My skin breaks Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
Sunday, April 11, 2010 by 2of3 | Discussion: SkinStudio
This is outlook with my skin applied
And here with Corporate applied
I'm at a total loss as to why this particular skin is acting this way. I have tried all the skins in my library (even other skins by me) and Blue Wing is the only skin that effects outlook.
My system info:
Windows 7 Home Premium 64 bit
Your computer has a Windows Experience Index base score of
Your Windows Graphics Experience score is 6.6
WindowBlinds version : WindowBlinds 7.1 (build 255 - Windows 7 Edition) - 64 bit OS
WindowBlinds is installed correctly on this PC
WindowBlinds appears to be activated on this PC
(Generic PnP Monitor) 1 is attached to ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
Wblind.dll 2010/04/08 14:07:20
Wblind64.dll 2010/04/08 14:07:34
Wbsrv.dll 2010/04/01 11:43:41
SevenConfig.exe 2010/02/15 21:09:57
Wbload.exe 2010/02/02 21:33:18
Wbhelp.dll 2009/10/07 22:35:07
Tray.dll 2009/10/21 16:13:19
Wbload.dll 2010/04/01 11:43:28
Screen.exe 2009/12/03 20:43:26
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Reply #2 Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:45 AM
This has also been reported on xp by a tester of mine.
Reply #3 Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:59 AM
I'm on xp I think it's awesome that you got the skin to stay put in the upper screeny. From my personal experience with MS/Office/Outlook, has never stayed put. It would skin to what ever blind I was using but the outlook settings/ui would overwrite it and apply itself. I'm currently using the 2010 Beta and it too will not skin.
Reply #4 Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:05 AM
From the screeny that my xp tester showed me, the titlebar is windows classic as well with this skin applied 
Reply #6 Sunday, April 11, 2010 11:42 AM
It's like it's using only the classic colors. Hell, even the icons are windows classic. I don't get what is different about this skin. 
Reply #7 Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:09 PM
I would try changing your system colours to see if that helps. Also make sure you don't have a line in the UIS telling office that the current theme is classic (Search for SkinHasNoShellStyle). Also look for MakeOfficeBlue = 1
w4xpl4y3r : WindowBlinds should skin Office 2007 and 2010 apps just fine. The orb / additional buttons will appear on the titlebar as expected and function normally.
Reply #9 Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:42 PM
This is what mine looks like. I always thought it was by default unskinable??? But hey! after seeing Snowy's screenie and hearing from Neil, it should apply the skin. Could it be something I'm not setting up right on my end? I'll try different skins and post if there are any differences...by the way I'm currently using iFlex by Danillo...
Reply #10 Sunday, April 11, 2010 12:47 PM
Didn't find those lines anywhere, Neil
Reply #11 Sunday, April 11, 2010 3:23 PM
How about starting a new thread, karmat. I'm trying to fix my skin so I can upload
Reply #12 Sunday, April 11, 2010 4:33 PM
Maybe try adding it then, odd problem, if u have VOX dark, try loading it.. see if it makes it all light like that, I know outlook loves to go opposite on its coloring when it encounters dark system colors.
Oherwise, something may be corrupted in the skin I suspect.... it does happen.
Hell, I had to restart Venom the other day from scratch, the skin was crashing explorer.
Reply #13 Sunday, April 11, 2010 4:51 PM
Just add the line anywhere in the UIS file?
I don't have VOX but I loaded PADD which is as dark as it gets. No conflict there.
Hell, I had to restart Venom the other day from scratch
*Sigh* It just may come to that 
Reply #14 Sunday, April 11, 2010 5:12 PM
Oherwise, something may be corrupted in the skin I suspect.... it does happen.
Hell, I had to restart Venom the other day from scratch
*Sigh* It just may come to that
No....NO....NO!!!!!
Reply #15 Sunday, April 11, 2010 5:41 PM
Happens on Win 7 too..........Outlook 2007
Seems to effect the Icons in the toolbars too......like it removes anti-aliasing
Reply #16 Monday, April 12, 2010 12:49 AM
I would add it at end.
Reply #17 Monday, April 12, 2010 5:08 AM
Did that.....didn't work......rebuilding.......
Reply #18 Monday, April 12, 2010 9:43 AM
that sucks Tim... I find it a good idea to keep previous builds of WIP blinds sort of like a system restore function.
Reply #19 Monday, April 12, 2010 10:02 AM
That's gonna be SOP for me from now on.
I had moved the file between 3 different computers during the building of this skin. I guess the .wba got corrupted somehow in copying. Lessons learned and all that.... 
Reply #20 Monday, April 12, 2010 10:06 AM
It's going pretty fast reimporting the images into a fresh template, so it's not so bad.
I'm skinning with outlook open at all times, but I feel confident that it's fine this time. Who would have thought that the sight of baby blue toolbars would warm a skinners heart! 
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Reply #1 Sunday, April 11, 2010 10:38 AM
Skin finished and saved in SKS 7.01