Can i control the glows on the taskband buttons at all ? As you can see i have a glow at the top and bottom of the button , but i would like to move it to the sides and change the colour of it as well.



Also like to control the initial glow you get when you first press a button on your Superbar as well please.

Any ideas 

Thanks. To be honest it seems a little complex but I'm sure if i sit down and try and work it out and read up on all the posts i may achieve what i want to do.

Really cool ! Nice job. Thats exactly the kind of thing i want , just in the navigation pane. Was that hard to do ?

Thanks for the link 3am , didint seem to find anything when i searched ? Maybe i need to work on my search skills first lol.

wmploc.dll > BITMAPS folder > bitmap 5402. You may extend its length , but be aware that the image tiles across your screen   

I have a question , would it be possible to add an image to my navigation pane using these methods ? Id like to use the bitmap 833 from shell32.

 

Uploaded with ImageShack.us

Did a forum search for direct UI Manipulation and nothing came up , any ideas as what section to look in please ?

Can i add an image into the navigation pane ? I want to add my image from the control panel. I tried to add a gradient property to it but it didnt work ( dont really know what im doing to be honest  )

If i can , what size will i have to make the image or will my existing bitmap image size be ok ?

 

Just my luck , Oh well .Maybe Shell32 ? If i find them i will post it 

Thanks 3am.

Any one have any ideas where i can find this please ?



and

1/ The green band in windows update ( also in action centre as well)
2/ The white box in games explorer ~ WEI Score.





Thanks 

I did exactly the same thing , but using Restorator , I changed some items and made a couple blank Png's and got the white images. I went back into WSB and had to edit each file and it all worked perfect again. Dont know what happened really ?

Sorry i cant be any more help 

Win7 ultimate X86. If you want me to test let me know.

* Scratches head* WOW how did you do that ?

Id buy it for sure 
Whats with the DoS ? Cant they do Facebook or Twitter instead lol.

Thank you 3am , really appreciate the help , after making a VS or 3 i will have a rough idea what im doing. Its a lot to take in at once...but i will work it out eventually 

Edit : Yup worked a treat ! I didn't realise you could do that..Cool.   

I dont have that option , What do i do to add it please ? Or have it broke it 

Thanks 3am 
Edit :
2/ Seems to do little when i edit it ? All my other tray fly outs are a uniform style apart from the volume control.

Any ideas.... 
 

Can anyone tell me where i can find some locations please ?

1/ Text  is white ? dont know what i changed 
2/ Background colour to my Volume control on my superbar.
3/I'm using a topshell and i now have a red line across my screen above my command bar.
4/Snipping tool bottom colour panel.

Also i noticed that my jumplists have an outer glow, same as my other frames.  My Superbar thumbnail preview panes do not, Anyway i can add it to them please ?

Anyone know the locations for the items below please ?
1/ Yellow bar and light grey bars.
2/ Toolbar in windows explorer.
3/ Background in right click menu and explorer drop down menu.
4/ Toolbar in windows photo viewer.
5/ Text glow
6/ Background in WSB test dispaly window,
   


Also all the OSKB locations ?



How do i add wallpapers to my VS , as it always seems to display the default windows one when i log on , even though i have added some walls inside my VS  wallpapers folder ? 

When i pack my VS ready to share on deviantART do i need to change anything in WSB when i rename my VS please , or just rename the main folder and windows visual style   ?
Thanks. 

Is it possible to move the shadows at all please ? I have mirrored both sides and they match up with the bottom but i want the top to mirror the bottom.so its a uniform glow all around the frame.

Thanks Panda X.

Ok i looked at UK.Intels work and kinda copied what he did ( His is an Aero frame , but mine is a solid non Aero frame , added some inner stroke to the frame and it looks very similar but i cant work out about the outer glow ? I have looked at the  Windows and Caption Buttons > Aero > Dwm Window > Frames and the rest of that section and i cant really see anything. I tried to mess about with the drop shadow as well.
Happy with the result , just be cool to find the glow.

I've used a VS on Vista made by UK.Intel and it had an outer glow around the window frames .Anyone know how i can achhive something similar to my mock up below please ? My frame will most likely be a solid colour with no transparency at all if that matters at all ?

Thanks 



 

I thought it was just me being an idiot and doing things wrong , So glad i saved all my work as i went along as I've pretty well got it back to the way it was now.
Really strange about the two saves, I lose half my VS instantly, So i know to go to my themes folder and sort it out and my VS kicks back instantly.

 



   

Back after a clean install of W7 and my system set up all nice and fresh . WSB is working perfectly ,even imported all my previously saved files from a desktop folder  back into my new VS and its all going well , cant be happier

I have noticed something and it may be the cause of some of my problems.

