Problem with tiling per pixel window frame

Sunday, January 24, 2010 by k10w3 | Discussion: WindowBlinds Tutorials

I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with a problem I'm having with my skins.  I don't know if it's an issue with Windowblinds, SkinStudio 7, or Windows 7, but if I create a skin where I want to tile horizontally the per pixel window frame, what comes out when I apply the skin is hacked up pieces of both the active and inactive windows mixed together, and some little chunks that aren't even from either of those windows, just solid colored pieces.  I've rebooted, ran CCleaner, cleaned my registry...nothing seems to fix this, and all things go back to normal if I stretch the frame, rather than tile.

Here's a picture of what's happening with the problems outlined in blue.



Any ideas on this?  It's not just this skin...I've applied other people's skins that use tiling of the per pixel window, too, and I'm getting the same thing.

15 Reply 9 Referrals
k10w3
Reply #1 Monday, January 25, 2010 12:11 PM

Bump


Disturbedcomputer
Reply #2 Monday, January 25, 2010 12:55 PM

bump


Vampothika
Reply #3 Monday, January 25, 2010 3:07 PM

almost looks like a glitch.......I hope neil sees this and can provide a soluiton

on the wb you sent me, i am not seeing this though.


k10w3
Reply #4 Monday, January 25, 2010 3:41 PM

Vampothika
reply 3
...i am not seeing this though.


That's because I had the titlebar stretching in that version...I thought I could improve on it by tiling it, instead.


PurrBall
Reply #5 Monday, January 25, 2010 10:24 PM

bump

(on a side note, that WB looks awesome!)


k10w3
Reply #6 Monday, January 25, 2010 11:12 PM

PurrBall
reply 5

(on a side note, that WB looks awesome!)


Thanks PurrBall.  Look for it's release by the 7th of February.


k10w3
Reply #7 Monday, February 1, 2010 12:16 PM

BUMP -- Because now that it's Troll Thumping day, I see the same problem with the Troll Thumping Day Suite Windowblinds.


danioc
Reply #8 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 9:26 AM

Hi k10w3, I could take a look in the skin if you consider sending it. danillooc at gmail dot com


k10w3
Reply #9 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 2:49 PM

Thanks, danilloOc.  You have mail.


danioc
Reply #10 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 4:14 PM

k10w3,

I believe I got it sorted, replied your e-mail.


k10w3
Reply #11 Tuesday, September 7, 2010 5:09 PM

Thanks, danilloOc -- you're a real asset to the community! 


gmc2
Reply #12 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 6:04 AM

and the cause/effect/fix was...

c'mon share the information people.


danioc
Reply #13 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 8:22 AM

@gmc2: here are the details:

 


I found that the titlebar sizing margins where very wide, maybe that's the cause of the issues, I tweaked the margins to a smaller values and
set the tile checkboxes to make the tilling better (look the attached screenshot)


gmc2
Reply #14 Wednesday, September 8, 2010 8:31 AM

wow, thank you,

I have encountered this before and went the stretch route rather than attempt a "figure this out". don't think I've ever used a margin combination as shown. something to remember for frames and such that have this level of detail.

looking good Karen


k10w3
Reply #15 Friday, September 10, 2010 6:38 PM

When my obsession with the new Halloween WB I'm in the middle of simmers down, I'll have to upload a corrected, update for this one.


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