[vs] Classix 10k

[scowl]

i wanted a better looking skin to go with the green classix msstyle so when i saw giga's screenshot of the olive style based on bant's mod i deceided to whip this up. what you see is what i've modified, nothing else. i'm showing this just to throw some ideas out there for the winamp skinners. some things could be better, like the buttons, but it suits what i wanted.

[sanctified Veteran]

i wanted a better looking skin to go with the green classix msstyle so when i saw giga's screenshot of the olive style based on bant's mod i deceided to whip this up. what you see is what i've modified, nothing else. i'm showing this just to throw some ideas out there for the winamp skinners. some things could be better, like the buttons, but it suits what i wanted.

that looks exellent

[scowl]

yeah that playlist is excellent.

but if you guys really want to use that i'll finish the rest of it

[Jessterw]

So are we going for longest running thread? Never had to read so many pages just to catch up ;) Anyhow, I really like the progress that's being made. Thanks to giga for keeping me up-to-date even though I've slacked off on some of my "promises" :D

I've come to respect giga and saint even more as of late. Been experimenting with my own little visual style over the past week and, while I'm quite accomplished as a designer in other areas, I've found that getting a theme to "feel" just right is harder than I anticipated. In short, great work you two and Bant, as well as everyone else who is doing Classix/Classix 10k inspired application skins.

@giga, could PM you with this but I'm being lazy... if you need any mirrors for Classix 10k, the space is there for you just as with Classix. Let me know.

[Arucio]

hi could anyone teach me how to replace the logoff bmps, i replaced Dialog #1089 but have no idea where the .bmp goes to

[PlagueWielder3k]

hi could anyone teach me how to replace the logoff bmps, i replaced Dialog #1089 but have no idea where the .bmp goes to

You might want to change it back to the original for now cause its not working yet.

Im trying to figure out why but Im not succeeding so far.

[Elliott]

i wanted a better looking skin to go with the green classix msstyle so when i saw giga's screenshot of the olive style based on bant's mod i deceided to whip this up. what you see is what i've modified, nothing else. i'm showing this just to throw some ideas out there for the winamp skinners. some things could be better, like the buttons, but it suits what i wanted.

The buttons are perfect. The only thing I would change the title bar on the main window. Just make it go all the way to the left like your playlist.

[KingKapalone]

hi could anyone teach me how to replace the logoff bmps, i replaced Dialog #1089 but have no idea where the .bmp goes to

I also need to know this.

[PlagueWielder3k]

I also need to know this.

arg, once again, it doesnt work yet. Im trying to figure it out but not succeeding so far. When I do, Ill let Giga know and he will notify all of you.. that is IF I get it to work.

[Elliott]

arg, once again, it doesnt work yet. Im trying to figure it out but not succeeding so far. When I do, Ill let Giga know and he will notify all of you.. that is IF I get it to work.

Well, don't think negatively. Just take your time, ease your brain. You'll think better that way.

[doh]

You might want to change it back to the original for now cause its not working yet.

Im trying to figure out why but Im not succeeding so far.

Log-off bmp. images go to msgina.dll. Open msgina.dll and replace the original bmp imgaes with the ones provided.

Works fine for me.

[PlagueWielder3k]

No, msgina.dll is for shutdown dialog. The log off is in shell32.dll unless Im missing something.

Please check that you are talking about the log off and not mixing it with the shut down.

[Guest whybkuul]

Negative. Shutdown is in the msgina, logoff is in the shell32

[PlagueWielder3k]

Lol, we posted at the same time and the same thing.

whybkuul, if you know anything about replacing the log off/please wait dialog and making it work right, can you please PM me.

[Guest whybkuul]

Sorry, I don't use SP1 so I'm not sure where the resources you need to hack are. I only know about the regular, non-sp1 shell32

[PlagueWielder3k]

Its basically the same thing, but Im having trouble making the Please Wait dialog work. I have a thread in the Customizing Windows XP section, can you please go check it out and see if you know how to solve it?

Thanks

edit: its called "shell32.dll help - experts please" if you cant find it.

