Free Style Visual Style and Active Desktop

[@ce]

Im not too sure if this was asked ananswered yet but since I dont feel like reading all the pages I will ask anyways.

Winamp Skin? or suggestions for a skin that will match?

[Thantos]

It appears that you sent me an old version i guess ill dl this one..

Sorry about leaving last night, my dad was barking at me to get off the comp...

[baphomet_irl Veteran]

Originally posted by @ce

Im not too sure if this was asked ananswered yet but since I dont feel like reading all the pages I will ask anyways.

Winamp Skin? or suggestions for a skin that will match?

well id suggest some of the 'BLackcomb' or 'Longhorn' skins, as its the same type of blue methinks as most of them...

[baphomet_irl Veteran]

hi the new active desktop is really nice :)

good work

ok 2 things eheh :

i have the .html file as my wallpaper, but the links arent working...

also there is a very slight mismatch of the 'up' and 'over' states of the My Documents button in the flash....

apart from that its lookin brilliant! :)

have u any idea why my links arent working?

[NJCam]

Oh man, now here's a dumb question...

How do I install it? :paranoid:

[baphomet_irl Veteran]

basically set the .html file as ur wallpaper....

but for some reason i cant get the links to work (any of them) :(

[k420]

If osiris would upload the .fla file for the button's then the links can be tailored to individual pcs

[Thantos]

For some reason my copy of the theme seems to still have some of the bugs it had before.. BTW.. as I said last night the links are off slightly from the desktop background... Plus the links do not work all the time( not sure why) and when they do work it loads it as the background...

The theme has alot of improvements! I like it alot... Some how I think the problems are the result of my windows xp or an older version of styles xp which version are you using?

Suggestion: the roll over on the start menu overlaps the yellow.. it kinda makes it look like a mistake.. Can It be fixed?

And on the left side tool bar in a folder where it tells u the specs.. May I suggest changing the colour? it kinda blends with the bar...

Thats it for now.

Thx,

Thantos

[XzyluM]

It's got a nice professional look, really nice and neat. It's not in my taste, nothing to do with the theme, just I'm a picky guy. Anyway, I think this is some nice work and should come out well.

[Thantos]

Ok I've adjusted the desktop to my size (1024 x 768) and with alot of work i have adjusted the size of the flash bar and moved it so that is it is synchronized with the background.. however now when I try to test the buttons it says something cannot locate pls check the link... Wht I would like to know is how can I edit the links on the swf file??

BTW I have Swish 2.0 and Macromedia Flash MX 6.0

Any help would be appreciated :)

[k420]

OSiris needs to post the .fla then we can edit the link can you send me the 1024x768 file I can't see the text when it is at 1280 x1024. THere is a program that decodes swf file but i can't remember what it is called.

P.S. this is my favorite style and i love it woo hoo

[k420]

ok so for the links to be fixed on flash the on release get url command in flash must be pointed to C:WINDOWSexplorer.exe for eample.

[Osiris]

lol damn you noticed the my documents thing lol.

Okay now as for the flash, just import the .swf file, with swish just goto import and your all set.

Now, I need to talk to K420 he sounds like hes onto somethign with those linlks.

[Jessterw]

Originally posted by k420

ok so for the links to be fixed on flash the on release get url command in flash must be pointed to C:WINDOWSexplorer.exe for eample.

Yeah or C:WINDOWSSystem32rundll32.exe shell32.exe,* (where * is the rest of the command). However that is basing it on the user having that exact Windows directory. For instance mine is E:WINDOWS (don't ask, long story).

[Jessterw]

Osiris, this is what I posted earlier, and what k420 is referring to (I think lol).

Originally posted by jesterzwild

Took some searching but here are the shortcuts to get to My Computer and Control Panel. These are strictly the commands you would enter if you created a shortcut to these, but I assume you could use them still (not sure how you are doing this in Flash). You should be able to use the commands by themselves but if not try adding this prefix: "%windir%" or "%windir%System32".

