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Valentine Day Dynamic Dream in Animated Wallpapers JoeUser Forums

For valentine day, I decided to create a new dynamic dream: it wi

Reply to has stopped working in DesktopX WinCustomize Forums

I don't know if it still works, but here is what I did with older versions of SP1 [quote]Workaround (you will need to have access to a RTM version of Vista to copy a dll) 1. Enable Dll/Com redirection Add a DWORD key in the registry and set it to 1: HKLM\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\Image File Execution Options!DevOverrideEnable 2. Reboot for the change to take effect 3. Copy oleaut32.dll (windows/system32) from the RTM install of Vista to t

Reply to DreamBuilder - A command-line Dream builder in DeskScapes WinCustomize Forums

There are still some bugs to fix (I just found a bug with dynamic dreams resources within subfolders) and a bit of work on documentation. And the test suite needs to be updated. I plan to make the source available some time in the future. I will probably do it along with source of the dynamic dreams I'm working on.

Reply to Docklets in .NET / C#? in Docks WinCustomize Forums

/me already did it ages ago :D [link="https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=5807&libid=29"].Net SDK[/link] and [link="https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=6013&libid=29"].Net Runtime[/link]. It was compiled with .NET 1.1 and I haven't had the time (and courage...) to update it since. Back then I didn't know better and it's loading the .Net runtime in the ObjectDock process (gasp! - see info [link="http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/12/18/1317290.a

Reply to Object Desktop 2008 discussion in Personal Computing WinCustomize Forums

[quote]2. If I am getting the ultimate version why aren't the ULTIMATE versions of EACH program included (e.g. DesktopX PRO vs. DesktopX)?[/quote] The PRO version only adds the ability to export as standalone. It's oriented towards developers more than users. And it's priced at 69.95$, the same as OD 2008. Adding it to the ultimate version would raise the price significantly. [quote]4. Will WB FINALLY get the ability to skin console windows (AGAIN????)[/quote] IMO, not

DreamBuilder - A command-line Dream builder in DeskScapes JoeUser Forums

If you have tried to make Dreams in the past, you have been using DreamMaker. This application allows you to take a video file (or several of them in case of a trigger-based Dream) and "compile" it into a .Dream file. This Dream file also contains other information such as the name of the author, a website URL, copyright and permis

Reply to Weekly Poll: DeskScapes 2.0 in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

The command-line builder is just an alternative way to create dreams (using the DreamMaker dll under the hood), making it easier to integrate into my build process. Building that little helper app wasn't really difficult (apart from the MessageBox calls that I had to redirect to the console). As for dynamic dreams, there was no magic involved, just a lot of trial and error :)

Reply to Localized versions of DeskScapes (like italian)? in DeskScapes WinCustomize Forums

There is no support for languages other than English in DeskScapes at the moment. Internationalization support for Stardock applications has been a request for a long time. Stardock has been working on it and today a significant part of ObjectDesktop apps have I18N support. Unfortunately, DeskScapes isn't one of them :(

Reply to Unpacking .Soundpackage files? in SoundPackager WinCustomize Forums

SoundPackager package files are encrypted, so there is no way to extract files from them without using the actual program. You can access the wav files once they have been extracted by SoundPackager, but remember that usage righs might be restricted for some of them. For personal use, you can probably do what you want with them, but modifying them (such as repackaging) and then distributing the result is probably forbidden. Depending of what you intend to do with those files, y

Reply to How LoginStudio change the login screen? in Customization Software WinCustomize Forums

AFAIK on Vista it's modifying resource dlls, well only one at the moment (the one with the background). The logon screen uses resources from 3 dlls: - imageres.dll : contains the background image, the waiting animation and the startup sound - authui.dll : contains all the UI elements and the UI scripts - branding.dll : contains the vista logo and vista edition name You can have a look [link="http://www.aeroxp.org/board/index.php?showforum=41"]here[/link] to get

Reply to CursorFX BETA 1 is here! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

[quote]- CTRL-SHIFT-C kills CursorFX.exe but does not restore the default Windows cursor Cursor XP has the same issue.[/quote] On Vista maybe, but IIRC on XP, CTRL-SHIFT-C would disable CursorXP temporarily and bring it back when pressed again. As for SnagIt not capturing CursorXP mouse pointers, it's probably an application "issue". It's probably not capturing whatever kind of window CursorXP is using to draw the cursor. OneNote for example captures cursors just fine, so i

Reply to CursorFX BETA 1 is here! in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

Really nice. I ran into a couple of problems (all reported to support): - No cursor on secure desktop (UAC prompts) - CTRL-SHIFT-C kills CursorFX.exe but does not restore the default Windows cursor - Control panel transitions show parts of the cursor preview.

