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[?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by duck! on 01-02-2008 at 11:23 PM

Yet another help thread by me :tongue:

I got round the skinning the dash highlight thing, and all is good apart from one thing.
I put the metadata to colorize the highlights on the dash, but the highlight are kinda deformed :sad:

This is the code i have for the 2 highlight states

code:
  <Picture Id="20201">
    <File>Images/20201.png</File>
                    <Metadata>
                 <Colorize>true</Colorize>                       
                        </Metadata>
  </Picture>
                             
   <Picture Id="20202">
    <File>Images/20202.png</File>
           <Metadata>
                      <Colorize>true</Colorize>                         
               </Metadata>
   </Picture>

that makes it look like

[Image: colorisshit.PNG]
The button is supposed to be colorized and not look deformed =/

When i remove the metadata, the button is not deformed yet it is not colorized =/
So is there any way to make it colorize I've been looking for way all day, seems  impossible, all the skins I've downloaded to find out how, haven't done it..

thanks in advancet
RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by Willz on 01-02-2008 at 11:43 PM

quote:
Originally posted by duck!
Yet another help thread by me :tongue:

I got round the skinning the dash highlight thing, and all is good apart from one thing.
I put the metadata to colorize the highlights on the dash, but the highlight are kinda deformed :sad:

This is the code i have for the 2 highlight states
code:
  <Picture Id="20201">
    <File>Images/20201.png</File>
                    <Metadata>
                 <Colorize>true</Colorize>                       
                        </Metadata>
  </Picture>
                             
   <Picture Id="20202">
    <File>Images/20202.png</File>
           <Metadata>
                      <Colorize>true</Colorize>                         
               </Metadata>
   </Picture>

that makes it look like

[Image: colorisshit.PNG]
The button is supposed to be colorized and not look deformed =/

When i remove the metadata, the button is not deformed yet it is not colorized =/
So is there any way to make it colorize I've been looking for way all day, seems  impossible, all the skins I've downloaded to find out how, haven't done it..

thanks in advancet

You need to specify UMMargins on your button

<UMLeft> <UMRight> <UMTop> and <UMBottom> need to be added for it to work, otherwise it will just stick to tile mode.
RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by duck! on 01-03-2008 at 12:01 AM

Done that, now none of the highlight states are showing up :sad:

RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by Willz on 01-03-2008 at 12:05 AM

what margins did you give it?

RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by duck! on 01-03-2008 at 12:59 AM

10, on all of them

RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by Willz on 01-03-2008 at 01:01 AM

10 is a bit too big looking at the image you have.

Try using 3-5. If that doesnt work then put the code up you have and i will take a look.

RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by duck! on 01-03-2008 at 01:19 AM

That sorta worked [Image: msn_tongue.gif]
Attachment will explain.
The Code im using to change "20201" and "20202" :

code:
                         <Graphics><Pictures>
                             <Picture Id="20201">
                                <File>Images/20201.png</File>
                                   <Metadata>
                                      <Colorize>true</Colorize>       
                                    <UMLeft>4</UMLeft>
                                      <UMTop>4</UMTop>
                                       <UMRight>4</UMRight>
                                    <UMBottom>4</UMBottom>                                                                   
                                 </Metadata>
                             </Picture>
                             <Picture Id="20202">
                                <File>Images/20202.png</File>
                                          <Metadata>
                                            <Colorize>true</Colorize>
                                    <UMLeft>4</UMLeft>
                                      <UMTop>4</UMTop>
                                       <UMRight>4</UMRight>
                                    <UMBottom>4</UMBottom>                                                                       
                                 </Metadata>
                             </Picture>
                         </Graphics></Pictures>
RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by Willz on 01-03-2008 at 01:25 AM

the code you have seems to be right, However it seems to be that wlm is restricting it from colorizing.

There are some parts of WLM where even if you specify something to colorize, it simply won't. Its not because of a plus bug or anything, its just because WLM is anal and won't let it.

Another example of this is the now playing icon, even if you specify it to colorize, it won't.

RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by duck! on 01-03-2008 at 01:47 AM

Dodgy, Thanks for your help anyway (y)

RE: [?] Dashboard Highlight Colorization by deAd on 01-03-2008 at 03:06 AM

As Willz said, the toolbar doesn't colorize. You may be able to force it to colorize with the colorize attribute but I don't know if you can make it the messenger color.