jamespaulp

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[quote]Look forward to seeing a screenshot.[/quote] Hi Philly, I did post the screenshots on the threads "what are you working" and on "December desktop screenshots". Now that Philly mentioned screenshots, I have a question. How do get a screenshot that can be used for uploading the blind? The one generated by SK5 is not similar to what I see on galleries. Edit: Made a cleaner screenshot. [img]http://img210.imageshack.us/img210/2677/gimmickdec012007yu8.jpg[/img]

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Zubaz, thanks for the kind warning. As a newbie I am not expecting high ratings. I have seen personal attacks on even the masters. As a programmer I try to use these guidelines [link="http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-22-1045782.html"]Ten Commandments of Egoless Programming[/link]. I hope I can use some of them here when criticism comes my way.

Reply to Firefox 3................. in Internet WinCustomize Forums

Version 2.0.0.11 is out today.

Reply to My first WB skin in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

Thanks vStyler. I will upload as soon as I fix the few bugs and inconsistencies in the blind. The title bar is fixed, it was the tga that was causing the problem. To start playing with icons, I need to master circles and curves. The links you provided are the ones I am using to learn them. Basic lessons are hard to find but they are out there.

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Thanks jazzymjr, I really appreciate your help. Would it be appropriate to upload the blind without skinning toolbar icons and shell animations?

Reply to My first WB skin in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I received a lot of help from the community here to get this skin working. Thank you all. I think I am at a stage where I need some feedback on how I am doing with the skin. I have the WBA file uploaded here. [link="http://www.jamespaulp.us/files/2007/dec/gimmick.wba"]WWW Link[/link] Elements that are not done: - Toolbar icons (I need more experience to do icons) - Shell animations There are few issues I am not able to resolve: - Cannot get the titlebar to

Reply to Updating in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

Is SDC running in compatibility mode? Right click on the shortcut that you use for launching SDC and check for the compatibility check box. If checked, uncheck it. Just another suggestion.

Reply to Not able to skin Logoff dialog in SkinStudio Help WinCustomize Forums

This seems to be a bug in WB6. I applied an skin that did not have a perpixel image for logoff dialog and the original XP logoff dialog appeared! I checked the code in my skin modified by SK6 and it is under perpixel. That explains how it started working. Not what I said in the previous post :d It appears that WB6 ignores the standard logoff dialog image even if that is the only image setup in the skin.

Reply to Five Years With The Community in Virtual Communities WinCustomize Forums

Been a lurker here for a while. Job and family takes up most of my time. I like what I see here. Lot of talent and nice people. My skills are in a different domain but I enjoy being here when I can. Congrats on 5 years :CONGRAT:

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Congratulations! :CONGRAT:

Reply to December Desktop Screenshots in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

WB is WIP. Made a lot of progress over the last one week though. [img]http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/4453/nov292007nx5.jpg[/img]

Reply to Too many instances of Screen.exe in XP Support WinCustomize Forums

Could be. It is just something that gets invoked when you apply a skin in WB6, AFAIK.

Reply to The "Star" ratings box in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

To just to add to the confusion ;p I could be wrong but people working on WB and other SD programs may not be the ones working on Wincustomize website, just a hunch. C pla pla vs html kind?

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:CONGRAT:

Reply to The "Star" ratings box in Stardock Support General WinCustomize Forums

[quote]I never understood the point of the drop-down. I'd have liked to see the average ratings until I mouseovered . . then highligh whatever starts I am on as my rating.[/quote] Yep, NetFlix

Reply to Too many instances of Screen.exe in XP Support WinCustomize Forums

That's right. That is why you will see this problem only if you apply skins many times. Another important factor I forgot to mention is that I am on XP 64. A few weird things happens on XP 64 anyway. I am just happy that I have WB6 on this platform despite the fact that there are not many customers (at least not enough to warrant a separate build) for it.

Reply to Too many instances of Screen.exe in XP Support WinCustomize Forums

As vStyler said, it does not occur all the time. Yesterday after a reboot, I applied different skins a few times and did not see a single instance of screen.exe running. I will report it to stardock support if I can consistently reproduce it. Not even an annoyance at this time.

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Log Off didn't work. I had to kill them.

Too many instances of Screen.exe in XP Support WinCustomize Forums

I have applied many WB skins today. I also clicked apply from SK5 many times. My computer ran out of virtual memory and I checked why. This is what I saw. Not a big deal for me, I will just log out and log in. [img]http://img401.imageshack.us/img401/1051/screenexeinstancesoa4.jpg[/img]

Reply to The Value of Commenting on uploads in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

Great post. I started commenting recently. Still not comfortable commenting and rating because I don't understand many of the works.

Reply to Title bar not appearing for the skin in WB skin list in Skinning WinCustomize Forums

I completed the per pixel frames as well. Still doesn't appear

Reply to Not able to skin Logoff dialog in SkinStudio Help WinCustomize Forums

Got it to working using SK6 by manipulating some settings. I used only standard section to fix this, deleted the per pixel section. - used the same background image (.bmp) for both shutdown and logoff background. - For logoff I specified - PreMultipliedAlpha=0 - HideText=1 - Trans=1 - PerPixel=1 - For Shutdown specified none of them. It is the same image! Now you know why I call my first skin "gimmick" <img src="smiles/Ew.

Reply to Which WB version to install? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

How about WB6?

Reply to Not able to skin Logoff dialog in SkinStudio Help WinCustomize Forums

First I tried just the standard and then added the per pixel. It did not work in either case. I tried the same image for shutdown dialog with same settings and it gets picked up correctly. Skin Studio shows the imported image correctly. But after applying the theme and click on the logoff button, it does not show my image. I tried - delete the theme and applied again. - logged off and login and apply again. - restart the computer and apply again. - apply

Not able to skin Logoff dialog in SkinStudio Help WinCustomize Forums

I am not sure what I am doing wrong but I am not able to get the logoff dialog skin changed. It always shows the default one. I can change the flag image on the dialog and it works. To test if this is a problem with my current skin I created a new test skin in Skin Studio 6 (Advanced format) and imported an image from another skin that has it working and still doesn't work. Shutdown dialog works fine in either case. What am I doing wrong? Is there a hidden setting t