Whats the best way to create a NSIS Welcome Page that has a Bitmap image that covers the whole dialog(main HWND) window?
Is the best way to:
Use MUI2 and specify the constants MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP and
MUI_WELCOMEFINISHPAGE_BITMAP_NOSTRETCH? I've tried this and the image
sits over the top of the next/prev buttons and the welcome text. Is
there a function call I can use to change the image windows' z-index?
Create my own custom window? I know how to do that and how to create checkbox, button & etc. windows but not how to create an image window(I guess I create a static or label window then set the bitmap for that?)
Maybe the plugin SkinnedControls has a way to do it? I have experimented with applying skins to buttons but haven't found anything that can create a welcome screen with a large bitmap in SkinnedControls. Plus the installer keeps crashing on clicking next(something to do with the Unicode version I think?).
Maybe another way I dont know of?
Can you suggest the best way to create a welcome page that contains a bitmap that covers the whole dialog?
This question is very similar to this one: Alter the z-index of windows on a NSIS MUI2 Page so please read it at first.
As I said: it is very tricky to create whole background (it requires a lot of coding) but I can recommend you this solution: Graphical Installer for NSIS for creating cool looking installer.
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I managed to interpret a mmstyles file through a tool called "msstylesEditor" but I can't find where I can modify the values for the background and font color of the context menu.
Also if anyone could link me to some tutorials on how to make theme like those found on DeviantArt i'd be glad ! I couldn't find anything !
Here is how msstylesEditor looks
The background can be changed under Menu -> POPUPBACKGROUND. This is an image (1x1px). You have to export it, change its color, then replace the old image.
You also might want to look at the POPUPBORDER and POPUPITEM parts, in order to fully change the menus appearance. I havent verified where the font color is located, but i guess its the TEXTCOLOR properties
of the just stated parts.
The aim of the tool you linked, is mainly to modify existing themes. The styles on DeviantArt are probably made using a (commercial) tool called "Windows Style Builder".
I am creating a property sheet shell extension and want to have a little icon to set off my property tab from the standard system tabs. Unfortunately, my icon is being rendered almost entirely in grey.
Original image:
In the property sheet tab:
At first I thought this was somehow my problem, but then I saw that TortoiseSVN appears to have the same problem:
This happens in both Windows 7 and Windows 8.
Does anyone know why these images are appearing so muted? Also, does anyone have any hints on how to make the icon look good in spite of this colorlessness?
The PropertySheet function initialises its tab control with a 16 color (ILC_COLOR) ImageList and copies the supplied icon for each page into it. There doesn't seem to be a way to override this and supply your own ImageList (or to specify the bit depth of the created ImageList). Presumably this is a legacy of the original Windows 95 code that never got updated as things moved on.
Instead of Property Sheets, you can use Tab Control, which makes tabs management more flexible and clear. And of course you can use any type of icons, because you have to create your own ImageList.
Here you can read about Tab Controls:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb760548(v=vs.85).aspx
And here you can access example usage of Tab Controls:
Icons in Win32 Property Pages are ugly - 4 bit icons
Im trying to work with this tool, Acrobat, and I find it not very user friendly tbh...
What I'm trying to do right now is to insert some images into and between the text, and I only can do it through the "Stamps" tools..
Is there another way to do this?, cuz it kinda sucks.
Thx.
attempt to insert a button, and then Define the background button with the corresponding image
I have an application that includes a WebView, which automatically displays PDFs in WebKits WebPDFView. When the user hovers above the lower portion of the document, an overlay appears that enables zooming, opening in Finder and saving the PDF in the download folder.
I would like to implement the latter, but I have no idea how to go about it, except that I need to implement PDFViewSavePDFToDownloadFolder. However, where do I implement it? I'd appreciate any pointers.
If you want to monkey patch Apple's built-in PDF viewer, you can't unless you want to use a code injection hack that is guaranteed to break. If you want to implement your own PDF viewer, then you build a WebKit plugin.
Can anyone point me in the direction of such a script? It should also be able to work when called into another ajax window. This is the type of gallery i am going for:
http://dageniusmarketer.com/DigitalWonderland/pages/DemoGalleryExample.html
It should go on this page:
dageniusmarketer.com/DigitalWonderland/
Portfolio section.
This script should be real simple to use with minimal extra files to make it work. I also should be able to just drop images in a gallery folder and it populates the gallery automatically with thumbnails....I shouldnt have to write code for each image in my html. Should be all dynamic.
I also would like to know how I could go about a window effect where every time I open up a new section via my navigation, the window shrinks closed with the old content, then expands open with the new content. the window effect should be vertical (top to bottom shrink into center, expand from center top to bottom)
Please Let me know. Thanks
JQuery is one of my personal favorite javascript libraries (along with 99% of this site apparently!)
But it will have a learning curve, as your requirements seem pretty specific, and you will have to read some documentation to pull it off.
Try Spry from Adobe. They have a very similar demo. Also, the other common frameworks for this would be prototype/scriptaculous, dojo, mootools, jquery. In many cases they have extensions that would provide the exact thing you are looking for. For example, try
shadowbox extension which is framework agnostic. Best of luck!
Imago looks promising:
http://imago.codeboje.de/
Just discovered the very awesome-looking jQuery Tools library today. Meets your "simple and minimal" requirements and could probably pull off what you've sketched, with just the "tooltips" and "scrollable" components.
I also should be able to just drop images in a gallery folder and it populates the gallery automatically with thumbnails
My instinct is that you'd be better off writing server-side code to handle this part of your requirement.