sViz

sViz

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Reply to Desktop Gadgets in DesktopX Development WinCustomize Forums

Don't forget to mention sViz, while you're at it Aw, shucks. RAMWolff, which clock are you talking about? Usually, the clock's minute hand, hour hand, second hand, and clock face all have to be the same size (101 x 101). To position them, open the object list (r-click on the DX icon and choose Object List), and make sure the x y coordinates of t

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Reply to lv up plzz:) in New Users WinCustomize Forums

Citizen suck I beg to differ. There are alot of great contributors, skinners, and just great people who are Citizens. Even the Masters were once Citizens at some point. Aside from that, titles don't give you status-- your work does. Keep on skinning and contributing to the community and others will take notice (long before your rank reflects this)

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Reply to Easy button in Widget talk WinCustomize Forums

Nice scripts, nice graphics. I like the ability to choose my own sound files. Resizing was a very nice touch. Except for the dragging issue DA pointed out, the finished product works great. Excellent work, everyone.

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Reply to Modifying Silica Weather: Can I upload? in Widget talk WinCustomize Forums

sVizilica Weather . Actually, I'm trying to make a complimentary weather widget for the NrG theme since there has been some requests for it. It's going to be 2 in 1 with a calendar and weather. I found Martin's tutorial on calendars but I don't have a clue how to make a weather widget

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Reply to Desktop Gadgets in DesktopX Development Stardock Forums

why are there such a limited amount of gadgets available for the desktop at this point. I think maybe because there aren't that many really original ideas to make a gadget out of. I think a gadget should be something uniquely inventive, very practical, and of course, extremely useful. How many object/widget/gadget ideas qualify for that? RomanDA and others have produced some highly qualified works, IMO, but what other ideas are there and how many people

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Reply to Help!! Want to create a nice picture viewer widget... in Widget Ideas Stardock Forums

Hi! I've got 2 scripts here. For this widget you simply drag and drop either a single image, or a folder (if the folder has sub-folders it will get pics from there too). The coding is a bit advanced but if you want to know more I created a slideshow tutorial a while back. Here's a link (scroll down for all three parts)-- sViz articles 1. Create an object and set the size to 200 x 200 (or whatever, just make sure the size is s

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Reply to adding mute function when object is hidden in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Hi, warreni. How are you hiding/showing the widget? I set up a couple of objects; one has a message to hide Marvin on mouse up, and another object has a message to show Marvin on mouse up. Then, I gave Marvin a "Show" state and copied the properties of the "mouse away" state to the "Show" state. I also gave Marvin a "Hide" state (be sure to assign an image for the hide state; it won't work otherwise). Here's a pic: Finally, I

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Modifying Silica Weather: Can I upload? in Widget talk WinCustomize Forums

I'd like to modify the Silica Weather object with my own graphics and some other design changes. I understand that I'm supposed to include the permission text only if I use the provided graphics. I was wondering would it be alright if I uploaded a modified version, who would I credit for the script (Stardock?), and do I still have to include the permission text if I'm using my own graphics?

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Reply to Impossible Journey Up the Masters Level. in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

basj, I say if you really love skinning just keep on doing it. I understand that it can be hard to see the prestigious titles and the ginormous download counts of others in the community and not want to emulate that. When I first showed up here I got hung up on this grand idea of becoming a Master. Soon I found that I really just wanted to share my work in DesktopX and help out in the community as much as my time would allow. The journey, for me, really has nothing to do with becoming a

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Reply to Message Box System Modal......HOW? in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Well you pointed me in the right direction. Got my noodle cranking again. I almost decided to do without the message box altogether. So, yeah, you helped. Hey, thomassen I'll have to try that out and get back to you. On a side note: I just noticed the reply rating and reporting buttons! Will good ratings bring up a person's score or something?

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Reply to Message Box System Modal......HOW? in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

Thanks zubaz. From reading the documentation I got an idea. I decided to have two different timers; one for checking internet connection and assigning the result to a variable, and the other for pulling info from the net & showing the message box. If the 2nd timer finds the variable is false it shows the message box & kills itself so it doesn't keep pulling info and putting up new message boxes. This method allows the other timer to continue running and checking for internet connection without p

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Message Box System Modal......HOW? in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

I'm trying to get a message box that does not allow the user to interact with the object, or does not allow the script to continue running until the message box is OK'd. The object checks internet connectivity every minute and if there's no connection it prompts the message box. The problem is the script keeps running and every minute it puts up another message box. I have tried Application Modal, and System Modal and none seem to work. I used this line: message = msgbox ("No i

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Reply to DX Tutorial what do you want to see? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

1. Start small: A "Hello World" widget... Basically, just a widget that says (in text and/or graphics, "Hello World"). 2. Next, a widget with a little interactivity: Two or three buttons that you can click to make a message window appear. 3. How to incorporate coding/scripting into the widget, so it can do more complex things. 4. How to store settings, such as configuration settings and user input. 5. How to retrieve info from your c

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Reply to DX Tutorial what do you want to see? in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

Thank you DA for never forgetting us noobs! I'd really like to know how to do a Weather object. Mostly, how do you know what images to display (sunny, cloudy, etc.) I had to limit my first weather object to text because I was pulling and parsing the info like you would for an rss reader. I realize everyone is using Martin's scripts but I always like to know the nuts and bolts of what I'm doing. That's all for now. Good luck with this Starter Guide. It is much needed and w

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