ok I am on x64 and when I use your app it says 

mines are for x86 only ... but i will make the topshell patch properly for x86 and x64 and release them...

the Generic text color is in this part in the text above: "themeable(gtc(GenericPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0, 3803), windowtext)"

you have to place a textcolor in the Edittext-Folder in 7SB

and so do it for

"themeable(gtc(DocumentsPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0, 3803), windowtext)"

and so on...

yea but in shellstyle.dll for windows 7 i have only this line for generic:
<TemplateBackground background="themeable(dtb(GenericPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 3, 0), window)"/>
should i change it to
<TemplateBackground background="themeable(gtc(GenericPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0, 3803), windowtext)"/>

i finaly figure it out how to do it ... thanks a lot ... i have one more question .... its about the color ... how to add color to each basic folder ... i mean that if i have the generic backgroud blue, the text color to be blue, in documents the backgrounds is green and the text color to be green and so on ...

when you put a text in Generic you have to link in shellstyle to font="gtf(GenericPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0)"/>

with Documents to font="gtf(DocumentsPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0)"/>
with Music to font="gtf(MusicPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0)"/>
with Pictures to font="gtf(PicturesPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0)"/>

don't forget the height="xxrp" in the end of the line !! (it's not the font height, but the Height of the element itself (if the font is larger than the height, it cuts off)
and place a font in every edit-tree, but directly in the Edit-Text, not in the subdivisions

i try it again and i really dont know where i'm vrong  i can make it work ... i have replaced all the font in shellstyle .... and the true its that is the first time when i do this ... if you can post a part of the code, for generic, to look at him and see how did you replace the font and where and apply to my shellstyle and other folders ... or if you can send me the shellstyle cuz i dont want to complicate to much, and in my theme for the commandbar i use only one color ... thanks

btw, i made the uifile in LH Air (Vista) and what i'm working on, is the port. but i still fail to get the multishell-Folderband working,
so please understand i will not post it until it's done.
when your theme crashes, i guess, you didn't put a font in this msstyle part, so it won't work.
if you take panda's shellstyle, there are already the graphics in this part, so you should know what to do.

i will try again but i dont understand something. ... probably that i didnt make the replacement right ... so here is what i did made ...

in the uifile i have made this replacement:

<style resid="genericlayoutstyle">
........... and i go down until .............
</if>
<if id="atom(PreviewMetadataSubTitleControl)">
<MetadataElement font="gtf(TEXTSTYLE, 4, 0)" height="18rp"/>

and i have replace that with

<style resid="genericlayoutstyle">
........... and i go down until .............
</if>
<if id="atom(PreviewMetadataSubTitleControl)">
<MetadataElement font="gtf(DocumentsPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0)"/>

and i have done the same changes for documents, music and photo.

Then i have open the vsb, and i have added font in the Explorer & Shell -> Shell -> PreviewPaneControl -> Generic:Edit -> EditText and i have added font property to this and all the subdivisions (normal, hot, etc) and didnt work.

so if you can show me an example how to do, for generic folder for example i will apreciate that very much.
thank you a lot for all the help and be patiance with me.

you can use the topshellstyle patch from my verdesh steelflash theme if you want a more easy way to aplly
http://alkhan.deviantart.com/art/Verdesh-SteelFlash-Win7-RTM-133332947

I downloaded your theme and viewed that section, but no FONT property?  I want to change Font, not color.  I know you can change global font property (icontitlefont), but in Vista I can change the group font with local FONT property...

for that i gues that you have to change the uifile in the shellstyle.dll like theme to use a new font for that ... you can ask to sunbeam2000 for that cuz i dont know how to change from there .... sorry

you have to change the metadata Elements Font in the concerning Folder parts in the shellstyle.dll/uifile.txt for example

<if id="atom(PreviewMetadataTitleControl)"> <MetadataElement font="16;Normal;shadow;Segoe UI"  height="24rp" />

but there is a more elegant solution by installing a Font in W7SB in the Shell-Section and then %Foldertype%PreviewpaneControl (Generic,Documents,etc.)
for example: font="gtf(DocumentsPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0)"

so you can set and change the font in W7SB, but i took the first way to activate Textshadow.

if you need a working example, look into the shellstyle.dll/uifile.txt of http://giannisgx89.deviantart.com/art/Longhorn-Air-Theme-Final-133440457

meanwhile changed the uifile, that the shellstyle draws the textcolor from msstyle, but thats another topic..

i have tried to modify  font="gtf(DocumentsPreviewPaneControl::Edit, 1, 0)" in uifile.txt for all 4 tipe of document but when i aplly the theme the explorer freeze and wont work anymore. i dont know what i've done wrong, but i wanet to ask you if you can port giannisgx89 shellstyle to windows 7, fonts, size of the fonts and colors for all 4 tipe of style.
Here you have attached the shellstyle modified by panda x for multishellstyle that i used in my theme. the theme is Longhorn Air7 that was a project begin by giannisgx and i want to finish this theme and this is the last thing that i have to do to the theme  ... thank you very much.

http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?mnmijw3zno3

Thanks alot Panda, i've tested it, but it changes only the previewpane, too.. 

this far i am already, (panes, textcolors, and shinelayer are traced separately from the msstyle.)

but the folderband background (commandmodule) cannot be changed yet..

in vista uifiles, it's identified via Template-ID's and the question is, if it's possible here, and which ID's should taken.
(the vista-ID's don't work)

or if there is another solution ?