Occasionally WSB saves two copies of the Windows VisualStyle file.This causes my VS is get buggy and lose parts of my VS that i previously edited . I have to use default Aero then delete the older file and use the newer version. My VS perfectly then.

I think this happens if i get and error code saying " WSB could not compile the MsStyle" or something along those lines.  Is this normal or am i doing something wrong ?

Thank you all for the advice 

Sorry about that , was typing my post and my phone rang. Musta leant on my keyboard and posted gibberish 

Must i edit/save as a temp file ? That may well be my problem.  Still cant work out why my VS seems to disintegrate even  after multiple saves. 

I am running W7Ultimate X86 and am using this VS  http://mrgrim01.deviantart.com/art/Xtreme-Red-Windows-7-Theme-146733698

I wish to edit the VS as it will be easier for me to see what files have been changed instead of looking at default Aero. I export a file to my desktop , open it up in PS CS4 , do my thing and then save it as a png. I also save a PSD and alter it a later if wish.

I import the image back into WSB keeping the same dimensions. I test it and if i am happy with it i save it. My VS saves and then it seems to fall apart slowly. Im not blaming the application as im sure its all user error.  6 hours ago it was looking cool , 3 hours ago i lost half of it and now its a mixed up default Aero /Custom VS . Im now back to a third Aero Default, a third custom VS and the remaining third is my VS.

 WTF am i doing wrong ?
  lol.

Ahhh Sorry i misread the Panda X post ...Thank you  3am.

Where abouts are the comments please ? All i can see is this .Only been using this for a day and im very much a noob .

Yeah the Nav buttons are displayed under the default ones, I was going to try and sort it out in ExplorerFrame  , but i will take your advice and leave it alone     Maybe i can find some resources to exchange via Restorator ?
 
I did notice most default SH's  don't work, had to download one from devART to remove my user pic . Its a pity you cant see what someone has done , be a really good way to learn as im sure you will agree its a steep learning curve.

Never did use Longhorn , still see some mods for it on my journeys on the interwebz , Looks cool without a doubt. 

Ok cool simple as that ? Can i somehow see what the actual stylehack does ? By that i mean can i see what files are manipulated in WSB, be cool to learn how to do it manually and also to change things as well in the event of something going wrong. Im maybe jumping running before i can walk , but how would i write a stylehack and share it ?

WSB is a cool Application , wish i got this years ago   

 

I know its an old post , but has anyone one got any tips how i can apply this please ? Looks cool 

I pulled the image folder out of Aero using Restorator , Sorry they are all numbered and not named. 

http://www.mediafire.com/file/dtn04mo0gtl/IMAGE.zip

I have run every single image through PS and turned them all black ,Png's and Bitmaps and it did nothing at all to the search boxes . Only thing i can think of is its Hex or something like that inside folder 256 in wmploc.dll or another WMP12.dll ?

Its one of the reasons i bought WSB , my obsession with the search boxes continues......

Thanks 3am.

I have been making some themes for WMP12 and im stuck on two items that i just cant find in wmploc.dll. I asked this question on another forum and was shown an image of the searchbar in wmp12 that was changed using WSB, unfortunately the person that changed it could not remember what he did 

The two items are :

Search box in WMP12 Main window.
Searchbox in the Burn/Play/sync basket.

You can see what i mean in the image below. I've been trying to work this out for a long time and I'm completely stuck ... Anyone got any ideas Please ?

   

Thanks  This is a lot different to a WMP12 theme, that's for sure ! But i can really see myself getting into this once i work it all out and read some tutorials.
Reinstalled WSB, deleted some VS's that gave me problems and i think i will just start all over making a VS as some images dont match up in my start menu correctly even though i made it from one image in PS.

Thanks for your help 3am, appreciate it 

Thanks for a speedy reply. 
I just did another system restore a bit further back and reapplied UniversalThemePatcher and rebooted .I can now import and export files and saved a theme.Still getting the error code below when i continue editing the VS. I have not rebooted yet with my new VS applied yet.



Im importing images into the correct locations ( I hope  ) What does that error code mean please ? Could it be down to corrupt files in the VS.

Hey guys 1st post 

I seem to be having some problems in creating a new VS/editing an custom VS in Win7 ultimate X86.

I purchased WSB yesterday and started using it today. Previously i was using Restorator and have already extracted the images and edited the start menu and Superbar in CS4. I then opened up WSB and imported the images and saved the theme. Windows update asked me to reboot and i was locked out of the log on screen upon reboot completion, So i booted into system repair and did a system restore and was able to boot back into Win7.

I can no longer import/export any images either into a new VS or custom VS, although drag and drop works fine .Cant seem to save anything either. I did receive an error message saying something like " I have a problem with Msstyles as it may be corrupt".

Any ideas as to my problems please and how to solve them ?

Aero works fine and so does the VS that i am trying to edit.