Dirty NrG (WIP)

Sunday, January 25, 2009 by sViz | Discussion: Sneak Previews

 

DX theme I'm working on....somewhere around 90%, I think. Still scripting, tweaking, procuring headaches, etc., etc. Thoughts?

 

 

 

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PuterDudeJim
Reply #21 Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:13 PM

Zu, that's part of the wall. I'm still postulating whether I should have the menu bar on top leak/drip toxic chemical.

Yes, YEs, YES!!

PuterDudeJim
Reply #22 Tuesday, January 27, 2009 5:14 PM

Anyone willing to beta test when it's ready?

I will be glad to test it. It looks awesome! It's not wallpaper dependant, is it?

sViz
Reply #23 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 8:46 AM

It's beta testing day!  I switched the large wall for 1440 x 900, added the dripping animation, made some last minute tweaks, etc.

Heres the download link (follow the site instructions) -- LINK


There are quite a few features in the theme but the areas I'm most concerned about are: the drip, the start menu navigator, calendar, drag and drop menus, and weather. Let me know if anything's broke or needs improvement. Thanks again!

It's not wallpaper dependant, is it?

Jim, it works best with the theme's wall but there is an option to use your own. I'd suggest using a dark wall as some of the pop up screens aren't readable on a light background. I would have left the theme without a wall except I set DX to clear icons...which also clears the Windows wallpaper.  You think I should not clear icons and upload the walls separately?

 

 

 

 

DrJBHL
Reply #24 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:17 AM

Really was hoping for 1280x800 wide screen. I guess I'll have to wait till it comes out...would've loved to have helped, sViz.

sViz
Reply #25 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:23 AM

The theme itself is resolution independent, Dr.  All the objects are designed to resize and reposition to fit any screen rez. 1440x900 is the same ratio as 1280x800, wouldn't that work?

DrJBHL
Reply #26 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:34 AM

See...I took 2 stupid pills instead of just one this morning. Thank G-d stupid doesn't hurt much....I'd be addicted to Morphine for years!

2of3
Reply #27 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:39 AM

My screen res is 1280x800 too but I'm currently using a wall at 1920x1200. I don't see the problem, sViz

 

Murex
Reply #28 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 9:50 AM
I get a script error Line 58 On the flame object but I assume it's because I run 1650X1080.  Other then that it's a great theme and every thing resized to my screen size..  But I have to say I just LOVE the drip.... it's details like this that make your theme look fantastic...
sViz
Reply #29 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:00 AM

I think I know the problem, Murex. The path to the wallpaper is still set to a location on my system. I'll have to clear it before uploading next time. Once you set your wall it shouldn't bring up the error again.

DrJBHL
Reply #30 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:25 AM

No problems with the wall, sViz. PM'd you.

ArileenDesign
Reply #31 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 10:52 AM

Awesome sViz

Murex
Reply #32 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:12 PM
One thing I did notice it's not a big thing but you might want to make the processor type information into two lines. MY processor name is really long and it extends out over your system information object. It won't be a big deal to change for the more advanced user but the novice may not know how to change it.
PuterDudeJim
Reply #33 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 2:18 PM

Substyle? Me no comprehend WindowBlinds-speak. It'll probably have an option to turn it on or off, though.

As you may have noticed, I recently uploaded a DX theme with 3 substyles,thanks to a script by RomanDa.  Chameleon DX has a main style, and 3 substyles. So subtyles, is no longer just windowblinds speak. You can do it as a substyle, if you want.  

sViz
Reply #34 Wednesday, January 28, 2009 3:06 PM

Hey, Quentin! Thanks.

Murex, I was afraid that might happen. I'll set it to wrap text.

Jim, I'll have to check out your theme. That sounds really cool!

 

 

 

Xprojectd24
Reply #35 Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:36 AM

Thanks you guys.     Still modifying the weather scripts and working on a larger rez for the wall. Anyone willing to beta test when it's ready?

Give me a link plz. this looks amazing

Xprojectd24
Reply #36 Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:41 AM

the link doesnt work

sViz
Reply #37 Thursday, January 29, 2009 11:50 AM

Xprojectd24, you should be redirected to the site filefactory.com. Once there, scroll down and click on the 'basic' download option. Enter the security code, then click on the button to download. (Yeah, I know it's a lot of hoops.)

bilbo1930
Reply #38 Thursday, January 29, 2009 12:57 PM

Awesome work sViz!

I like that dropin anims and sliders too.

Just one thing, ram use not correct if u have more than 2gb. Performance meters not show correctly.

So please use rabidrobot multiram script for that.

----------

'// Multi-Gig Memory Meter
'// Xander 'rabidrobot' Lih Jan 2007
'// http://feebdack.com
'// Please feel free to reuse in any form.


' Set Up Meter Refresher Object
Dim objWMIService, objRefresher, objRefreshItem
Set objWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:root\cimv2")
Set objRefresher = CreateObject("WbemScripting.SWbemRefresher")
Set objRefreshItem = objRefresher.AddEnum(objWMIService, "Win32_PerfRawData_PerfOS_Memory").ObjectSet
objRefresher.Refresh

' Important DX-Objects
Dim dxViewbox, dxPercentText

' How often to update the meter in milliseconds.
Const REFRESH_RATE = 1000

' This is good to know - total PC RAM
Dim totalMemory
' Adjust these to fit custom graphics
Const MARG_left = 0' Margin to left of zero on meter
Const MAX_width = 84 ' Total width of bar 100% used

'Called when the script is executed
Sub Object_OnScriptEnter
    ' I find it handy to nickname some objects - you can easily change these here.
    Set dxViewbox = DesktopX.Object("rr_RAM_Viewbox")
    Set dxPercentText = DesktopX.Object("rr_RAM_Percent_Text")
    ' Gather total memory available information
    Dim colItems, objItem
    Set colItems = objWMIService.ExecQuery("Select * from Win32_ComputerSystem",,48)
    totalMemory = 0
    For Each objItem In colItems
        totalMemory = totalMemory + objItem.TotalPhysicalMemory
    Next
    Set colItems = Nothing


    ' Start Monitor
    Object.SetTimer 111, REFRESH_RATE

End Sub

Sub Object_OnTimer111
    ' Update information in the refresher object
    objRefresher.Refresh
    ' The refresher is an enumeration, or list
    ' So we loop through it, even if it might have only one member
    Dim availableMemory, objItem, percentUsed
    availableMemory = 0
    For Each objItem In objRefreshItem
        ' Gather info - I only get AvailableBytes, but you could
        ' get any of the info listed in the OnLButtonUp sub too.
        availableMemory = availableMemory + objItem.AvailableBytes
    Next
    percentUsed = (totalMemory - availableMemory) / totalMemory
    ' Use handy nicknames
    dxViewbox.width = CInt(percentUsed * MAX_width + MARG_left)
    dxPercentText.Text = FormatNumber(percentUsed * 100, 0) & "%"
    ' Update other text objects you may have, e.g.
    ' DeaktopX.Object("FreeMemoryText").Text = FormatNumber(availableMemory / 1024^2, 1) & "MB Free"
    
End Sub



'Called when the script is terminated
Sub Object_OnScriptExit
    Set objWMIService = Nothing
    Set objRefresher = Nothing
    Set dxViewbox = Nothing
    Set dxPercentText = Nothing
End Sub
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Look my prowler widgy how is workin..

indeed very nice, usable theme, me like it!

sViz
Reply #39 Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:17 PM

Thanks, bilbo. Will do.

bilbo1930
Reply #40 Thursday, January 29, 2009 1:28 PM

no

I need to say thanks for nice theme!

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