Latest Release of WB 7 is Messing up Skin

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Well, I have spent a month now working on a skin, and today there was an update to Windowblinds 7.  After installing the update and rebooting, my start menu is totally screwed up, it is like the entire area behind the log off buttons and my user panel have gone transparent, picking up whatever color is behind it.  I have no log off area text, and no log off buttons at all now either, and some of the edges of my start menu are now choppy, like parts of them have gone transparent too.  What the heck!

This is on  Windows XP SP3, all latest updates installed and latest Windowblinds like I said.  My WB info is as follows:

WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.1 (build 87 x86)

WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
Your machine supports per pixel borders on WindowBlinds skins.

(Dell 2408WFP(Digital)) 1 is attached to NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250

Wblind.dll         2010/04/22 11:20:20
Wbsrv.dll         2010/02/03 17:11:56
SevenConfig.exe         2010/02/15 15:09:57
Wbload.exe         2010/02/02 15:33:18
Wbhelp.dll         2009/10/07 16:35:07
Wbui.dll         2009/10/07 16:35:05
Tray.dll              2009/10/21 10:13:19
Screen.exe         2009/12/03 14:43:26

Helllllppppppppppppp!

windowblinds
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Delete the .WB4 files in the skin dir and reapply.

If it continues, please provide me with the skin and a screenshot showing the problem.

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks for the reply Neil.  I deleted the .WB4 files and the problem still occurs.  It seems that anywhere where the color 0,0,0 (black) was used on the top or bottom panel has become transparent.  I went in and recolored an area to 1,1,1 and the problem went away, so it is definitely a problem with Windowblinds.

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Are you using a background effect setting on that part?

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

No, I am not using any background effect Neil, it looks like this:

 

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Just sent the skin to you Neil, I will be gone for a bit, hope you can figure it out.  I also had a problem on another skin called Azure where the all programs image background turns white in the initial state, weird.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Say Neil, do you think the change of "Optimized Start menu blur performance (Windows XP)" in the new release of WB may have caused this issue?  :S

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Actually its due to the layer painting performance modification.

Your skin is using BMP files and the black is being seen as transparent.

I have resolved this and the next build will contain this fix.

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Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks Neil!  :thumbsup:

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Super :thumbsup: