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Help => Windows 7 => Topic started by: 3am on October 28, 2009, 03:07:30 pm



Title: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: 3am on October 28, 2009, 03:07:30 pm
I'm going to get Win7 soon + I'll want to port something from Vista (made with VSB) to it. I've got a couple of simple questions I hope somebody will answer:

1) Will it port or not?
2) Unlike in Vista do I have to put everything in a named Theme folder?
3) Can I simply replace the ExplorerFrame.dll bmps with my browseui.dll bmps? Are the bmp numbers the same?
4) Is my shellstyle.dll still good in Win7
5) I have read bmps 632-635 in Shell32 have to be changed for Control Panel appearance. Anything else in Shell32 important to change?

Thanks.


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: ka-la on October 28, 2009, 03:11:51 pm
1. Depends
2. Theres .theme file that reads folder for visual style, double clocking .msstyle doesnt work.
3. There are few new numbers but yes, numbers are mostly same. (All ive seen yet).
4. No.
5. No.


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: 3am on October 28, 2009, 03:29:12 pm
Thanks........but......

1) Depends on what?
2) So I don't need the .themes file? Just go with .msstyles as usual?
$) Shit....could you give me some idea what has to be changed?



Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: ka-la on October 28, 2009, 03:33:26 pm
1). Style you want to import.
2). YOU DEFINATELY NEED .theme file, I sayed in Vista u didnt need it, now you do. But its easy to make one.
3). Numbers are same... but just some new images there.


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: 3am on October 28, 2009, 03:35:52 pm
One last question. Could you give me a hint what needs to be changed in the shellstyle?

Thanks again for taking the time :)


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: ka-la on October 28, 2009, 03:44:35 pm
I dont know for shellstyle, but code in there has changed... also shellstyle images we have now on .msstyle :)


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: trm96 on October 28, 2009, 08:11:07 pm
2). YOU DEFINATELY NEED .theme file, I sayed in Vista u didnt need it, now you do. But its easy to make one.

So how do you make one?


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: ka-la on October 28, 2009, 08:12:43 pm
Edit aero.theme with notepad  [VisualStyles] part


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: trm96 on October 28, 2009, 08:15:02 pm
I thought you were going to say that...


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: ka-la on October 28, 2009, 08:15:53 pm
So whats the problem? :D


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: trm96 on October 28, 2009, 08:21:09 pm
I was hoping for an easier way... That's all.


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: sunbeam2000 on October 29, 2009, 05:02:35 pm
i'm not really in to 7themeing atm, but with AveStyler i don't need .theme files,  :S
it works exactly like in vista..

btw, for themers i highly recommend it, because you can install and uninstall visual-styles directly from your work folder (you only have to place a "Shell" folder in the work folder)
This is useful for shellstyle concerning testing.


Title: Re: 5 Simple Questions
Post by: ka-la on October 29, 2009, 06:31:00 pm
i'm not really in to 7themeing atm, but with AveStyler i don't need .theme files,  :S
it works exactly like in vista..

btw, for themers i highly recommend it, because you can install and uninstall visual-styles directly from your work folder (you only have to place a "Shell" folder in the work folder)
This is useful for shellstyle concerning testing.

Hmm, but really, think, if you going to release you gonna need .theme file because not many people are using AveStyler ;) .