How did you change the size of the font in detail panel ? can you show me how to do it ?

Thanks for trying to help, but did you actually change the groupheader font?  In Vista you can change that independently of other parts.  In Windows 7 it seems to ignore me.

yeah it works

^ CoLnE:  Look at the blue text in the explorer:  http://alkhan.deviantart.com/art/Lumens-for-Windows-7-128493552

Well it is controlled by icontitlefont:font property, but I couldn't find any references that affected it in the shellstyle/shell32.  Don't know where else to look, or if it's even modifiable independently without affecting other parts that use the same property.

...Might have to rely on a third party theming system like WindowBlinds if Microsoft keep this up.

ohhh that one ... by the way that is my theme
so here is where you can find it ... i gues that you have VSB
Windows7 -> Explorer & Shell -> Explorer -> List View -> GroupHeader

I even went as far as to search for property ID 3825 in hopes that it was in one of the arguements within shellstyle or shell32, but to no avail
It's probably right under my nose, too. 

what group text ? make a screen

does anyone have any clue how to fix this bug ... i have been played wth the content margins and marginsize but with no luck ... in vista works but i think that in windows 7 it need something more to ajust ..

Maybe but what?
Ihave installed windows and then i started to port the theme.
I didn't install any programs only VSB AVESTYLE.

Before this message target is in use i get and msstyle error. :/

thats because the msstyle have a internal error like an image that its not fitting the style. i get a lot of error and  haved to resize the images resources ... this errors appears specialy on start menu resources

How do I fix this little indent on the more programs

edit your right sizing margin

What about the other color, it is a two color selection, what about the edge of it?

full color: Fonts, Colors & System Metrics > Fonts & System Metrics  >Hottracking:color
edge color: Fonts, Colors & System Metrics > Fonts & System Metrics  >Highlight:color

No because it's a regular captionless window.

not the frames, the background, that blue background ...

des anyone know where i can find the image resource of that frame background ?

does anyone know from where i can change that blue rectangular selected color or image ?

can someone help me with this please ... i dont know what to do more to change the size of the places list extended
i wanna make it bigger, like the default one

i was having the same probem but i have re-editing the default images because are two, normal and glass. th normal o was changed with the new image and the glass one with also the new image but i give it transparency beacause if you dont do that it will dissapear.

the left image is on shell32.dll and about the clock i dont know ...

i found it but it wasnt there. is in START->STARTMENU->MENUS->AERO->PLACESLIST:LISTVIEW->GROUPHEADER

can someone tell me how to change the rounded text color and bar to

i think that its ok to test you files. you have my support

[I want to make that round cornes in a theme for win7 and i dont know how to do that. i have play around after i have see an example on a vista theme but with no result. please help]

I want to make that round cornes in a theme for win7 and i dont know how to do that.
i have play around after i have see an example on a vista theme but with no result. please help

i'm working on a theme and i want to put the text from the top frame window on the center
i have put contentaligment:enum to center in dwm window but its not working
in basic its working
And also i want to change the text color and font, and disable that little icon that is in front of the text.
Please help. Thanks

Explorer & Shell > Shell > ProperTree > <2> > FILLCOLORHINT:COLOR

I have found it myself to in this morning, but thanks for the help. I apreciate that.

Edit the images of Explorer::TreeView > TreeItem

I wanna make it look like this:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/913/like.jpg

Ok so can anyone help me with something. I want to change the baground color of the treeview in windows. Look at the screen to see what i mean about.
http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1879/upsabz.jpg

i wanna make it look like this:
http://img140.imageshack.us/img140/913/like.jpg

I need some help here. Does anyone know how to disable user picture from start panel in windows 7 with win7 style builder?
can anyone make a stylehack?
I will really apreciate that, thanks.

I need your help, again. I have replaced the search box resources and that resource has replaced the resource of search box from start panel to, and there is a bug on adress bar searh box. What should i do ?

here is the screen:
http://img179.imageshack.us/img179/3337/bugs.jpg

works great. thank you very much.

i have applyed the stylehack but the glow appear only on search text not to adress bar to. i'm using version 1.4

thanks a lot. i have fix the bugs but what about adressbar and search box text in glow effect?

can someone help me with something ???
i want to make the text from adress bar and search to be glow but i dont know how and to change the search text color
and i have a bug with columns in detail view. i want to know what resources are used
i have win7 style builder

here is the screen with the bugs
http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/6633/bugst.jpg

I have the same problem to. I have made a theme in build 7106, saved and apply it. Works great, but when i restart my computer windows doesnt want to logon anymore. This bug is same in build 7077. I have made something wrong or is a bug in the program, i dont know what to think beacause the theme work but i can logon after a restart and i have to go in safe mode and delete the theme.
Please help.