Please Help! Project Almost Complete. Need a little help please

[diwakar.sapan]

We are making a Yellow Pages Application for Symbian and its almost complete. Only problem is that when I change the name in the reg file,

RESOURCE APP_REGISTRATION_INFO
{
app_file = "YellowPages";
}

The name is not changing. The Old name of the application is appearing. Is there any other place where I need to make changes to change the name? Please help!

[its_ashu]

change the caption string qtn_caption_string

RESOURCE LOCALISABLE_APP_INFO r_localisable_app_info
{
short_caption = qtn_caption_string;
caption_and_icon =
CAPTION_AND_ICON_INFO
{
caption = qtn_caption_string;

number_of_icons = 1;
icon_file = "\\resource\\apps\\yellopages.mif";
};
}

[Asif Nazir]

you also have to change the old applicatoin name in ur pkg file under

; Header
#{"Yellowpages"},(0xe6e33242), 0, 1, 1



Replace "YellowPages" with ur desired New Name.

[wizard_hu_]

app_file in the _reg.rss is actually the name of the .exe file of the application which should be started, just without the .exe extension. If you have no localisable-stuff, you should simply rename your files (the .exe, the .rsc and the _reg.rsc in particular, and also change this app_file to the new name of the .exe).

[diwakar.sapan]

@ashu, doesn't work for me the name remains same after making changes there.

@asif, i already made changes there, but not working

Pls help!

[its_ashu]

Hi Diwakar,

As per ur thread u started you dint specify in what places you want to change the name...... " The name is not changing. The Old name of the application is appearing. Is there any other place where I need to make changes to change the name? Please help!
" But Where ?????? It would be gud if u directly point the problem.

[mghasan]

Hi,

Here is the procedure.

Changing application name

1. In .mmp file
Change TARGET from OldAppName.exe to NewAppName.exe

START RESOURCE AppName.rss
HEADER
//TARGET AppName_0xE9950119 // Change to NewAppName
TARGETPATH resource\apps
END //RESOURCE

START RESOURCE AppName_reg.rss
TARGET AppName_0xE9950119_reg // Change to NewAppName_reg
TARGETPATH \private\10003a3f\apps
END //RESOURCE

2. In OldAppName.rss

RESOURCE LOCALISABLE_APP_INFO r_localisable_app_info
{
short_caption = “OldAppName”; // change to NewAppName
caption_and_icon =
CAPTION_AND_ICON_INFO
{
caption = “OldAppName”; // change to NewAppName

number_of_icons = 1;
icon_file = "\\resource\\apps\\OldAppName.mif"; // NewAppName.mif
};
}

3. In Icons_scalable_dc.mk
ICONTARGETFILENAME=$(TARGETDIR)\OldAppName.mif // NewAppName.mif

4. In OldAppName_reg.rss file

#include <OldAppName.rsg> // NewAppName.rsg

UID2 KUidAppRegistrationResourceFile
UID3 _UID3

RESOURCE APP_REGISTRATION_INFO
{
app_file="OldAppName"; // NewAppName
localisable_resource_file = "\\resource\\apps\\OldAppName"; // NewAppName
localisable_resource_id = R_LOCALISABLE_APP_INFO;

embeddability=KAppNotEmbeddable;
newfile=KAppDoesNotSupportNewFile;
}



5. In COldAppNameAppUi
Change this line where ever you find in your project
#include <OldAppName.rsg> // NewAppName.rsg


6. In .sis file
; standard SIS file header
#{"OldAppName"},(0xE9950119),1,0,0
// NewAppName

"$(EPOCROOT)Epoc32\release\$(PLATFORM)\$(TARGET)\OldAppName.exe" -"!:\sys\bin\OldAppName.exe"
// Change to NewAppName.exe

"$(EPOCROOT)Epoc32\data\z\resource\apps\OldAppName.rsc" -"!:\resource\apps\OldAppName.rsc"
//Change to NewAppName.rsc

"$(EPOCROOT)Epoc32\data\z\private\10003a3f\apps\OldAppName_reg.rsc" -"!:\private\10003a3f\import\apps\OldAppName_reg.rsc"
// NewAppName_reg.rsc

"$(EPOCROOT)Epoc32\data\z\resource\apps\OldAppName.mif" -"!:\resource\apps\ OldAppName.mif"
// NewAppName.mif

"..\help\AppName_0xE9950119.hlp" -"!:\resource\help\AppName_0xE9950119.hlp"

7. In build_help.mk
MAKMAKE :Old AppName.hlp # change to NewAppName.hlp

AppName_0xE9950119.hlp : AppName.xml AppName.cshlp Custom.xml # change to NewAppName.hlp
cshlpcmp AppName.cshlp
ifeq (WINS,$(findstring WINS, $(PLATFORM)))
copy AppName_0xE9950119.hlp $(EPOCROOT)epoc32\$(PLATFORM)\c\resource\help
# change to NewAppName.hlp
endif

BLD : do_nothing

CLEAN :
del AppName_0xE9950119.hlp # change to NewAppName.hlp
del AppName_0xE9950119.hlp.hrh # Change to NewAppName.hlp.hrh

