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Topic: Windows 7 Visual Styles

Posted By: markh
Subject: Windows 7 Visual Styles
Date Posted: 25 August 2011 at 9:56am

Hello

Just wondered if the use of Windows 7 Visual Styles files was likely to be added to Skin Framework soon? The binary format for Windows 7 msstyles files is fairly well documented on the internet so it should be possible I would think.

This would be a great new feature, since the supply of XP msstyles files is gradually decreasing as most new skins designed now are for Windows 7.

Thanks.

Mark

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Posted By: Oleg
Date Posted: 26 August 2011 at 4:14am

Hi,

Can you please point to one of well documented description? I can't find any.

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Posted By: markh
Date Posted: 26 August 2011 at 5:38am

Hi Oleg

This guy has got quite a lot of info on creating and modifying Vista styles which I think are basically the same as Windows 7 ones.

http://ukintel.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d10bvja - http://ukintel.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d10bvja

Specific articles that might be useful are as follows:

http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs17/f/2007/224/e/2/Vista_Hex_Editing_Tutorial_0_7_by_UkIntel.pdf - http://fc02.deviantart.net/fs17/f/2007/224/e/2/Vista_Hex_Editing_Tutorial_0_7_by_UkIntel.pdf

http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs18/f/2007/211/4/a/Make_a_VS_for_Vista___Tutorial_by_UkIntel.pdf - http://fc04.deviantart.net/fs18/f/2007/211/4/a/Make_a_VS_for_Vista___Tutorial_by_UkIntel.pdf

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/137/4/4/Vista_Image___Content_Margins_by_UkIntel.pdf - http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs30/f/2008/137/4/4/Vista_Image___Content_Margins_by_UkIntel.pdf

http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/208/c/2/Change_Font_in_Vista__s_vs_0_1_by_UkIntel.pdf - http://fc07.deviantart.net/fs16/f/2007/208/c/2/Change_Font_in_Vista__s_vs_0_1_by_UkIntel.pdf

http://ukintel.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d10bvja - http://ukintel.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0#/d10bvja

These guys also seem to have managed to work it out, although I'm not sure it will be too useful for you, apart from perhaps binary comparing files after various changes:

http://www.vistastylebuilder.com/windows7.html - http://www.vistastylebuilder.com/windows7.html

Hope this helps.

Regards
Mark