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Originally posted by keep the faith
but.. how do i get to .. change the whole color of messenger to make it black for example.. instead of the light blue color all over the windows of messenger?

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Add in this code in the <Options> tags up the top:

xml code:

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<Messenger>
<ResetUserColor>
<R>0</R> <!-- RGB value of the colour you would like -->
<G>0</G>
<B>0</B>
</ResetUserColor>
</Messenger>

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EDIT: you can also reset the scene if you want, just add <ResetUserScenes/> under the </ResetUserColor> tag.

thanks :D

I tried to change the color the way u mentioned.. didn't work and xmlspy reported an error .. so i followed how it's done in the official documentation (insert the RGB values as attributes ..and it worked= no errors reported.. but it didn't change the color of messenger =(

scene element didn't work neither...

when i saved my skininfo last.. there were no errors.. but still nothing the buddylist didn't work neither..

in the trace file:
09/04/15 20:40:01| SkinLoader: couldn't encode data for window 1001
09/04/15 20:40:01| Attribute pair is invalid. Line (def): 68. Column: 48

now the trace file says:
09/04/16 01:17:35| **** The trace has started ****
09/04/16 01:17:35| Skin: fromStart 0.0
09/04/16 01:17:35| Messenger version: 14.0.206.8064 (en-us)
09/04/16 01:17:35| Messenger Plus! version: 4.81.358
09/04/16 01:17:35| SkinLoader: Couldn't find file "1001.txt"
09/04/16 01:22:25| **** The trace has ended ****

xml code:

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<SkinInfo xmlns="urn:msgplus:skins"
xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
xsi:schemaLocation="urn:msgplus:skins PlusSkins.xsd" Version="4">
    <Information>
        <Name>fromStart</Name>
        <Description>Skin for WLM2009</Description>
        <AboutUrl>insert url</AboutUrl>
        <Version>0.0</Version>
        <Screenshot>
         <File>screenshot.png</File></Screenshot>
        <Compatibility>
           <MsgVersion Major="14" Minor="0"/>
         </Compatibility>
         <TraceFile>true</TraceFile>
         <UpdateId>my_first</UpdateId>
         <BuildNumber>1</BuildNumber>
         <AllowAutoUpdate>true</AllowAutoUpdate>
    </Information>
    <Options>
     <MessengerPlus>
         <AllowContactListChange>true</AllowContactListChange>
         <AllowChatWndChange>true</AllowChatWndChange>
     </MessengerPlus> 
     <Messenger>
     <ResetUserColor R="225" G="0" B="0"/>
     <ResetUserScenes>true</ResetUserScenes>
     </Messenger>
    </Options>
   
        <MessengerSkin>
        <ResGroup>
            <Restrictions>
                <MsgVersions>
                    <Version Major="14" Minor="0"/>
                </MsgVersions>
            </Restrictions>
            <Resources>
                 <New>
                     <Colors>
                            <Color Id="59999">
                                <R>0</R>
                                <G>0</G>
                                <B>0</B>
                            </Color>
                     </Colors>
                     <Pictures>
                        <Picture Id="59000">
                            <File>59000.png</File>
                            <Metadata>
                            <Colorize>true</Colorize>
                            <UMLeft>1</UMLeft>
                            <UMTop>1</UMTop>
                            <UMRight>1</UMRight>
                            <UMBottom>1</UMBottom>
                            </Metadata>
                        </Picture>
                    </Pictures>     
                 </New>
                 <Replace>
                    <Strings>
                        <String Id="61288">Hello World!</String>
                    </Strings>
                    <Colors>
                                                                                    <Color Id="1820">
                                                                                        <R>255</R>
                                                                                        <G>0</G>
                                                                                        <B>0</B>
                                                                                    </Color>
                                                                                </Colors>

                    <Windows>
                         <Definitions>
                            <Definition Id="1001">
                                <File>1001.txt</File>
                            </Definition>
                        </Definitions>
                    </Windows>
                    <Graphics>
                         <Pictures>
                             <Picture Id="664" >
                                 <File>/59000.png</File><Metadata><Colorize>false</Colorize></Metadata>
                             </Picture>
                             <Picture Id="1472">
                                    <File>earthbrt.png</File><Metadata><Colorize>false</Colorize></Metadata>
                                </Picture>
                                 
