Sidebar ported to xp

[Rudy]

instead of porting it to xp they shoudl try to figure out how to make gadgets :p

[jojoey]

This site has a guide

http://www.tech-recipes.com/microsoft_vista_tips998.html

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This guide is for Vista, not for XP.

I wrote a guide for WinXP here.

http://www.joejoe.biz/joejoe/sidebar.htm

[NienorGT]

This guide is for Vista, not for XP.

I wrote a guide for WinXP here.

http://www.joejoe.biz/joejoe/sidebar.htm

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BTW:

Your thir link at the botton is mistaked...

It's not the blog link

[jojoey]

BTW:

Your thir link at the botton is mistaked...

It's not the blog link

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Thx :)

Fixed it.

[NienorGT]

NP ;)

[pepo]

I got the sidebar to curve.  Looks better. :)

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how did you do that????

Oh, and how do I add more parts to the sidebar, because when I do it, the new parts don't show up on the "+" to add them on the sidebar?

Edited October 9, 2005 by the_bulgarian

[Tai]

neat , i got it to work, looks good :)

slightly off topic, but that http://longhornlive.net/ site which is in the screenies, - there is this wallpaper on it ... anyone got a higher res version of it please ?

[DomZ]

I managed to give the sidebar a curved effect by adjusting my monitors settings (the actual physical buttons on the monitor)

[y0sh]

Looks interesting!

Too bad I can't find the actual sidebar exe.

[Leddy]

of course, settings on your monitor don't actually change the image that we see in a screenshot.

It's like having a black and white monitor and capturing an image, which everyone else sees in colour.

[Lee G. Veteran]

neat , i got it to work, looks good :)

slightly off topic, but that http://longhornlive.net/ site which is in the screenies, - there is this wallpaper on it ... anyone got a higher res version of it please ?

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Here it is:

[DomZ]

of course, settings on your monitor don't actually change the image that we see in a screenshot.

It's like having a black and white monitor and capturing an image, which everyone else sees in colour.

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haha, doh!

Funny thing is the image looks curved on my screen aswell so I didn't realise.

[Tai]

thanks for the wallpaper, Sprocket :)

[Lee G. Veteran]

thanks for the wallpaper, Sprocket :)

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That's OK :)

[jz1]

Thanks :D Wonderfull using it now :D

P.s i made a simple installer ;) for guys who got probloms with it.

Its for a dutch and a english window :)

Get it here:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/90wmrx

Full credit for the guys who maked it ;)(The installer include. the master hack or something jojoe extra parts and the hacked/ported one + the sidebar. :))

[TheWahbinator]

Here it is:

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Not close enough...

[E64_Rafael]

instead of porting it to xp they shoudl try to figure out how to make gadgets :p

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We know how to make parts, mind you. Maybe you should learn.

[alnuva]

We know how to make parts, mind you. Maybe you should learn.

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how do you make them then?

could you teach us please???

[E64_Rafael]

Our next build of the patch and emulation layer should include a preliminary copy of our documentation.

[_I am Reptar]

Someone tell us how to curve it!

[cep_head]

would love to have some new/different gadgets for this thing.

like the weather/wmp/and maybe a way to put shortcuts on it.

by the way why is the anolog clock background only dark when in the preview it shows a map or something?

and one more thing is there a way to tell the slideshow which folder to use for pictures?

any ideals on this please post,thanks

[E64_Rafael]

Regarding your clock picture question, it's just a mistake by Microsoft. If you open the .part with compression software, you'll see the thumbnail is slightly incorrect for the clock. Oh well, if it really bothers you, fix it.

Regarding your Slideshow question...

This is the code in Part.js responsible for setting the folder in which pictures are loaded:

// Setting: Folder to display. 
this.slideFolder = Settings.GetValue("Folder");
if (this.slideFolder == "")
{
	// Default: Pictures
	var ssfMYPICTURES = 39; // ShellSpecialFolderConstants for My Pictures folder
	var myPicturesFolder = shell.NameSpace(ssfMYPICTURES);
	this.slideFolder = myPicturesFolder.Self.Path;
	Settings.PutValue("Folder", this.slideFolder);
}

A quick, sloppy fix would be to replace:

this.slideFolder = Settings.GetValue("Folder");

... with (replacing the path):

this.slideFolder = "C:\TEMP";

A better fix would be to implement the settings pane for this part.

[Lee G. Veteran]

Not close enough...

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Cool, I didn't know there was a different one. The one I posted is the orignal though, the one which stan_fisher released on AeroXP.

[TheWahbinator]

Cool, I didn't know there was a different one. The one I posted is the orignal though, the one which stan_fisher released on AeroXP.

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look at http://stanfisher.aeroxp.net/blog/projects...desktop-aurora/ and tell me once again what you said :p

[crimsonhead]

Someone tell us how to curve it!

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To curve it just patch sidebar.exe, then reshack RCDATA 5002 in the exe. Replace the png with this one for a simple curve.