Substyle applying different start,horiz arrow, and Programs arrow

Published on August 17, 2004 By TYBSP In Skinning

I have been trying to add substyles to a skin Ive been working on. Each skin has a different colors for fonts and highlights. I created three different sets of buttons for each style but heres the problem.

The Start button, horizontal arrow on the taskbar, Moreprograms arrow, List Header text, Shell Style Up and Down arrows, Logoff dialog buttons, and Shutdown dialog buttons will not change when applying substyles.

Heres what I tried so far.
I made sure all three versions of each graphic were very unique hoping that similar file names might confuse the program.

Whats happening is that when I assign the above buttons for any substyle or the root skin, it changes all three skins. Even though each substyle still shows the proper buttons for that particular sub, windowblinds does not apply them.

Comments

MikeB314

on Aug 17, 2004

You need to make sure each substyle has it's own .xp file. That file contains all of the XP bits, such as the taskbar and start menu. The main .uis or .sss file contains the reference to the .xp file for that subskin.

TYBSP

on Aug 17, 2004

How do I create the seperate xp file? What I originally did was to open the main skin, reasign the different components and then save as a sub to the original. This way obviously does not create an individual xp file.

MikeB314

on Aug 17, 2004

I would just make a copy of your .xp file and give it a different name. Then edit the main file for your subskin (in notepad) and change the line that points to the .xp file. That's the simplest way to do it.

TYBSP

on Aug 17, 2004

Ok I got it. However (theres always a "however") Logoff dialog buttons, shutdown dialog buttons and shell styles still do not change. any suggestions?

MikeB314

on Aug 18, 2004

Shellstyles work the same way, only they're controlled by the .xps file. Just make a copy of that and do the same thing you did when you duplicated the .xp file.

TYBSP

on Aug 18, 2004

Yepper Mike, That worked great. Kind of a long process but one I didnt know I needed to know. Thanx for the help.

MikeB314

on Aug 18, 2004

SkinStudio probably has a more automated way to do it, but that's just how I learned it.

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