                             <Picture Id="628">
                                <File>clouds.png</File><Metadata><Colorize>false</Colorize></Metadata>
                               </Picture>
                               <Picture Id="20129">
                                <File>earthmoon.jpeg</File><Metadata><Colorize>false</Colorize></Metadata></Picture>
                                <Picture Id="20632">
                                    <File>us.png</File><Metadata><Colorize>false</Colorize></Metadata>
                                </Picture>
                                <Picture Id="20673">
                                    <File>Creek</File><Metadata><Colorize>false</Colorize></Metadata>
                                </Picture>
                                <Picture Id="20691">
                                    <File>Dock.jpeg</File><Metadata><Colorize>false</Colorize></Metadata>
                                </Picture> 
                         </Pictures>
                    </Graphics>
                </Replace>
            </Resources>
        </ResGroup>
    </MessengerSkin>
</SkinInfo>

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There is no file "1001.txt" in skin's folder...

well this is what i did

I opened the definition file from the extracted files.. did this modification: added rcbkd :

<BuddyList id=atom(abView) Layout=FillLayout()
CmdGroup=guid("{16E32D35-5350-4805-B7F0-5E782510AF6F}") background=rcbkd(59000)/>

then i clicked save as and saved the definition file in the file that has my skininfo .. and it's named 1001.. file type .txt

it used to say 'file not found' to pictures untill i added the meta data element (colorize)

thanks everybody for ur help

Be sure it is with the right text enconding... I don't remeber wich one it is, it's stated in the docs actually.
Also, it's not

xml code:

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<ResetUserColor R="225" G="0" B="0"/>

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, it is

xml code:

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<ResetUserColor>
<R>255</R>
<G>0</G>
<B>0</B>
</ResetUserColor>

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quote:

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Originally posted by keep the faith
well this is what i did

I opened the definition file from the extracted files.. did this modification: added rcbkd :

<BuddyList id=atom(abView) Layout=FillLayout()
CmdGroup=guid("{16E32D35-5350-4805-B7F0-5E782510AF6F}") background=rcbkd(59000)/>

then i clicked save as and saved the definition file in the file that has my skininfo .. and it's named 1001.. file type .txt

it used to say 'file not found' to pictures untill i added the meta data element (colorize)

thanks everybody for ur help

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When you add rcbkd, rcimg etc. attributes, you must always add

code:

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"msgr",

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before the image ID, so for example:

background=rcbkd("msgr",59000)

quote:

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Originally posted by ryxdp
When you add rcbkd, rcimg etc. attributes, you must always add

code:

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"msgr",

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before the image ID, so for example:

background=rcbkd("msgr",59000)

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Not actually...

quote:

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Originally posted by blessedguy
Not actually...

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So it isn't

Anyway, if you made a new line for the CmdGroup attribute like you did in your post, then that's probably why.

thanks =)

I kept trying a lot of things to make the buddy list background (as well as the login background) to work..and to change the whole color of msn..

i copied and pasted the suggestions mentioned in the thread.. and i 'didn't start a new line in the definition's file.. i tried several things (going with 'trial and error') ..i even started a new xml and for only changing the color..didn't work..

(when i started a new xml and ..and xmlspy asked me to base my document on a schema.. then it started the xml for me and put a header too:

xml code:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<SkinInfo xmlns="urn:msgplus:skins" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xsi:schemaLocation="urn:msgplus:skins C:\PROGRA~1\MESSEN~1\Skins\TESTSK~1\PlusSkins.xsd">
    <Information>
        <Name/>
    </Information>
    <MessengerSkin>
        <ResGroup>
            <Restrictions>
                <MsgVersions>
                    <Version Major="" Minor=""/>
                </MsgVersions>
            </Restrictions>
            <Resources/>
        </ResGroup>
    </MessengerSkin>
</SkinInfo>

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it's not the same header I've been adviced to use.. and it added the first line befor the skininfo element. wich one should i stick to?

idk .. how can i make i work =(

any help is deeeeply appreciated .. thanks

I'm pretty sure there's probably something going on with your 1001.txt, so if you could attach that so I could have a look at it that might help.

I've also cleaned up your previous SkinInfo; see attached. Just change the extension to .xml, as these forums apparently don't like XML files.