can we change the Color of the listbox scrollbar

[gabrielfenwich]

Would it be possible for you to share some more information on the first project that you Displayed uPeters?
Or even an .apz without the codejock's control you are feeling especially generous ad they have demos to play with.
Thank-you for your time and effort on both projects.
Gabby

[RizlaUK]

If you think that this system is bad, than you haven't used any professional software development yet. If have two licenses for Compuware DevPartner for Visual C/C++, and they are linked to the network adapter and HD serial number.

Another software I work with uses information from the DVD/CD unit, HD and and CPU serials - talk about annoyance when changing/upgrading computers or just updating the firmware of the DVD drive.

thats why i say its a bad system, anything that uses system variables that are easy for the user to change is IMO a bad system,

it maybe used in many dev addons/apps but it dosent change the fact that its not very user freindly and its a bit *win 95*, im not nit picking, its was more of a request to change the system.

EDIT:

i had to color the background of a combo in PB, it was a pain as the combo is drawn in 2 windows, the main combo window and its child (the dropdown box), i had to subclass the combo window and set new properties for the dropdown box.

dunno if its any help, but worth a shot

[Ulrich]

Yes, you are correct. Interesting, the child window isn't skinned even when targeting explicitly the hWnd of the ComboBox, but the parent is skinned correctly.
There are some objects that can't be skinned correctly at the moment, and this seems to be one of them. The RadioButton and CheckBox are other examples, until there are "skinnable" replacements.

Ulrich

[alsh3lan33]

HI upeters

when i put ComboBox to the project
ComboBox Dropdown list No Change

pic

[Ulrich]

IMO, useing registerd user and computer name is a bad system, if windows reinstalld computername changes
i have a dev machine, a games machine and a machine setup for the misses and kids, i have AMS installed on all 3, a plugin that i can only use on 1 is no good to me.

Of course, if you reinstall Windows, and give a new name to your computer, the computer name most certainly will change. But if you keep the name, the former license will continue working normally. If you have different names for your user accounts, as well as different computer names, then one license file won't work - but, as I already answered before, I give out more than one license file if necessary. There is really no reason to nitpick on the license mechanism.

If you think that this system is bad, than you haven't used any professional software development yet. If have two licenses for Compuware DevPartner for Visual C/C++, and they are linked to the network adapter and HD serial number. Another software I work with uses information from the DVD/CD unit, HD and and CPU serials - talk about annoyance when changing/upgrading computers or just updating the firmware of the DVD drive.

Ulrich

[RizlaUK]

IMO, useing registerd user and computer name is a bad system, if windows reinstalld computername changes

i have a dev machine, a games machine and a machine setup for the misses and kids, i have AMS installed on all 3, a plugin that i can only use on 1 is no good to me.

[ShadowUK]

I'll pay you in lua. :3

Sorry, I can't buy it then. I'll invest in Codejock instead.

[Waldo]

Ulrich,
They are different...I will secure the requested information for both computers and will make the donation in the next day or so. Thank you!

[Ulrich]

Hello Waldo,

if you use the same username (Windows user account) on both computers, the same code should work. But if this doesn't apply to you, I can still give you a second code without any additional payment. This mechanism is in place only to avoid that somebody gets one code and gives it away to everybody else - I am sure that it won't make me rich at all.

Ulrich

[Waldo]

License Question

Ulrich,
I do much of my work at my home desktop computer, but I also have a laptop computer when I go to a customer site. I use the laptop for sales calls and also when finishing a project on a customer site.

My question is whether I will need two "codes" one for each computer to ensure that the skinning action plugin will work [especially at a customer site when I may need to update the AMS application and re-compile it]. Thanks.

[Ulrich]

What's up with it being a trial?

Hello, thank you for your interest. You can use the plugin in your development environment for 5 days for your testing. During this period it works without any limitations - you get just an annoying popup everytime the plugin is initialized by AMS. If you think that you will keep the plugin and use it in your projects, you can unlock the component following the instructions on my web page.

Ulrich

[ShadowUK]

What's up with it being a trial?

[Dermot]

Wow! that is fantastic, just what I needed for a project. Excellent work.

[Ulrich]

Ok, here it is - the first public version of my skinning action plugin. This version doesn't need LuaCom to work, and runs on Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista.

Get the plugin, create a new folder named "Skin" under your Plugins\Actions of your AutoPlay Media Studio installation folder, and decompress the zip file there.

A help file is included in the zip, but it can be seen online as well. For now there are only two methods, which are enough to skin the application. I will see if additional functions will be required.

A sample project can be downloaded here, or as compiled exe here. The sample is pretty simple:

• Browse to the folder where skin files can be found (*.msstyles);
• Select one skin in the left ListBox and the substyles (if available) will be displayed in the right ListBox;
• Select a substyle and it will be immediately applied to the running application.

Here is a screenshot of the demo application:


Skin files (*.msstyles) can be found at lots of different sites. Here you can find the skins included in the free evaluation version of StyleXP (male edition) and a couple more. Of course if you use some third-party skin, you will have to clear with the author before distibuting his/her work with your application. Or you can build your own skin from scratch with a skin editor.

I haven't set up a web page for this plugin yet, but this won't take long.

Ulrich

[alsh3lan33]

thank's upeters

for this informations and i will try the ActiveX and i will wait for you'r skin plugin


thank's again