SkinStudio Help
Saturday, February 21, 2015 by boofus | Discussion: WindowBlinds
Any experts on here that would maybe help me update a 10+ year old skin (with animated title bar) so that it will work with the current version??
I've started playing with it, but besides the anim not animating, when the skin is in use no explorer windows (folders) will open. Strange??
Thanks
Reply #2 Sunday, February 22, 2015 2:12 PM
I wonder if it's even POSSIBLE to animate caption and/or window borders with the newest W Blinds/Skin Studio.
Most animations I've seen are concerned with the windows start menu.
Reply #3 Sunday, February 22, 2015 3:12 PM
Look in the WindowBlinds folder, do you have "anim.dll" in there? If you don't, then the animations won't work at all. I'm not sure if animations work at all in the latest WB, but you do need that dll for it to work. Good luck!! 
Reply #5 Monday, February 23, 2015 10:20 PM
Not sure that anim.dll is still included in the default WB install. I PM'd Neil a while back about it but haven't yet had a reply. I have it (left over from prior installs, I guess) and animated window control buttons work as intended here. I don't have any skins with animated start menu graphics so can't say for sure, but would assume they'd work, too, with anim.dll present.
Reply #6 Wednesday, February 25, 2015 4:31 AM
Hi,
from my computer:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\WindowBlinds>dir *.dll
Datenträger in Laufwerk C: ist W72
Verzeichnis von C:\Program Files (x86)\Stardock\WindowBlinds
309core.dll
D3DCompiler_41.dll
d3dx10_41.dll
D3DX9_41.dll
lua5.1.dll
sddlc.dll
tray.dll
tray64.dll
unzip32.dll
wbdb.dll
wbhelp.dll
wbhelp64.dll
wblind.dll
wblind64.dll
wblind7.dll
wblindp.dll
wblindp2.dll
wbload64.dll
wbsrv.dll
19 Datei(en), 12.408.725 Bytes
0 Verzeichnis(se), 2.550.378.496 Bytes frei
where to find anim.dll?
Reply #7 Wednesday, February 25, 2015 8:40 AM
Try here Frieder: C:\Users\Public\Documents\Stardock\WindowBlinds 
Reply #8 Wednesday, February 25, 2015 12:51 PM
^^ That's where it lives on my rig, too, but path is C:\Users\Public\Public Documents\Stardock\Windowblinds
Reply #10 Thursday, February 26, 2015 2:36 AM
fschmerle@Aquarium-GA-78LMT-S2P /media/fschmerle/W72/Users/Public/Documents/Stardock/WindowBlinds $ ls *.dll
anim.dll Clock.dll smart.dll txtscroll.dll
Well its on my pc too. 
regards bluedxca93
Reply #11 Saturday, February 28, 2015 2:21 PM
There must be minor variations in W7 versions, Tom - I'm on 7Pro. FWIW.
Reply #13 Saturday, February 28, 2015 3:12 PM
Is there a better place to post about my original issue where I might get some help??
I need a real SkinStuio expert, I'd suspect. Anyone??
Reply #14 Saturday, February 28, 2015 3:24 PM
I believe your main problem boofus is the age of the skin you are trying to update. I myself have tried importing an older XP skin using SkinStudio 8 (SKS8), but it gets totally screwed up in many areas because SKS8 has had the parts for Windows XP and Windows Vista removed from it, it is for Window 7, 8 and 8.1. I believe if you can install SkinStudio 7 (SKS7) and import the skin into it, you will have much better results. Then after you bring the skin up to Windows 7 standards in SKS7, you can install SKS8 and work on the skin even more, even bring it up to Windows 8 if you want.
If you need SkinStudio 7, please PM me with your email address and I will send it to you.
Reply #15 Saturday, February 28, 2015 8:06 PM
Most appreciated, Lightstar.
I think I do have SS7; I seem to remember it showing up in the current Object Desktop Manager
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Reply #1 Sunday, February 22, 2015 4:40 AM
Hi,
if it isn`t possible to solve that bug: save the bitmaps on skinstudio and build a new one.
But thats only the way hoe to do it, if there isn`t a better option.
regards bluedxca93