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Adding UMargins to Shaped Skin Masks
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O.P. RE: Adding UMargins to Shaped Skin Masks
Having a discussion about this with willz, and it's because I have no straight lines I'm having REAL problems, all his shaped skins have some straight lines of some sort in them, and the corners are shape skinned.

I tried taking the 'tables' approach to solve the problem.

[Image: attachment.php?pid=913932]

But this has left me with problems shown in the bottom, the corner edges are all whack

I also tried cutting my mask into 4 quarters and having each at 50% width and height, that didn't work nice either. Neither did just a Left, Top, Right and Bottom all at 100% (respective width or height)

And 100% image mask, I can't add UMargins to so It stretches.

Currently using this top method is the best I got so far.

Also I've noticed that contact list restricted minimum size does not work, even though formatting is correct :S


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WARNING LONG COPY PASTE OF CODE AHEAD!
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This is what the current shaping code is

    <Region>
          <ContactList>
            <Rectangle Integration="add">
                <Left>0</Left>
                <Top>0</Top>
                <Width Unit="percent">100</Width>
                <Height Unit="percent">100</Height>
            </Rectangle>
            <Rectangle Integration="subtract">
                <Left>0</Left>
                <Top>0</Top>
                <Width Unit="percent">100</Width>
                <Height>15</Height>
            </Rectangle>
            <Rectangle Integration="subtract">
                <Left>0</Left>
                <Top>0</Top>
                <Width>15</Width>
                <Height Unit="percent">100</Height>
            </Rectangle>
            <Rectangle Integration="subtract">
                <Right>0</Right>   
                <Bottom>0</Bottom>
                <Width Unit="percent">100</Width>
                <Height>15</Height>
            </Rectangle>
            <Rectangle Integration="subtract">
                <Right>0</Right>
                <Bottom>0</Bottom>
                <Width>15</Width>
                <Height Unit="percent">100</Height>
            </Rectangle>
            <Image Integration="add">
                <Source>
                    <File>images\Window Design\BL.png</File>
                </Source>
                <Position>
                    <Left>0</Left>
                    <Bottom>0</Bottom>
                    <Width>15</Width>
                    <Height>15</Height>
                </Position>
            </Image>
            <Image Integration="add">
                <Source>
                    <File>images\Window Design\L.png</File>
                </Source>
                <Position>
                    <Left>0</Left>
                    <Bottom>15</Bottom>
                    <Top>15</Top>
                    <Width>15</Width>
                    <Height Unit="percent">100</Height>
                </Position>
            </Image>
            <Image Integration="add">
                <Source>
                    <File>images\Window Design\TL.png</File>
                </Source>
                <Position>
                    <Left>0</Left>
                    <Top>0</Top>
                    <Width>15</Width>
                    <Height>15</Height>
                </Position>
            </Image>
            <Image Integration="add">
                <Source>
                    <File>images\Window Design\T.png</File>
                </Source>
                <Position>
                    <Left>15</Left>
                    <Right>15</Right>
                    <Top>0</Top>
                    <Width Unit="percent">100</Width>
                    <Height>15</Height>
                </Position>
            </Image>
            <Image Integration="add">
                <Source>
                    <File>images\Window Design\TR.png</File>
                </Source>
                <Position>
                    <Right>0</Right>
                    <Top>0</Top>
                    <Width>15</Width>
                    <Height>15</Height>
                </Position>
            </Image>
            <Image Integration="add">
                <Source>
                    <File>images\Window Design\R.png</File>
                </Source>
                <Position>
                    <Right>0</Right>
                    <Bottom>15</Bottom>
                    <Top>15</Top>
                    <Width>15</Width>
                    <Height Unit="percent">100</Height>
                </Position>
            </Image>
            <Image Integration="add">
                <Source>
                    <File>images\Window Design\BR.png</File>
                </Source>
                <Position>
                    <Right>0</Right>
                    <Bottom>0</Bottom>
                    <Width>15</Width>
                    <Height>15</Height>
                </Position>
            </Image>
            <Image Integration="add">
                <Source>
                    <File>images\Window Design\B.png</File>
                </Source>
                <Position>
                    <Left>15</Left>
                    <Right>15</Right>
                    <Bottom>0</Bottom>
                    <Width Unit="percent">100</Width>
                    <Height>15</Height>
                </Position>
            </Image>
          </ContactList>




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This post was edited on 06-18-2008 at 12:30 PM by aNILEator.
06-18-2008 11:43 AM
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Adding UMargins to Shaped Skin Masks - by aNILEator on 06-17-2008 at 07:33 PM
RE: Adding UMargins to Shaped Skin Masks - by Patchou on 06-18-2008 at 03:08 AM
RE: Adding UMargins to Shaped Skin Masks - by aNILEator on 06-18-2008 at 11:43 AM
RE: Adding UMargins to Shaped Skin Masks - by aNILEator on 06-18-2008 at 12:26 PM


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