A little help please.

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i just found winstep xtreme, and i'm trying to figure out if there is a way to skin a module.

i have a icon i want to use, that has a window in it, and i want to put the digital clock, histogram net, histogram cpu, and histogram ram meters in the windows. i've tried every thing i can find in the programs, but they wind up outside of the window.

first question can i do this?

second if so how do i do it, and do i need any other programs? 

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Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You'll need:

1. A graphics program... Photoshop, Gimp or the equivalent.

2. Winstep Extreme 9.5 (you can't skin it without 9.5 until/if Winstep's dev finishes the "builder module"). You'll need an up-to-date Winstep as well...

And... you'd do well to PM WebGizmos... he's done a ton of Winstep themes.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 3
2. Winstep Extreme 9.5 (you can't skin it without 9.5 until/if Winstep's dev finishes the "builder module"). You'll need an up-to-date Winstep as well...
End of DrJBHL's quote

Not true....Xiandi skins it without 9.5. It requires a lot of INI work, but it can be done. She tells me it's easier than skinning WB but harder than Objeck Dock. (Because I plan to try skinning it.)

 

Granted, having 9.5 would make it easier, but you can do it without 9.5.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

You can email me with what you want to do using my nic @msn.com and I'll check it out.

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 4
(Because I plan to try skinning it.)
End of RedneckDude's quote

Ah crap...webgizmos runs to superglue the door lock and turns off the lights! *_*

If I had to skin Winstep without the builder the gallery would be kind of empty and I'd still be working on my first theme. 8| Doing OD without a builder was bad enough.

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

To show where my dunce cap came from.....imagine doing sysmetrix without the config window. I thought at first you had to edit the ini. I didn't know you could build one with the config or builder window. Go figure :)

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 4
It requires a lot of INI work, but it can be done.
End of RedneckDude's quote

I was recommending the easier way to do it to someone who's just beginning to skin Winstep, Jim.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 5
You can email me with what you want to do using my nic @msn.com and I'll check it out.


End of WebGizmos's quote

 

thank you, i sent the the info over.

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting DrJBHL, reply 7
Quoting RedneckDude, reply 4It requires a lot of INI work, but it can be done.

I was recommending the easier way to do it to someone who's just beginning to skin Winstep, Jim.
End of DrJBHL's quote

That would be awesome, Doc, IF it were actually the easier way. But I for one can tell you that 9.5 isn't obtainable, so the INI editing IS the easier way.  ;)

 

The ONLY way, MOF, until the skinning engine version is released.

 

Steve fortunately had the insight to archive 9.5....

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting bigtalldog, reply 8
Quoting WebGizmos,
reply 5
You can email me with what you want to do using my nic @msn.com and I'll check it out.


thank you, i sent the the info over.
End of bigtalldog's quote

Got it. But I need more info on what your trying to do here. What you sent me was the K-Tek 4D Xtreme theme.

Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting RedneckDude, reply 9
Steve fortunately had the insight to archive 9.5....
End of RedneckDude's quote

What I actually did was save both of the WorkShelf.exe & NextStart.exe for the 9.5 version and just renamed them...then I can switch back and forth between 9.5 and any newer version to check stuff. It's a pain in the butt...but I'll get through it somehow.... XD

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 11
What I actually did was save both of the WorkShelf.exe & NextStart.exe for the 9.5 version
End of WebGizmos's quote

"What I actually did was save my software." :grin:   <3 :thumbsup:

 

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 5
If I had to skin Winstep without the builder the gallery would be kind of empty and I'd still be working on my first theme
End of WebGizmos's quote
It's not that hard, lol. If you can skin Objectdock, then Winstep is only one step above that as far as skinning goes. Instead of one .ini file, there are 10, each adjusts a different part of Xtreme. Easy peasy, once you remember which ini adjusts what part. ;)

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

just wanted give a shout out to gizmos, thanks for doing that for me. i'll let you know how it works out.

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Xiandi, reply 13
Quoting WebGizmos,
reply 5
If I had to skin Winstep without the builder the gallery would be kind of empty and I'd still be working on my first theme


It's not that hard, lol. If you can skin Objectdock, then Winstep is only one step above that as far as skinning goes. Instead of one .ini file, there are 10, each adjusts a different part of Xtreme. Easy peasy, once you remember which ini adjusts what part.

End of Xiandi's quote

Well you have more patience than me kiddo. I pretty much do this to kill time and break up the monotony of not being able to do normal things anymore. Because of my health problem I'm not able to even sit at my desk for long periods...so the builder in this case is a huge help. But I will agree that it shouldn't be that hard for anyone else...just time consuming and maybe frustrating at times.

I'm guessing that as you edit the file and reload the theme it shows your changes right away? If it does that it might even be as easy as OD.

Quoting bigtalldog, reply 14
just wanted give a shout out to gizmos, thanks for doing that for me. i'll let you know how it works out.
End of bigtalldog's quote

Just remember that's for personal use only. ;)

Reply #16 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Xiandi, reply 13

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 5If I had to skin Winstep without the builder the gallery would be kind of empty and I'd still be working on my first theme It's not that hard, lol. If you can skin Objectdock, then Winstep is only one step above that as far as skinning goes. Instead of one .ini file, there are 10, each adjusts a different part of Xtreme. Easy peasy, once you remember which ini adjusts what part.
End of Xiandi's quote

*_*

Reply #17 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting WebGizmos, reply 15
I'm guessing that as you edit the file and reload the theme it shows your changes right away? If it does that it might even be as easy as OD.
End of WebGizmos's quote
Yup, sure does. |-)

Reply #18 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Xiandi, reply 17
Quoting WebGizmos,
reply 15
I'm guessing that as you edit the file and reload the theme it shows your changes right away? If it does that it might even be as easy as OD.
Yup, sure does.
End of Xiandi's quote

It's just all that back and forth that drives nutz. ;P

Reply #19 from WinCustomize Forums Top

This just in:

      Winstep Cloners for dum dums. The local app store has received a consignment of WinClo v 1.0.1/2. Available for 1995.1/2 (a 33.1/3 % discount) for today only or until supplies Peter out. Installation is a breeze. Works best on older machines because newer ones lack the wooden stool, a box of crayons, xtra construction paper and step by step how to's and most important, don't know why the devs changed this, plenty of duct tape. Its an install and forget type app in that once installed you can knock back a brew or three and by the time you're done, providing you can still stand up, you'll have your very own Winstep Clone. So no more back and forth ini-ing! Pretty cool huh.

:-" ------------------- :w00t:

Reply #20 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What the heck are you jabbering on about, Ross?    o_O

Reply #21 from WinCustomize Forums Top

:S o_O XD