Shoutbox

Whenever i try to do a multival option to change the contact list background the background just stays white.., when its supposed to be blue..=/ when i just do a true/false option it works fine..=/

This is the code I'm using for the option..

code:

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<BuddyList id=atom(abView) Layout=FillLayout() CmdGroup=guid("{16E32D35-5350-4805-B7F0-5E782510AF6F}") <*PlusSkin Conditions(Back= Shadow) *>background=rcbkd(59000)</*PlusSkin*><*PlusSkin Conditions(Back= Blue) *>background=rcbkd(59100)</*PlusSkin*><*PlusSkin Conditions(Back= None) *></*PlusSkin*>/>

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and in the skininfo.xml..

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            <MultiVal Name="Back">
                <DispLabel>Choose a Contact List Background</DispLabel>
                <DispHelp>Pick a background, click okay, restart messenger</DispHelp>
                <Values>
                    <Value DispLabel="Shadow">Shadow</Value>
                    <Value DispLabel="Blue">Blue</Value>
                    <Value DispLabel="None">None</Value>
                </Values>
                <Default>Shadow</Default>
            </MultiVal>

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The easiest way to do a background selector is through different ResGroups for the one image.

That is the way I did it in Ev0, its a lot easier to manage and if you ever want to add more backgrounds in you just add a new resgroup rather than add a whole bunch of new resources and <PlusSkin> conditions.

<ResGroup>
   <Restrictions>
      <MsgVersions>
         <Version Major="8" Minor="5"/>
      </MsgVersions>
      <SkinOptions>
          <OptionSet>
               <Conditions>Background= "Blah"</Conditions>
           </OptionSet>
       </SkinOptions>
     </Restrictions>
      .........
      .........
</ResGroup>
       
Anyway if you need clarification just ask.       

You're forgetting quotation marks ""

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Originally posted by duck!
<*PlusSkin Conditions(Back= Blue) *>

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Should be

quote:

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Originally posted by duck!
<*PlusSkin Conditions(Back= "Blue") *>

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EDIT: But as Willz said, if you're simply changing the resources being used then it's best to just modify the SkinInfo file to only load the required resource.

Thanks guys, works now