Litestep and boxes....

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OK...so I've been playing with my own boxes....seeing what they can and cannot do.

Problem is.....Layercuts.dll is 'supposed' to work with boxes....but I can't for the life of me get animations to happen.

Either there's a conflict somewhere or I can't spell 'RTFM'.

Also...I can't destroy a box 'onleftclick'....it seems to need a shortcut set for it instead.

 

Any theories?...;)

BTW...Layercuts is 1.72 ....LSbox is 2.95

 

skinning
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The world is coming to an end..... Jafo needs LS assistance...

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

The phrase 'Litestep isn't for newbies' rings true.

8 years and I still get stuck doing things.....

Jafo will be a happy chappie when he's no longer a noob...

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
get in line... im striving for the (((SUPER N00B))) title:)
Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Com3 0N, 9uYs....i'M ch4MPING @+ +Eh BIT heRe....HELp..... 
Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Mayhap you should try the LiteStep Mailing List, J-man. I myself tend to stick to plain old tasks and popup2 and that's all, so I have zero experience with LsBox and LayerCuts. You young 'uns and your fancy toys...
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Which version of lsbox you trying to use Jafo?
Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top
BTW...Layercuts is 1.72 ....LSbox is 2.95


it looks like this version
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Phil....2.95.

I have a feeling it might be 'too new'....and the layercuts compatibility is broken....but then so too is the Onrightclick, it seems...

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bump...
Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top
use xlabel, lsbox doesnt support alpha transparency. to get the labels hooked you'll need to use docking.
Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top
im looking it up bud il post when i have an answer ..
Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

to get the labels hooked

sryo ..... I'm not interested in 'labels'...I'm talking about Layercuts...

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top
xlabel replaces lsbox and layercuts (with labels that can be hooked), supports alphablended pngs. i dont think there's other way, maybe using lsbox-3.0i or skinbox.
Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

sryo ....the thing I'm trying to do is hook layercuts,[it is supposed to be box compatible] not some other module.

The reason for that is not for alpha blending...it 's for Animation.  That's what Layercuts is...animated shortcuts....

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top
welll dunno about that, but animations work using xlabel havent used layercuts and lsbox in 18 months or so, imo they've been replaced with the far more advanced, usefull, stable and feature-rich xlabel.
Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

sryo ....xlabel .... would that be capable of emulating my Antares II skin/theme animations?

I'm not talking about mouse-over states on buttons, etc...but proper continuous anis, as used in Antares...

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Jafo, just for kicks, try swapping in:

lsbox-3.0-pre3
Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

sryo ... yes, looks like xlabel might be able to do much the same.....so I'll have to check it out...

Phil...I'll do that...see what happens...

Reply #22 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Also...I can't destroy a box 'onleftclick'....it seems to need a shortcut set for it instead.

Ah...fixed that one...stupid me...

Reply #23 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Bump...
Reply #24 from WinCustomize Forums Top
can´t help you with the problem as i have not used lsbox since quite a while.

xlabel is very cool and should do what you need.

other option: doing the animations with a calc measure in Rainmeter. (very simple) example: the ticking colon in my Rewind digital clock http://www.customize.org/details/38865
Reply #25 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hi, moshi...

No...I don't think Rainmeter would do it....Antares III has got pretty intricate animations....and I was 'hoping' to get them all hooked to boxes...looks like xlabel is the only option....and it ain't the simplest module...too many darn options...