Object Bar

Element Grouping Appearances

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Hello,

I'm new to the Object Desktop Ultimate Suite and I can't seem to figure out a few things with Object Bar.  Specifically, I want to be add more "Element Grouping --> Current Appearance" options so that I can visually group bar items in more than the 6 appearances (Blank, Basic, Search, Photo, Gear, RSS) provided with VistaBar theme.  Actually, what I'd really like to do is to put simple boarders around groups of controls (i.e. Basic Appearance) but then also be able to add an arbitrary text (or graphic) header to the group.

For example, I'd like to have two separate groups for DESIGN APPLICATIONS (title and border around say AutoCAD, PSPICE, etc.) and OFFICE APPLICATIONS (title and border around say Outlook, Word, Etc.) to make them stand out from one another.  Can I do this with the software provided?  If so, some basic guidance or direction to the proper documentation would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Chris

P.S. By the way I tried to use the insert image control to paste a BMP example in the body of this text and the control only supports a HTML reference.  You should be able to just browse to a file IMO.

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

This guide may help: https://www.stardock.com/products/objectbar/docs/Creating_OB.asp

There is a skinning guid too . . you can find it here: https://www.stardock.com/products/objectbar/docs/Skinning_OB.html

Not sure that I understand exactly what you wnat though . .sorry.

 

 

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks for the adivce.  I checked out the links and still can't find anything related to what I want to do.  Here's an example of what I'd like to do:

 

 

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