LIB : do_nothing

CLEANLIB : do_nothing

RESOURCE : do_nothing

FREEZE : do_nothing

SAVESPACE : do_nothing

RELEASABLES :
@echo AppName_0xE9950119.hlp # Change to NewAppName.hlp

FINAL : do_nothing

8. In OldAppName.cshlp

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE cshproj SYSTEM "/epoc32/tools/cshlpcmp/dtd/cshproj.dtd">
<?xml:stylesheet href="/epoc32/tools/cshlpcmp/xsl/CSHproj.xsl" title="CS-Help project" type="text/xsl"?>
<cshproj>
<helpfileUID>0xE9950119</helpfileUID>
<directories>
<input></input>
<output></output>
<graphics></graphics>
<working>temp\</working>
</directories>
<files>
<source>
<xmlfile>AppName.xml</xmlfile>
</source>
<destination> AppName.hlp</destination> // Change to NewAppName.hlp
<customization>custom.xml</customization>
</files>
</cshproj>

9. In OldAppName.xml

<?xml version="1.0"?>
<!DOCTYPE asptml SYSTEM "/epoc32/tools/cshlpcmp/dtd/asptml.dtd">
<?xml:stylesheet href="/epoc32/tools/cshlpcmp/xsl/asptml.xsl" title="asptml" type="text/xsl"?>
<asptml>
<uid value="0xE9950119"/>
<topic><category>AppName</category><topictitle>General Information</topictitle>
<synonyms>General Information</synonyms>
<context contextUID="General_Information"/>
<index>General Information</index>
<p>Insert your help here.</p>
<p></p>
</topic>
</asptml>

// Change to NewAppName

[wizard_hu_]

Does it happen in the emulator? Show your .mmp file and your _reg.rss file
Does it happen in the device? Show your .pkg file

[diwakar.sapan]

mmp file:
TARGET YPagesForm.exe
TARGETTYPE exe
UID 0x100039CE 0xE004027F

TARGETPATH \system\apps\YPages






SOURCEPATH ..\src
SOURCE YPages.cpp YPages_app.cpp
SOURCE YPages_view.cpp YPages_ui.cpp YPages_doc.cpp dialog.cpp



SYSTEMINCLUDE \epoc32\include
USERINCLUDE ..\include


LIBRARY euser.lib apparc.lib cone.lib eikcore.lib
LIBRARY avkon.lib gdi.lib
LIBRARY eikdlg.lib eikcoctl.lib

_reg.rss file:

// simpleExForm_reg.rss
//
// Copyright (c) Symbian Software Ltd 1999 - 2007. All rights reserved.
//

#include <AppInfo.rh>
#include "YPagesUid.h"

// KUidAppRegistrationResourceFile, and UID3, which is the application's UID.
UID2 KUidAppRegistrationResourceFile
UID3 YPAGESUID// application UID

// Registration file need to containo an APP_REGISTRATION_INFO resource that
// minimally needs to provide the name of the application binary (using the
// app_file statement).
RESOURCE APP_REGISTRATION_INFO
{
app_file = "YPagesForm"; // filename of application binary (minus extension)

}

[its_ashu]

Th problem is coming on device or Emulator ? After renaming the files kindly check whether the path are correct in PKG.which name do u want to change ??? exe or caption/icon on device. WHere its showing the old name ?

[Symbian_Neil]

One way I always find useful in such situations is use emulator to open the application in question, and using filemon i see what files its not finding, that gives me sufficient clue where I might have missed.

[wizard_hu_]

mmp file:
TARGET YellowPages.exe
TARGETTYPE exe
UID 0x100039CE 0xE004027F

// this line is obsolete starting from S60 3rd edition TARGETPATH \system\apps\YPages





SOURCEPATH ..\src
SOURCE YPages.cpp YPages_app.cpp
SOURCE YPages_view.cpp YPages_ui.cpp YPages_doc.cpp dialog.cpp



SYSTEMINCLUDE \epoc32\include
USERINCLUDE ..\include


LIBRARY euser.lib apparc.lib cone.lib eikcore.lib
LIBRARY avkon.lib gdi.lib
LIBRARY eikdlg.lib eikcoctl.lib

_reg.rss file:

// simpleExForm_reg.rss
//
// Copyright (c) Symbian Software Ltd 1999 - 2007. All rights reserved.
//

#include <AppInfo.rh>
#include "YPagesUid.h"

// KUidAppRegistrationResourceFile, and UID3, which is the application's UID.
UID2 KUidAppRegistrationResourceFile
UID3 YPAGESUID// application UID

// Registration file need to containo an APP_REGISTRATION_INFO resource that
// minimally needs to provide the name of the application binary (using the
// app_file statement).
RESOURCE APP_REGISTRATION_INFO
{
app_file = "YPagesForm"; // filename of application binary (minus extension)

}

Actaully I do not see the place where you refer your .rss and _reg.rss files in the .mmp, but those references should be also replaced, and the files themselves have to be renamed (to YellowPages.rss and YellowPages_reg.rss)

[diwakar.sapan]

Hi All

I have changed the name of my app in YPages_reg.rss file but no change in the name.

i am trying my app only on emulator. Please help me.

[Symbian_Neil]

Hi All

I have changed the name of my app in YPages_reg.rss file but no change in the name.

i am trying my app only on emulator. Please help me.

Did you try what I suggested in my earlier post #11 ? It has always worked for me.

[diwakar.sapan]

Hi Neil R.Bhasme -

Sorry !
but i didn't get your point, can you explain a little bit more