[rel] VistaXP Visual Style

[inckie]

Hey, who said the VS couldn't handle thick borders? ;)

All right, this doesn't apply to dialogs, but hey, the other windows can get thick-bordered if you go to Display Properties > Advanced > Active Window Border and pick a size of 5 (things get a bit odd beyond that). Voil?!

About transparency, what about making the titlebar of alternating 1px rows of dark gray/transparent? Would that work?

[HU6H]

I don't understand why some people need their taskbars to be 5 pixels smaller than standard. Is it really that big a deal? What's the point?

/me prepares to be enlightened

More desktop space, the better.

I can undertand wanting to maximise your space, but in most cases where there's a "normal" version and a "thin" version it's usually only five pixels difference. It seems quite unnecessary for theme creators to go to the trouble of creating a separate version, so some users can recover their precious five pixels. It seems a bit selfish on the part of said users, too.

[pepo]

And I don't get what will actuly fit in 5 pixels......nothin really.

[ninja_style]

Very nice update. I appreciate the work, I just wish you would switch back to the white flag, lol.

[KoL Veteran]

Here is for everyone that want the white flag.

I wont include thin taskbar with this thin. I dont know why I include compact start menu. To me is useless.

[peterPL]

Which one startbutton is for Black Normal ver. :) ? left or right

[trAsher]

Which one startbutton is for Black Normal ver. :) ? left or right

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left

the right one is for the silver style

[Samoa]

when's the next update to VistaXP Kol? not that i'm rushing you or anything...lol :p

[pepo]

He just made an update. :laugh:

[ninja_style]

Here is for everyone that want the white flag.

I wont include thin taskbar with this thin. I dont know why I include compact start menu. To me is useless.

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Thanks a lot. I just downloaded "resedit" and I replaced the start menu icon. It works perfect. Now I like it even more with the white flag :). Here is a link for those of you that want to download "resedit."

Link:

http://www.tgtsoft.com/download.php

Scroll down, at the end, you will see "resedit." Very easy to use also. I downloaded "reshacker," but it didn't work for some reason.

Thanks once again!

[peterPL]

yeah white flag on Start button is the best :)

[inckie]

Thanks a lot.  I just downloaded "resedit" and I replaced the start menu icon.

Excuse a complete n00b, but how did you change the start button using ResEdit?

[flatratte82]

I was able to replace it using ResourceHacker. But stylebuilder is better for that.

[peterPL]

After compile in Stylebuilder all fonts will change to default (Normal,Large,Extra large), best way to change Start button in style is use newest ResEdit ver. 2.200001 (with older versions I had problems,because ResEdit can't found unpacked images in folders.)

Edited October 8, 2005 by peterPL

[inckie]

After compile in Stylebuilder all fonts will change to default (Normal,Large,Extra large), best way to change Start button in style is use newest ResEdit ver. 2.200001 (with older versions I had problems,because ResEdit can't found unpacked images in folders.)

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I still ain't able to change the start button with resedit... :( but nevermind: I launched up SkinStudio and grabbed the tga's from v1.5... :D after learning how to use that terrible :angry: SkinStudio interface. At least I could create substyles with them ;)

Anyway, I'm still curious.

Edited October 8, 2005 by inckie

[KoL Veteran]

Excuse a complete n00b, but how did you change the start button using ResEdit?

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Is not that hard.

Open the file with ResEdit, Looks for the image on Bitmap, Select edit with photoshop or the program that you use, change and save the image in photoshop and press the save button.

[Gazza12]

Excellent work KoL! I love this VS sooo much :D

Woo! My 200th post!

[fascist]

I love it with the circle start button!

[Suicide]

yeah. its more vist-ish, i also use the round button

[peterPL]

here is my circle start button :), KoL please include this starbutton in future in theme as alternative startbutton.

[Maximum Error]

here is my circle start button :), KoL please include this starbutton in future in theme as alternative startbutton.

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Could you tell me how u go the area of the start button reduced? As u can see from the screenshot below the one i have is the image of the circle start button but still uses the same space as the normal one?

(in short... am asking how to make the area of the start menu smaller?

[peterPL]

to reduce this area I used Stylebuilder and change values on Starbutton, maybe is possible to change this values in ResEdit I'm not sure :)

Edited October 9, 2005 by peterPL

[Kegel]

This is driving me crazy. I replaced the start button with the white flag cersion once succesfully. I then went back to the original, and finally decided to go back to white. The problem is, now whenever I change the button, the colored flag version keeps coming back. This is nuts! When I open the comezar folde rin resedit, i see the white flag, so where is the colored one coming from? I even cleared the temp folder in resedit, thinking htta was the problem. As far as I can tell, the colored flag isnt even in the msstles file any longer..........

[KoL Veteran]

This is driving me crazy.  I replaced the start button with the white flag cersion once succesfully.  I then went back to the original, and finally decided to go back to white.  The problem is, now whenever I change the button, the colored flag version keeps coming back.  This is nuts!  When I open the comezar folde rin resedit, i see the white flag, so where is the colored one coming from?  I even cleared the temp folder in resedit, thinking htta  was the problem.  As far as I can tell, the colored flag isnt even in the msstles file any longer..........

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I think you just change one version and you are using one of the versions that is not changed. The theme have four version Black Normal and Compact and Silver Normal and Compact

[Vermiis Mysteriis]

You know, I gotta say...a lot of visual style artists get big heads, whine and bitch about criticism or mods of their work, and generally make an ass of themselves...but KoL, you're a class act man. Seriously. I've very rarely seen any artist encourage others to modify their work, let alone take the time to help them figure out how to do it as well as supply them with material. Wish more could be like you. Good on you.

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