Shoutbox

I think that when you put a multival option you need to also write the items in the Options Panel. I didn't see any of them. Check it because it might be the mistake you need to correct.

nope you dont have to write every single option thats in skininfo.xml into the options panel. When I was making Zero-G i based mine off Ev0's and there were options missing but it still worked.

Ok. I thought it could be that.

willz i downloaded superedi and saved as utf16 however interface tester still says "an error occured while loading the xml file" so there hasnt to be something wrong with the syntax i posted above.

basilis according to messenger plus's skinning documentation the list item thingy isnt necesarry in option files, if a listitem isnt used it will use the multival list from your skininfo file, you apparently only have to use list items if you want to change the order in which the items are listed or if you want to stop some items from showing up, now i am not saying patchou is perfect he very well could have put that paragraph in by mistake and mislead us all but surely if that had happens wouldnt there have been 100s if not 1000s of people moaning at patchou for getting it wrong?

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Willz alternatively the only other way i can think of doing it is if i create an image of how i want it to look like and recruit you to design the options panel for me, me and jason would gladly credit your hard work in the skin and on its database entry, but hey i do understand your a busy man so ill understand if you cant spare the time.

What exactly do I have to write in the SkinInfo in order to display my Options Panel? I tried this:

<OptionInterface>
        <InterfaceDir>Options</InterfaceDir>
           <InterfaceFile>OptInter.xml</InterfaceFile>
            <WindowIds>
                <WindowId Language="en-us">SkinOpt</WindowId>
                </WindowIds>
</OptionInterface> 

and it says that my skin  doesn't have any modifiable options. What is wrong?

stuart, the code you sent me in the Private Message worked perfectly fine.
The code posted in this thread is failing to work because of 2 very important lines which you have omitted.

code:

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<Position Width="220" Height="250"/>
<ChildTmpl/>

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These should go on the first 2 line following the opening <window> tag.

The <Position> tag is self-explanatory as it defines your window's dimensions.
The reason for the <ChildTmpl> tag is explained in the skindocs:

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Originally posted by Skinning Docs
Option panels are created like any other Messenger Plus! window but they need to use <ChildTmpl/> as Messenger Plus! will embed your creation into a standard frame with OK/Cancel buttons.

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thats exactly what i did too same result. willz heres a design i came up with for my skin options panel the bullets indicate checkboxes.



obviously the skin options by bit would only be needed if you agreed to help us and the created by text would link to the AboutUrl, anyways i await your response.

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volv i added those lines but still interface tester insists theres an error.

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What exactly do I have to write in the SkinInfo in order to display my Options Panel? I tried this:

<OptionInterface>
        <InterfaceDir>Options</InterfaceDir>
        <InterfaceFile>OptInter.xml</InterfaceFile>
        <WindowIds>
            <WindowId Language="en-us">SkinOpt</WindowId>
                </WindowIds>
</OptionInterface>

and it says that my skin  doesn't have any modifiable options. What is wrong?

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Any solution for me?

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Originally posted by stuartbennett
i added in my custom options and viola i kept getting messages saying that the skin has no user definable options

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This would indeed suggest a skininfo.xml problem. If it were not a skininfo problem the generic options dialog would appear (if not the custom one).

Your problem is the </Skin> tag. You have closed it twice, the second one is the problem.

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            </OptionInterface>
        </Skin>

        <MessengerPlus>
            <TabbedChatBar>
                <Color1><Position X="3" Y="3"/></Color1>
                <Color2><R>0</R><G>0</G><B>0</B></Color2>
            </TabbedChatBar>
        </MessengerPlus>
        </Skin>

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Basilis' problem:

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Originally posted by Basilis

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What exactly do I have to write in the SkinInfo in order to display my Options Panel? I tried this:

<OptionInterface>
        <InterfaceDir>Options</InterfaceDir>
        <InterfaceFile>OptInter.xml</InterfaceFile>
        <WindowIds>
            <WindowId Language="en-us">SkinOpt</WindowId>
                </WindowIds>
</OptionInterface>

and it says that my skin  doesn't have any modifiable options. What is wrong?

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Any solution for me?

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Basilis, that code has to be nested in the SkinInfo > Options > Skin tag. That code would also assume that you have a file called OptInter.xml in a folder (directory) named Options.
Any properties which you want to be editable in the custom options dialog also have to be defined in SkinInfo.xml above the aforementioned code (nested in SkinInfo > Options > Skin > Properties).

I have done all this but it still says that my skin have no modifiable options. When I rename the OptInter file it just shows the deafult option panel. When it has its original name, then it shows nothing but the message" Sorry, this skin does not provide any modifiable option"