cross-posting strikes again
it has taken me about 4 hours to put my last post together. this is what comes of trying to interleave things between crisies
starone - You sure lost me on the dual taskbar.
if you have a lot of programs open at any one time, it is very useful. i will produce some more detailed instructions at some point if you are interested
starone - For someone who has so much knowledge, maybe you should give skinning a try. Bet you would come up with something really great.
flatterer
i do have gimp installed at home, i just havent got around to working out how to use it yet. i already have my first plan, to improve a skin i am using on advanced system agent. just have to get there *sigh*
starone - I'm not much on technical stuff. I just put it in and hope it works. If not, have to keep playing with it until it gets figured out.
i take it you have never seen how i program
this is basically the tactic i take to things. my only real advantage is i have a better idea of how programmers and computers think, so my educated guesses (read wild shots in the dark
) may be going in the right general direction now and then
starone - Still trying to iron out the menu thing and have incorporated Winamp into the skin, but am still having some problems in that area. However, I finally managed to get it to work (Winamp that is), but then not being satisfied I moved the buttons around and now it doesn't come up at all. So, guess I have to reset the buttons and try again.
on the question of these "menu buttons", if you see my previous post we should be able to work something out.
as for the winamp plugin, i know a little bit about it, mainly from educated guessing. you need the apropriate dll somewhere, it is normally placed in the skin dir. from the "blue toast" skin, "WBAmp.dll" should do quite nicely.
i am using the skin button with coolplayer. the thing to note is that coolplayer responds to the same keys 'Z', 'X', 'C', 'V' and 'B' as winamp, so i am guessing that the buttons basically pass on the matching key press to the music program.
from my experiences with coolplayer, you need the player actually running (loaded into memory), even if not playing, for the buttons to have any effect.
if it would help, i can load up the relivent uis file, and have another guess at how the winamp buttons work
starone - It sure would be a lot easier if I knew what I was doing. That's what you call learning the hard way.
yes, but where is the sense of accoplishment if you already know how to do it all when you start?
of course, you do get to miss out on the temper tantrums, sulking under the desk, and covering the white board in rude words when everything goes horribly wrong for the 34th time in a row
starone - And, every now and then I have a generous soul giving help.
ooh, where?
