericsson K700 themes
- Added: support for input in the color HEX fields
- Added: support for mouse wheel scrolling
- Added: keyboard tabbing through GUI
- Changed: "Stand-by Operator Name" and "Stand-by Time" to
"Operator Name" and "Time" globally
- Changed: screen/tab order for Z1010 to be same as K700
- Changed: the tab page resize when the whole window size is changed
- Fixed: images sometimes not displayed in correct position
- Fixed: Opening a theme, changing phone and opening the same
theme (reset document status)
- Fixed: [highlight] disabled text and popup [highlight] disabled
text not correctly displayed for Z1010
- Fixed: GUI issues with Japanese Windows XP

Version 1.21
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- Fixed bug with P900 themes not properly reset when new one theme
was loaded (which resulted in crash)

Version 1.2
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- Add support for P900 and Z1010
- Developers' Guidelines
- Minor bug fixes


6.  SONY ERICSSON DEVELOPER WORLD
===================================================

For latest version of Themes Creator and Developers' Guidelines
for Sony Ericsson mobile handsets, visit http://www.sonyericsson.com/developer.

There you will also find Tips&Tricks, Knowledge Bases, Training material,
white papers and discussions forums

