SKS6 vista visual style import....
Wednesday, October 3, 2007 by thebleedingedge | Discussion: SkinStudio
Is it possible to import Vista visual styles into SKS6, like you were able to do with .msstyles in SKS5?
thanks!
thanks!
thebleedingedge
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:28 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:28 PM
I have tried it numerous times with no success. I was wondering if I am missing something or the feature is not included in SKS6.
Frogboy
Reply #4 Thursday, October 4, 2007 6:31 PM
Reply #4 Thursday, October 4, 2007 6:31 PM
I'm afraid not. It's not likely to happen any time soon.
In Windows XP, the bundled visual styles (.msstyles) actually had a documented skin format.
But in Windows Vista, the .msstyles are basically a glorified bitmap resource that is a huge pain to disect.
And while I am biased, I think it is fair to say that msstyles on Vista are hopelessly crippled. On XP, you could at least make a pretty good skin. I am not sure it's possible to make anything that isn't a total Aero derivative on Vista.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, October 3, 2007 8:21 PM