Reply to Dynamic Dreams in Animated Wallpapers WinCustomize Forums

Writing dynamic dreams requires C++ code and a pretty good understanding of how DirectX works. This includes setting up a scene, manipulating vertexes, sprites & textures and drawing those. If you are a seasoned developer, you probably know where to look and what to do to get the info needed to write a dynamic dream dll. If you don't know Direct3D (or C++), you are probably going to have a hard time making anything work anyway, even with a basic SDK. I understand how n

Reply to LogonSwitcher 0.8 Technical Preview in Vista Customization JoeUser Forums

At the moment, LogonVista only allows you to change the background. No doubt it will be updated to support other parts in due time. LogonSwitcher has support for almost all the other elements. The included logon only has the startup animation, the submit button & the image "overlay" changed though (and if you want to do your own, you have to do it by hand). At the beginning it was a little experiment to learn WPF, but I figured others might wa

LogonSwitcher 0.8 Technical Preview in Vista Customization JoeUser Forums

It's about time ! I've been sitting on that one for quite some time. It's still not in a good enough state to be called a beta (or even alpha), hence the technical preview . It comes bundled with one logon (by yours truly :) ). The included logon is still a work in progress: stock buttons, no custom sound, no loading animation, etc. <img style

Reply to Should Stardock fix Microsoft's UAC? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

I don't see MS adding any sort of customization, like remembering which process to allow/deny witch CRC checksum to track modification. They would have to add an UI to access that and that sound way to complicated for the average user and a support nigthmare. IMO companies with firewall products will probably add that possibility in the future. They already have most of the work done. Most of them are going into that direction anyway, adding virus & malware protection. Brad: Yo

Reply to Is art worthless on the Internet? in WinCustomize News WinCustomize Forums

It's probably one of the downside of attracting a new kind of public that wasn't visiting sites like wincustomize before. Given the number of sales versus the amount of negative comments, I hope it's only going to be a vocal minority. If I remember correctly we always have had people like that, asking to get everything for free. They were complaining when Stardock launched Wincustomize, they were there when treetog and alexandrie sold the first premium suites, etc. As for me, V

Reply to What are you "working" on? in Community WinCustomize Forums

Here is the application I've been working on to learn WPF. It's a very early version, so there is still a lot of UI bugs visible (among others problems ). Note (for Stardock ): While the logons shown here are LogonStudioVista log

Reply to Updating the biggest suite ever made : Heavy Equipment in OS Customization WinCustomize Forums

BTW, is someone working on a logon screen for Vista ? There are "only" 76 images to do, plus a throbber animation and a startup sound. Among those there are the 13 different backgrounds and I think 10 elements that have HighDPI versions, so it's a little bit smaller than that. Anyone up to the task ?

Reply to What are you "working" on? in Community WinCustomize Forums

I've been working on a few DesktopX plugins. The latest one is a scripting plugin that exposes Vista Glass color control to scripts. I quickly put together a widget to test it. It's not doing a lot right now, but maybe others might find it usefull. Maybe I'll build a widget that change glass color according to misc events (weather, time, season, etc.) if I have the time. It's

Reply to Scripted Mail plugin - No Internet connection causes 100 % CPU in DesktopX Development WinCustomize Forums

I'm not getting that problem here. Is that happening with every object using the scripted mail plugin ? I've tried to reproduce it with only a call to the mail plugin and if there is no connection to the internet, it's returning 0 emails found. Perhaps you can help me isolate the problem: - using an IP address or a domain name for the email server ? - POP or IMAP ? - which OS ? - what kind of errors are reported ? Thank you.

Reply to Editeur de script in DesktopX Development WinCustomize Forums

Si tu veux changer l'intervalle pour l'animation directement dans le script, je ne suis pas sûr que ça soit possible. J'ai regardé dans la doc et je n'ai rien trouvé la-dessus.

Reply to Docklet Programming in ObjectDock WinCustomize Forums

Here is the code I use. It might not be the best way to do it, but it works for me You need to have a Picture Control of Type Bitmap in your form. Replace the size variable with the size of your control // Load the image Bitmap* image = lpData->docklet->LoadGDIPlusImage(path); // replace this by a call to the LoadGDIPlusImage function

Reply to .9 (repeating) = 1 in WinCustomize Talk WinCustomize Forums

moving that decimal 1 spot would signify it's 1 less than infinity There is a logic flaw here. By definition, a infinite number is, uh, infinite. By multiplying it, you end up with another infinite number, that is, 9.9999... (repeating forever). Anyway, there are lot of debates about it on the

Reply to .Net SDK for ObjectDock in Docks WinCustomize Forums

0.9 Beta 1 (Build 28): * Changed interface definition (see Documentation) * AveDesk Compatibility + Drag & Drop helper functions + Ini file reader + Log to console - Version showed incorrectly in the docklet selection dialog - Stack corruption in selection dialog