Resizing Objects
How to...?
Thursday, February 15, 2007 by Uvah | Discussion: DesktopX
I just downloaded Signals DX theme. Resolution is set at 1024x768 and I have 1280x1024. BigDogBigFeet suggested resizing
wallpaper then using DX in builder mode to resize objects. Tried that but I don't see how exactly. Any help would be greatly appreciated...Thanks
wallpaper then using DX in builder mode to resize objects. Tried that but I don't see how exactly. Any help would be greatly appreciated...Thanks
BigDogBigFeet
Reply #2 Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:09 AM
Reply #2 Thursday, February 15, 2007 7:09 AM
Ok, Mr. Uvah. You got the wallpaper to resize following my instructions I assume? Well in those instructions I mentioned to open up the configure DesktopX panel. It is in this panel you can find the graphical images for the current theme. I recommend you also become familiar with CorkyO's article on clearing the cache 101. You will find it here WWW Link As I said in the other thread, changing the size of all the objects is no small task. You need to know a couple of things first how to list objects. If you have the DesktopX loaded with Builder and your theme you wish to modify Signals DX, the selection on the DesktopX helper is Object Navigator. From the Builder Icon it's called List Objects.. Either will bring up the object list panel. You also need to open the configuration panel and click on the Desktop tab and on open desktop data folder. It is in the data folder you will find the png files (graphic image files) listed in your loaded theme and possibly some others as well. Clearing the cache as shown in the above mentioned article will ensure that only the image files from the current theme are shown making finding the right ones easier. I have to get ready for work now so this will have to wait till later. In any case your task will be to one by one identify the graphic image that corresponds to each object in the object list and resize it. And, reassembling the objects as you make changes. It is a significant time consuming task. But, I gave you enough clues here where you should be able to get started.
Uvah
Reply #3 Friday, February 16, 2007 4:05 AM
Reply #3 Friday, February 16, 2007 4:05 AM
Thank you so much BigDogBigFeet. Next day off I'll tackle it 
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Reply #1 Thursday, February 15, 2007 2:46 AM