Anyone have a WM Skin creation guide for WMP?

If So Email it to me!

Friday, January 21, 2005 by Brandon Nichols | Discussion: Skinning

I tried the one on Microsoft.com but (it's like trying to read chinese and all you know is english. if you got a easy to understand guide, can you email it to me at, [email protected] and as subject put Skin Creation Guide!!

Thanks
CerebroJD
Reply #1 Friday, January 21, 2005 7:03 PM
Theres not really an easy way to go about it. Have you gotten the download version of the SDK? Its way better than the online one. I use it alot!

For the most part, a super way to learn is to take apart other skins and figure out the code from those. A wmp skin is a .wmz, which is just a renamed .zip file. Rename it to zip, and extract it. All the files and images are in there. The .wms can be opened as text, as well as (possibly) a .js file. The .wms file isnt hard to understand, once you get a feel for the code. Feel free to email me with any questions. (Email) I'm always willing to help out new skinners.
Brandon Nichols
Reply #2 Saturday, January 22, 2005 8:41 AM
i tried to get a hold of resess and i got no reply! he sent me everything at one time, but i lost it, i put it on a slave hard drive and it went dead! i might try that! and see what i come up with!

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