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Reply to Icon Developer going down the tubes? in IconDeveloper WinCustomize Forums

For me, it's moot. My subscription has lapsed. WindowBlinds is doing it's thing, and will continue to do so until, well, until it breaks, I guess... even then, it's not the kind of thing that's crucial to my computer use (and some apps just don't like WindowBlinds at all, which is unfortunate...) SkinStudio Professional needs to be redesigned from the ground up w.r.t. usability... Trying to figure out whether to use PNG or TGA and what all the different little bits of each multi-part ic

Reply to Icon Developer going down the tubes? in IconDeveloper WinCustomize Forums

I'd hang tight with Stardock they'll have complete Vista compatibility for OD that's for sure. I think I got a reasonable amount of value out of OD... but IconDeveloper was probably 50% of it... I use a mixed bag of tools already, and if my regular raster image editor properly supported .ico, I'd

Reply to Icon Developer going down the tubes? in IconDeveloper Stardock Forums

I thought I'd posted this already... the version is 1.3.0 build 1102. My subscription comes up for renewal on May 1, 2007, and I'm trying to decide if I should renew my $34.95 subscription or just pay $20 for "Real World Icon Editor" and stick with the OD apps I have... if Icon Developer has been fixed, I'd probably renew my OD subscription.

Reply to CodeJock pane "pin" and "close" icons in WB5 Skins? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

bump: any help?

Reply to Icon Developer going down the tubes? in IconDeveloper WinCustomize Forums

I have been making icons with the following custom sizes (ALL 32 bpp XP only format) 16 24 32 48 64 72 96 128 256 everything's fine except the 256 icons are saved out as 255. When I import an icon having 256 x 256, it shows as such, but when I save it out, it's 255 x 255. This breaks Vista's ability to use the icon in "Large Icons" view, which is the whole point of 256 x 256 icons. Is this a known problem? A feature res

Non-rectangular Logoff / Shutdown dialog "fade to gray" mask in SkinStudio Help WinCustomize Forums

I've created a non-rectangular Logoff and Shutdown dialog. The area that should be transparent is 'magic pink'. I was getting the effect that there was a rectangular area around my non-rectangular dialog that would NOT fade to gray. I changed the "Shutdown/Logoff Screen mask (per pixel) Now, NO part of the screen goes gray (and since the dialog is the same background colour as the desktop, it's difficult to see <img src="http://images.stardock.com/wc/smiles/Smile.gif"

Reply to CodeJock pane "pin" and "close" icons in WB5 Skins? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I'm still looking... but I've discovered that StyleXP will skin the controls, and they state in their skinning tool documentation that these controls are not common, but gui components can ask for these icons GROUP Name="General" CLASS Name="ExplorerBar" PART Name="HeaderClose" Property Name="ImageFile" Value="ExplorerBarHeaderClose.bmp" PART Name="HeaderPin" Property Name="ImageFile" Value="ExplorerBarHeaderPin.bmp" When I

Reply to CodeJock pane "pin" and "close" icons in WB5 Skins? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Thanks... I'm not looking for skinning tools... mostly, I'm looking for ways to make the CodeJock controls accept whatever OS "theme" including those of WindowBlinds. There's a code sample on the CodeJock developer forums "SliderSample" and when I attempt to compile it, I get errors of this nature: CXTPControl::GetAccessibleName(struct tagVARIANT,unsigned short * *)" (?GetAccessibleName@CXTPControl@@MAEJUtagVARIANT@@PAPAG@Z) XTPControlSlider.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved

Reply to CodeJock pane "pin" and "close" icons in WB5 Skins? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Thanks... CodeJock includes quite sophisticated skinning technology for their controls, but from a UI design standpoint, I believe apps with fancy skins that deviate too far from the users overall OS theme are indulgences of GUI designers (artistes!) or an incorrect business decision ("Our program should look UNIQUE and FLASHY!") so, while I am a WindowBlinds user myself, I want all the apps I use (and the app I'm marketing) to look "the same" as other

Reply to CodeJock pane "pin" and "close" icons in WB5 Skins? in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Ok, well, nothing so far on the CodeJock board... I'm pretty sure this is an issue with WindowBlinds, as when I turn off Window Blinds, Window's XP skins work fine. So there is some control being skinned by Windows XP native styles that is not being skinned by WindowBlinds. And when I disable Window's XP's fancy skins, there is still a rather plain-and-flat looking "Pin" and "close" icon, so there's some degree of compatibility with Windows XP's native

Reply to CodeJock pane "pin" and "close" icons in WB5 Skins? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Thanks... I will try asking the question on the CodeJock developer forums. Is it just silly to suggest that StarDock put their heads together with CodeJock to ensure WB5 will thoroughly skin CodeJock apps? I've seen their dockable panes toolkit used in Ulead products and WS_FTP, which are pretty popular consumer product apps... that is, if StarDock / CodeJock don't perceive each other as competitors... but it's in both of their best interests that thei

CodeJock pane "pin" and "close" icons in WB5 Skins? in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

I can't find any info on either the CodeJock site or anywhere in the WindowBlinds / WinCustomize sites. Searches on google for "+codejock +windowblinds" turn up all sorts of crack sites, no info. Does anyone have an answer to this, or can direct me to a specific skin that does it right, so I can see how it's done? Thanks.

Reply to How do you feel about Activation? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

> He had built the copmuter because he wanted to keep it off line so he had a secure place to keep all his records. Um... it didn't occur to him to just stick a modem in for 20 minutes, connect to the 'net to activate, then remove the modem? Something sounds not-quite-right with that story... but that's activation for ya... terribly inconvenient if you don't have an internet connection.

Reply to How do you feel about Activation? in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

I'll admit it... I SOMETIMES install software for which I've purchased a single license on MORE THAN ONE COMPUTER!!! SHUDDER!!! (I can only use one computer at a time so, to save me the terrible inconvenience of uninstalling from one computer and reinstalling on another computer, I just install on both and live with my guilty concience). The problem is for such tools, vendors rarely offer "one user, multiple computer" licensing options... as a

Why is "Browse Site" so out-of-the-way? in WinCustomize Site Issues WinCustomize Forums

Why is "Browse Site" way down the left side, buried and visually indistinguishable from the other items? For Pete's sake, there's room near the navigation bar for a "Search this forum" text field and "Go" button! What's up?!? I'm aghast!