Is there anyway to change the white background where the wordwheel is?
as it totally doesnt fit in with my skin im creating

Thanks..

Of course there is. In the 1001-definition, find WordWheel and add a background parameter for the background element, which would be this one in 8.5:

code:

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<Element LayoutPos=Top Layout=BorderLayout() BorderThickness=rect(0,0,0,1) Padding=Rect(0,0,2,0) ID=Atom(ai550)>

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Originally posted by vikke
Of course there is. In the 1001-definition, find WordWheel and add a background parameter for the background element, which would be this one in 8.5:

code:

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<Element LayoutPos=Top Layout=BorderLayout() BorderThickness=rect(0,0,0,1) Padding=Rect(0,0,2,0) ID=Atom(ai550)>

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You could also change the stylesheet for 1001, if you want to do that instead, just make a search on ai550.

Edit: I know I'm not explaining very well, the reason is I want you to learn yourself, I will just give you hints.

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not working for me....

I guess you mean WLM 8.5 44903 / WLM9.0 44904

well that worked and moved it to the bottom.. but from the toolbar going down the contact list background there is a dodgy grey bit which looks dodgy, how would i remove that
See attachyment

help, i followed the above instructions and as a result no longer have a contact list by this i mean the container that lists my contacts and contact groups is showing but the rest of contact list window is please help me.

EDIT:

i got my contacts back but have discovered beyond all reasonable doubt that messenger 8.5s word wheel cannot be skinned under any circumstance its impossible.

Duck: It's an shadow image, you have to remove the image for it (I replace it with my null.png) , I cannot remember it's ID, but I'm sure you can find it, it's a PNG with a semi-transparent gradient. There's 2 shadows, one for the conversation window, and one for the contact list.

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Originally posted by stuartbennett
help, i followed the above instructions and as a result no longer have a contact list by this i mean the container that lists my contacts and contact groups is showing but the rest of contact list window is please help me.

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look ive tried following your instructions you know the whole null.png thing and still it doesnt work, you claim its possible to do this but have you ever seen any skin anywhere that can writen using plus 4.50s skinning system that has actually succeeded in skinning the word wheel cause i never have therefore thats concrete evidence that its impossible.

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Originally posted by stuartbennett
look ive tried following your instructions you know the whole null.png thing and still it doesnt work, you claim its possible to do this but have you ever seen any skin anywhere that can writen using plus 4.50s skinning system that has actually succeeded in skinning the word wheel cause i never have therefore thats concrete evidence that its impossible.

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Originally posted by vikke

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Originally posted by stuartbennett
look ive tried following your instructions you know the whole null.png thing and still it doesnt work, you claim its possible to do this but have you ever seen any skin anywhere that can writen using plus 4.50s skinning system that has actually succeeded in skinning the word wheel cause i never have therefore thats concrete evidence that its impossible.

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Word-Wheel Resources:
379 = Border, when inactive.
380 = Border, when active.
1135 = Search icon in background.

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I assume in the area where you replace the images in the code

so its

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                        <Picture Id="379">
                            <File>wordwheel.png</File>
                        </Picture>
                        <Picture Id="380">
                            <File>wordwheel.png</File>
                        </Picture>

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stuartbennett, i think you just need to look at other skins to work out how to do stuff for yours, im sure other people have done what you are wanting todo

ive looked no other skin has done this therefore ive got no skin to backwards engineer from

Post your SkinInfo's content, there might be a problem with it.

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Originally posted by stuartbennet
look ive tried following your instructions you know the whole null.png thing and still it doesnt work, you claim its possible to do this but have you ever seen any skin anywhere that can writen using plus 4.50s skinning system that has actually succeeded in skinning the word wheel cause i never have therefore thats concrete evidence that its impossible.

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I've done it and it's done in Ev0 3.

