WindowBlinds does not fully skin Directory Opus
Monday, September 21, 2009 by wc2005 | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Is anybody using Directory Opus 9.1.3.0 (a very powerful file manager)? I am using Windows XP, WindowBlinds 6.4. The problem is WindowBlinds does not fully skin Directory Opus, please help me. I love WindowBlinds and Directory Opus so much. I used Total Commander, but I think it is not better than Directory Opus, so I changed.
If there is not any solutions, maybe, I should find another file manager which is better than Directory Opus. Who knows a file manager which is better than Directory Opus?
Reply #2 Monday, September 21, 2009 5:43 AM
I do have the same software on Vista Home Premium 32 bit.
I find it skins to the extent of the frame, and can colorize the Tools bar, but no futher. Not sure why. Perhaps you should contact the developers (Link) through Tech Support (note that the resource center is not the official support).
But I wouldn't trade Directory Opus for any other software. Period. The skinning aspect is one thing. The functionality is a whole other thing.
Reply #3 Monday, September 21, 2009 9:35 AM
I think we have the problem with Directory Opus (DO). DO allows users to customize the toolbar,... and many other things, so I think that can prevent WB from fully skinning the application. I should ask the developers instead, thanks for your replies.
Reply #4 Monday, September 21, 2009 10:39 AM
Directory Opus used to add additional titlebars to some of its windows which caused problems with WindowBlinds. It appears they have removed these from the new versions (possibly because of Windows Aero not liking it anymore than WB did), but WB is still detecting it and disabling control skinning.
It may be possible for us to revisit this exclusion, though I do notice they do an unusual thing with their statusbar which may not be 100% perfect with some skins.
Reply #5 Tuesday, September 22, 2009 2:36 AM
Yeah, see the screenshot below:
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WindowBlinds can skin many things in Directory Opus and some others are not.
Today, there are too many applications have their own skins (or special components created by those applications' developers) and WindowBlinds can't skin such special things. We can't do impossible things, so, in the future, I am afraid that WindowBlinds will gradually lose its fans due to this. It is really a very bad news for us all - WindowBlinds fans. What do you think, my guys?
Reply #6 Tuesday, September 22, 2009 4:26 AM
wc2005,your image was way too small,the right one should be :
Windowblinds can't fully skinned some areas which it has been known,in Total Commander same things happened there.
Reply #7 Wednesday, September 29, 2010 1:56 AM
It may be possible for us to revisit this exclusion, though I do notice they do an unusual thing with their statusbar which may not be 100% perfect with some skins.
I understand what a nightmare it must be to cope with all the different components used in all the various apps.
I myself would be fine with WB not skinning DO - as long as it left it alone - mine looks like it's half-skinned and half-baked.
If WB could just - well - exclude it, leave it alone totally, I could live with it.
(Of course getting the primary window frame/titlebar would be a huge bonus but I can leave without that)
Peace
/D
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Reply #1 Monday, September 21, 2009 4:47 AM
post the WB system info
and maybe a screenshot of what's not skinning