I made a minor change through SkinStudio....
But can't get it to apply
Saturday, January 13, 2007 by sophiesboy | Discussion: SkinStudio Help
I was looking through DevianArt recently and found this visual style:
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45968310/
Called Sh4rp by The Greenhouse Troll (TGT Design)
I did not find a Windowblinds versioni here on the site, so I downloaded the VS and converted it to WB format in SkinStudio, for my personal use.
However, I didn't like the taskpane color in the Shell, as it was a dull, flat blue which didn't really seem to work well in my opinion.
So using SkinStudio, I went into XP Shell, and I changed the Taskpane Background Color Attribute and the Background Gradient Color Attribute to get a version more pleasing to my eyes, and the preview looked quite nice to me. (Specifically, I am referring to the area in the Taskpane where command areas such as the "FIle and Folder Tasks" show up.)
I saved the changed skin as a renamed file, which showed up in WindowBlinds without trouble. However, when I loaded the Blind, I saw no evidence of the changes I made to the taskpane.
If I go to the "code" tab, I see that the source code (lines 1945 through 1951) have changed to reflect the colors I selected, so I do not understand why they do not seem to be applying when I load the skin.
Am I missing a step in my attempt to make the change or save the file?
Is it possible that some kind of conflict is arising because I still have the original Sh4rp imported blind in my system at the same time as the renamed version?
I would like to figure out how to get my changes to work. Any advice would be appreciated.
http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45968310/
Called Sh4rp by The Greenhouse Troll (TGT Design)
I did not find a Windowblinds versioni here on the site, so I downloaded the VS and converted it to WB format in SkinStudio, for my personal use.
However, I didn't like the taskpane color in the Shell, as it was a dull, flat blue which didn't really seem to work well in my opinion.
So using SkinStudio, I went into XP Shell, and I changed the Taskpane Background Color Attribute and the Background Gradient Color Attribute to get a version more pleasing to my eyes, and the preview looked quite nice to me. (Specifically, I am referring to the area in the Taskpane where command areas such as the "FIle and Folder Tasks" show up.)
I saved the changed skin as a renamed file, which showed up in WindowBlinds without trouble. However, when I loaded the Blind, I saw no evidence of the changes I made to the taskpane.
If I go to the "code" tab, I see that the source code (lines 1945 through 1951) have changed to reflect the colors I selected, so I do not understand why they do not seem to be applying when I load the skin.
Am I missing a step in my attempt to make the change or save the file?
Is it possible that some kind of conflict is arising because I still have the original Sh4rp imported blind in my system at the same time as the renamed version?
I would like to figure out how to get my changes to work. Any advice would be appreciated.
Cavan1
Reply #2 Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:46 PM
Reply #2 Saturday, January 13, 2007 11:46 PM
In SkinStudio, XP Shell, Shellstyle (unofficial), select Shell Style XP Low Level definition, right click and select remove selection, do the same for Embedded Strings. This will allow your changes to show.
sophiesboy
Reply #3 Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:28 AM
Reply #3 Sunday, January 14, 2007 12:28 AM
To Cavan1:
I followed your suggestions and, although the preview shot in Window Blinds showed no change, the changes do show up in actual use.
Thanks for the help.
I followed your suggestions and, although the preview shot in Window Blinds showed no change, the changes do show up in actual use.
Thanks for the help.
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Reply #1 Saturday, January 13, 2007 9:05 PM