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xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsichemaLocation="urn:msgpluskins PlusSkins.xsd">
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        <Description>This skin is themed around the beach, mainly around the each of the sea, i built this skin so that messenger can bring that summertime feeling to your desktop all year round..</Description>
        <Version>1.00</Version>

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        <TraceFile>false</TraceFile>
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    <MessengerSkin>

        <!-- background replacement -->
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            </Restrictions>
            <Resources>
                            <New>
                <Pictures>   
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                        <File>Windows Live.png</File>
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                    <Picture Id="59002">
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                            <Definition Id="947">
                                <File>8.5\947 Definitions.txt</File>
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                        <Styles>
                        <Style Id="947">
                           <File>8.5\947 Styles.txt</File>
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                    <Pictures>
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                        <Metadata>
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                        <Picture Id="380">
                            <File>wordwheel.png</File>
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                        <Picture Id="1654">
                            <File>null.png</File>
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                            <File>null.png</File>
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                            <File>null.png</File>
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                </Replace>
            </Resources>
        </ResGroup>       

    </MessengerSkin>
</SkinInfo>

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I see no problem, has any errors occurred in the Skin Trace.txt file?
Please attach the wordwheel.png image as well.

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07/12/15 15:24:02| **** The trace has started ****
07/12/15 15:24:02| Skin: Summertime Skin 1.00
07/12/15 15:24:02| Messenger version: 8.5.1302.1018 (en-us)
07/12/15 15:24:02| Messenger Plus! version: 4.50.310
07/12/15 15:24:02| Last definition file loaded: 1001
07/12/15 15:24:02| Last style sheet file loaded: 947
07/12/15 15:24:02| Last picture file loaded: 59004
07/12/15 15:24:02| DUIParserFailure: Value creation failed '' 3

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In the next version of my skin, it'll have a option to move the wordwheel, so how would i make it so if it was set to the top it'll have the 379 and 380 images that i made, but if it was at the bottom it would just be white, using the default images..

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Originally posted by duck!
In the next version of my skin, it'll have a option to move the wordwheel, so how would i make it so if it was set to the top it'll have the 379 and 380 images that i made, but if it was at the bottom it would just be white, using the default images..

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Originally posted by stuartbennett

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Originally posted by duck!
In the next version of my skin, it'll have a option to move the wordwheel, so how would i make it so if it was set to the top it'll have the 379 and 380 images that i made, but if it was at the bottom it would just be white, using the default images..

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duck how did you move word wheel to the bottom like that? its just with my colours id have no way of knowing exactly what colour to use in the top location but in the botttom location i know itd be the yellow in my skin so could colour it easier, also duck if you know how to do the background on word well could you please help me with it?

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<Element LayoutPos=Top Layout=BorderLayout() BorderThickness=rect(0,0,0,1) Padding=Rect(0,0,2,0) ID=Atom(ai550)>

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<Graphics><Pictures>
                                         <Picture Id="379">
                           <File>images/wordwheel.png</File>
                        </Picture> 
                        <Picture Id="380">
                            <File>images/wordwheel2.png</File>
                     </Picture>
</Graphics></Pictures>

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thanjks duck. im sorry for all the grief i have given everyone regarding this, its just when im stressed i tend to take my frustrations out on others even though they are only trying to help, once again im sorry for anything i may have said to upset anyone.

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Originally posted by duck!
well that worked and moved it to the bottom.. but from the toolbar going down the contact list background there is a dodgy grey bit which looks dodgy, how would i remove that
See attachyment

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Originally posted by Keikonium

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Originally posted by duck!
well that worked and moved it to the bottom.. but from the toolbar going down the contact list background there is a dodgy grey bit which looks dodgy, how would i remove that
See attachyment

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There are two ways to get rid of it:

1. Remove it from code completely, but the better way to do it is:

2. Add this to your SkinInfo.xml file between the replace brackets:

<Picture Id="668"><File>null.png</File></Picture>

ID 668 is the shadow . If you wanna remove it from the CONVO window, just replace 668 with 1654 . And make "null.png" transparent.

Pretty much we're replacing the shadow with a 100% transparent image .

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You remove all borders on the contact list elements, by replacing BorderThickness=Rect(X,X,X,X). where X is any number. Replace it with BorderThickness=Rect(0,0,0,0).

thanks for explaining null.png i like not having those shadows