My Computer:

Explorer ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}

Network Neighborhood:

Explorer ::{208D2C60-3AEA-1069-A2D7-08002B30309D}

Recycle Bin:

Explorer ::{645FF040-5081-101B-9F08-00AA002F954E}

Control Panel:

Explorer ::{20D04FE0-3AEA-1069-A2D8-08002B30309D}::{21EC2020-3AEA-1069-A2DD-08002B30309D}

rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL

[Thantos]

Why doesnt it work? When I click on the link it says it cannot open it

[JoGro123]

Those numbers aren't links they are hexidecimal (or something like that) strings, you find them in the registry. I don't believe (but don't exlude it as a possibility) that those by themselves will link to the destination (my computer etc). the two possibilities I see are either to continue and explore to find a generic address to those locations or to use html (it can be easily edited) and use flash or something else for on mouse and click effects.

[Tesseract]

I am not sure, but I think that you have to include both the name (ie. My Computer) and the hexidecimal code. I know this technique is used when creating a menu for an item such as My Computer on the start menu back in Win 95/98/ME.

[Jessterw]

They are not links, but instead are the addresses of those folders. As far as I know they are accurate and I have gotten them to work in the Run dialog box and by using a Shortcut. However they will not work as links or as something typed into the Address field in Windows Explorer.

The problem with using them as links is that you are actually executing an .exe file (Explorer.exe and rundll32.exe with shell32.exe) instead of navigating to a destination folder.

I had used them in Visual Basic and C++ programming and offered them as a possible method if possible. Hmm... just had a thought, can you include something like VBScript into a Flash file? or does Flash have its own scripting language? or does it have one at all?

[Tesseract]

Originally posted by jesterzwild

They are not links, but instead are the addresses of those folders. As far as I know they are accurate and I have gotten them to work in the Run dialog box and by using a Shortcut. However they will not work as links or as something typed into the Address field in Windows Explorer.

The problem with using them as links is that you are actually executing an .exe file (Explorer.exe and rundll32.exe with shell32.exe) instead of navigating to a destination folder.

I had used them in Visual Basic and C++ programming and offered them as a possible method if possible. Hmm... just had a thought, can you include something like VBScript into a Flash file? or does Flash have its own scripting language? or does it have one at all?

Flash has its own scripting language.

[Jessterw]

Originally posted by codyg11

Flash has its own scripting language.

Hmm, I will have to find out if there is an equivalent command/procedure as there is in the languages I know to be able to do this.

The VB procedure would be as follows for the Control Panel:

Call Shell("rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL", vbNormalFocus)

Does anyone know of something similiar in Flash? or is this impossible?

Update:

I think I may have found a solution. In Flash there is something called the fscommand. From what I've gathered the use goes as follows,

fscommand (filename)

So maybe something like (for the Control Panel) this would work,

fscommand (C:WINDOWSSystem32rundll32.exe shell32.dll,Control_RunDLL)

I am going to keep researching this, hopefully this will work and Osiris can get it working!

[Tesseract]

The script in Flash is called "ActionScript."

Yes, there is something similar to the call function in VB, but I am not sure if you call a file on the hard drive with it.

You have a "call" function in Flash MX. The syntax is as follows:

on (release) {

call();

}

You also have a "call function" where you can specify and object, function, and its parameters:

From the Reference in Flash MX

allows you to use parameter fields to call a user-defined function in normal mode in the Actions panel.

Unfortunately, I don't think that this scripting language will let you work with outside files. Please correct me if I am wrong.

Edit: This is the definition of the "fscommand" function, according to the ActionScript dictionary in Flash Help:

Action; allows the Flash movie to communicate with either the Flash Player, or the program hosting the Flash Player, such as a Web browser. You can also use the fscommand action to pass messages to Macromedia Director, or to Visual Basic, Visual C++, and other programs that can host ActiveX controls.

I think this would be the syntax:

on(release){

fscommand("command" , "parameters")

}

[Jessterw]

Check this tutorial out, http://www.actionscripts.org/tutorials/beg...les/index.shtml, I think it may help. The only bad part is that is uses two different procedures for 9x/ME and NT/2K/XP, and apparently uses the "DOS" or Command Prompt.

I think we may overwhelm Osiris with all this information lol :D

[Thantos]

You've overwhelmed my primative mind! LOL

[Jessterw]

Sorry Thantos :( :D

Ok we will start with the basics... 1 + 1 = 4