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Reply to WindowBlinds -> DirectSkins question in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

I have a question regarding the Direct Skins method UxThemeEmulation: The UxThemeEmulation method can be used to enable UxTheme emulation. If your application ships with a manifest then you should call this function when on WindowsXP. It alters the behaviour of DirectSkin so controls can skin correctly and also allows your app to use the standard Windows XP UXTheme functions to obtain skin information or to paint controls. Does anybody know what this means? I've trie

Reply to WindowBlinds -> DirectSkins question in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Sounds good Neil. Thank You, Simon

Reply to WindowBlinds -> DirectSkins question in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

It's a good idea - I just haven't got a reply from any technical folks so that's why I'm asking this forum so if anybody wants to tell me I'm all ears Thanks, Simon

Reply to WindowBlinds -> DirectSkins question in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Hi Mike, I see, is there a roadmap for DS development / releases? I'd like to know when an updated version of DS is going to be available such that it will be able to use per-pixel menus? Is such an upgrade a trivial matter for the Stardock development team? Thanks again for your kind help. Cheers, Simon

Reply to DirectSkin question in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Mike, possibly they should read these forums? Or create a forum for DirectSkins I would have thought. Thanks, Simon

Reply to WindowBlinds -> DirectSkins question in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Please excuse my having posted this in a sibling forum here but I'm trying to understand if translucency works with DirectSkins? If I use a skin called 5imple Alpha with the retail version of WindowBlinds I see the translucent drop down menus. If I take the same skin and use it with DirectSkins (the demo download version) the menus are no longer translucent when used with DirectSkins. What's with that? Any help appreciated! Cheers, Simon

Reply to WindowBlinds -> DirectSkins question in WindowBlinds WinCustomize Forums

Thanks Mike, I look forward to hearing from your official technical support. Cheers, Simon

WindowBlinds -> DirectSkins question in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Hello folks, I purchased WindowBlinds. I have it configured to skin one application and that application works fine when skinned but only if I deselect: WindowBlinds->BasicSettings->Skin Advanced Controls->Statusbar. My old application writes a lot to the stausbar and explodes if I do not deselect this setting in WindowBlinds. Not a problem you might say? Well it is because I can not distribute WindowBlinds with my app - so I am looking at DirectSkins, the dis

DirectSkin question in Object Desktop Stardock Forums

Hi, Just downloaded the DirectSkin demo - does anybody know if I am able to bind to the demo OCX ? I assume there is no licence for that? I am a adeveloper and want to get an inhouse-demo created so I would like to know if I can do this using the demo version of DirectSkin or do I need to purchase the developer version? Thanks, Simon

Reply to Want to ship an application-specific theme in XP in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Thank you very much! I downloaded DirectSkin and I'm taking a look now - I think I can definately make a case for us to use this. What a great forum this is. Cheers, Simon

Want to ship an application-specific theme in XP in WindowBlinds Stardock Forums

Kind folks, I'm a newbie on this forum having just discovered the wonders of WindowBlinds. I'm a software developer and I have an older windows app that I would like to investigate if I can give it its very own theme - just like as if I selected one fo a great WindowBlinds themes BUT... only for this one application. The point being that because of some weird custom controls in this application, if I simply provide a manifiest file some of the weird pseudo-combo boxes do no