Any day now... ;)
Tuesday, June 3, 2003 by grayhaze | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
Just thought some of you might like to know that dinksDX is very near to completion. This is a complete redesign and rebuild of my very first skin, designed to support all the new features of WB4, and with more power besides.
If you want a sneak peek, take a look here:
http://grayhaze.com/images/dinksDX_inprogress.jpg
If I don't release this thing by the end of the week, you all have my permission to point and call me names.
If you want a sneak peek, take a look here:
http://grayhaze.com/images/dinksDX_inprogress.jpg
If I don't release this thing by the end of the week, you all have my permission to point and call me names.
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grayhaze
Reply #22 Friday, June 6, 2003 3:16 PM
Reply #22 Friday, June 6, 2003 3:16 PM
Things are still on track for a release tomorrow, and I've taken some of the comments I've received into consideration. I've tuned up the design quite a lot today, and sorted out all the sub-designs too.
Due to the problems with not being allowed to upload an installer to the site, this skin may not be the easiest to configure for the novice user. How confident do people here feel about creating/editing a 'wbuser.ini' file with paths to common applications? I'll try to include detailed instructions with the skin, and I'm hoping that everyone will read them before I get the rush of 'bug report' e-mails.
Due to the problems with not being allowed to upload an installer to the site, this skin may not be the easiest to configure for the novice user. How confident do people here feel about creating/editing a 'wbuser.ini' file with paths to common applications? I'll try to include detailed instructions with the skin, and I'm hoping that everyone will read them before I get the rush of 'bug report' e-mails.
Hus
Reply #23 Friday, June 6, 2003 3:40 PM
Reply #23 Friday, June 6, 2003 3:40 PM
Grayhaze, I'm not sure what programs you used, but if it's common items such as media player, notepad, etc., you can pull up registry info for locations rather than hard-coding the paths. If you still have to hard-code paths, you can use the %SystemRoot% command to make sure you atleast have the right drive. I'm sure you already know this though... 
grayhaze
Reply #24 Friday, June 6, 2003 4:56 PM
Reply #24 Friday, June 6, 2003 4:56 PM
I've already tried what you suggest Hus, and it doesn't seem to work with WindowBlinds command buttons. As for reading registry values, I'm not really sure what you mean. I intended the installer to look at the registry to find the paths and put them into the 'wbuser.ini' file, but I wasn't aware that you could just call on a registry value on the fly.
Hus
Reply #25 Friday, June 6, 2003 5:13 PM
Reply #25 Friday, June 6, 2003 5:13 PM
Is it possible to call upon scripts with those buttons Grayhaze? If so, you could write simple VBS scripts to get the registry setting and then launch application. Not sure if WB would allow such a thing though... 
grayhaze
Reply #26 Friday, June 6, 2003 5:44 PM
Reply #26 Friday, June 6, 2003 5:44 PM
VBS scripts present something of a problem as modern Anti-Virus software alerts the user every time a script tries to run. Otherwise they would be ideal.
Anyway, documentation aside, the skin is now complete. There's no custom colour support at the moment, but I'm planning on releasing a few colour variations anyway. There are also sub-designs for Windows 98, allowing for the lack of per-pixel alpha blending on those systems.
See you tomorrow!
Anyway, documentation aside, the skin is now complete. There's no custom colour support at the moment, but I'm planning on releasing a few colour variations anyway. There are also sub-designs for Windows 98, allowing for the lack of per-pixel alpha blending on those systems.
See you tomorrow!
Lady_Akasha
Reply #28 Saturday, June 7, 2003 9:04 AM
Reply #28 Saturday, June 7, 2003 9:04 AM
Hmmmm so this means no pointing and calling you names eh?
Looking forward to the skin...But the pointing and calling names might have been quite the hoot
Looking forward to the skin...But the pointing and calling names might have been quite the hoot
grayhaze
Reply #29 Saturday, June 7, 2003 10:45 AM
Reply #29 Saturday, June 7, 2003 10:45 AM
Typical. It's finished, and now I'm having upload problems!
You... will... upload...
Grrrr.. >
You... will... upload...
Grrrr.. >
grayhaze
Reply #31 Saturday, June 7, 2003 10:46 AM
Reply #31 Saturday, June 7, 2003 10:46 AM
By the way, before the admins start panicking, I ditched the installer. It's just a plain old .wba now with instructions for the hard of thinking.
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Reply #21 Friday, June 6, 2003 11:40 AM