[gigatexel]

So are we going for longest running thread? Never had to read so many pages just to catch up ;) Anyhow, I really like the progress that's being made. Thanks to giga for keeping me up-to-date even though I've slacked off on some of my "promises" :D

I've come to respect giga and saint even more as of late. Been experimenting with my own little visual style over the past week and, while I'm quite accomplished as a designer in other areas, I've found that getting a theme to "feel" just right is harder than I anticipated. In short, great work you two and Bant, as well as everyone else who is doing Classix/Classix 10k inspired application skins.

@giga, could PM you with this but I'm being lazy... if you need any mirrors for Classix 10k, the space is there for you just as with Classix. Let me know.

Hey jester good to hear from you again. :D Thanks for the kind words, I'd be interested in seeing what you've been working on, care to send it to me? Thanks for the hosting, I might need this latest version mirrored if you don't mind. :) Don't be a stranger, you can't miss that giant PM button under each of my posts. :p

snively: That looks really good, maybe add a little icon or something to that empty space on the left side of the titlebar? Did you use Art's Classix winamp skin as a base?

Just to clarify, the only thing that isn't being displayed correctly is the "Please Wait" dialog. The Logoff and Shutdown dialogs work fine, for me at least. :s

[PlagueWielder3k]

Giga, they dont (both).

Apparently, the backgournd bmp for both windows is bmp resource 14354 and not a seperate for each one (I have no idea what 14351 is for but its not the log off nor the please wait dialog). Therefore you have to delete the words from the backgrounds and somehow add them through #1089 which Ive done but having problems with. The part Im having trouble with is the font. The font wont change, it stays the same even though I told it to change (its the same as in the original dialog).

If you know how to solve this, please let me know.

Thanks

[gigatexel]

Ok, I included instructions in the c10k archive (Extras\logoff bitmaps) but I'll post it here anyway and explain.

This is for the logoff dialog only.

Open up shell32.dll, the bitmap that needs to be changed is 14354. Modify Dialog #1089, delete what's there and paste in the following:

1089 DIALOGEX 0, 0, 165, 88

STYLE DS_SYSMODAL | DS_SETFOREGROUND | WS_POPUP | WS_BORDER

CAPTION ""

LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US

FONT 8, "MS Shell Dlg"

{

  CONTROL "&Cancel", 2, BUTTON, BS_PUSHBUTTON | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 122, 77, 40, 10

  CONTROL "&Switch User", 14338, BUTTON, BS_OWNERDRAW | BS_NOTIFY | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 24, 33, 16, 10

  CONTROL "&Log Off", 14339, BUTTON, BS_OWNERDRAW | BS_NOTIFY | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | WS_TABSTOP, 124, 33, 16, 10

}

Compile, Save and you're done. This is what I did and it works perfectly. The last time I poked around in Shell32.dll was about a month ago so I'm not entirely sure about the "Please Wait" dialog.

[PlagueWielder3k]

Yeah, Ive done, seen, and changed it a bit but its still doesnt work.

Can you PM me yr email so I can send you a screenshot cause I dont think you understand the problem?

If you are still using the original dialogs, you can see that there is a big white font on them. This font is what Im trying to change. I tried doing it through resource #1089 but it only affects the other words but not that.

Ill post a picture tomorrow.

[PlagueWielder3k]

Another problem is that the flag wont go away. Yes Ive deleted the line for it and Ive tried replacing it with a bmp using magic pink but its still there.

Do you know how to get rid of it?

Thanks

[scowl]

snively: That looks really good, maybe add a little icon or something to that empty space on the left side of the titlebar? Did you use Art's Classix winamp skin as a base?

yeah i'm using the original classix skin as the base. like i said if you guys want to use that, i'll finish it up and get permission.

[wreth]

classix 10k is awesome,

i like the bants ergo mod alot but i dont like how when you maximize a window the top of the window changes, is it possible for a version to be released where this doesnt happen, then classix 10k would be flawless!

[Stylez Ray.]

classix 10k is awesome,

i like the bants ergo mod alot but i dont like how when you maximize a window the top of the window changes, is it possible for a version to be released where this doesnt happen, then classix 10k would be flawless!

yeah, same here! i like the bant's ergo mod too and the only thing i dont like is the top of the maximized window!

[PlagueWielder3k]

Can anyone that knows something about shell32.dll go here.

Giga, I have a screenshot of both dialogs in there.