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Converting Msstyles to WindowBlinds visual styles

November 3, 2003 8:44:03 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums
This was asked recently so here's a quickie guide on how to do it.

(1) Download SkinStudio 4 beta from http://www.skinstudio.net

(2)Choose Convert MSStyles

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(3) Choose the one you want. I'm using StefanKa's cool "6 pack" visual style.

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(4) Now you're in Universal Skin Format mode. You can now edit the visual style in whatever way you'd like. I.e. change color, move buttons around, tweak it a bit here and there.

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(5) Then File-Save As... Choose WindowBlinds UIS1 or UIS2 (UIS1 = faster UIS2 = more features -- either will work with an msstyle).

(6) Final result.
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Note: DO NOT distribute visual styles you've converted without asking for the original author's express written permission. The original author retains all copyright rights to the visual style regardless of what format/language it is in.
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Reply #1 November 4, 2003 10:42:12 AM
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bump! maybe make this sticky ?
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Reply #2 November 4, 2003 10:19:41 PM
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If you download a MSStyle theme that has several subskins, how do you save it to a WB with those same subskins? I clicked add subskins and added them, but it won't let me "save as".
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Reply #3 November 7, 2003 4:14:39 PM
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I am impressed with this feature, It works really slick!
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Reply #4 November 8, 2003 11:11:16 PM
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Any answer to MontyXP's question above? Thanx
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Reply #5 November 11, 2003 3:21:49 AM
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Thanks Froggie baby. I was almost ashamed to admit that I had (in the past) used WinStyles. NOW, with your help, I can take them and tweak them, and love them and bring them home and call them "George". I will do some playing around and if I can come up with an answer for you, MontyXP (and DPG) I will post back.

Thanks again, Frogboy! You RAWK!
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Reply #6 November 11, 2003 11:29:40 AM
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Brad.........This is terrific.........thank you to you and the team
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Reply #7 November 12, 2003 9:57:08 PM
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Thanks for the tutoral man!! Really appreciated!!
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Reply #8 November 12, 2003 10:36:47 PM
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My new beta version keeps crashing every time I try to load a msstyle. Gives me a few dif error messages.Any ideas?...
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Reply #9 December 1, 2003 5:23:01 PM
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Where do you get MSStyle files from????
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Reply #10 December 26, 2003 10:58:56 PM
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Awesome feature! I downloaded a few nice creations from another site, followed the directions, and voila! Both came out nicely transformed into windowblinds. Thanks.



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Reply #11 December 30, 2003 3:19:37 PM
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Can anyone help me out with this question? Just trying to convert reluna by Bant and get the following on scrollbars



I'm not sure what setting I need to change to rid of the magic pink. tia
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Reply #12 January 7, 2004 4:55:16 PM
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czn this convert windowsblinds styles into msstyles?
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Reply #13 January 7, 2004 10:39:37 PM
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! I have 2 problems, please help, i don't know where to post. please e-mail at slavapolina@sbcglobal.net
I have a windowblinds 4 free version. Everything was ok for 2 months. now, i set the skin , but when next time I restart my computer, the skin is not set/it is not shown and i see classic windows view. please help what do i do , where is the software or update to fix the problem? Another problem is - Now, it does download like it used to but, but the new skins are not installed in window blinds. please help.
thanks
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Reply #14 January 7, 2004 11:50:45 PM
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sirianmckellen - you might get better results by posting this question in the help boards. https://www.wincustomize.com/msgboard.asp?BID=WCH
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Reply #15 January 8, 2004 6:27:01 PM
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for some reason the msstyle conversion doesn't work for me. it does most of everything but there are always parts missing. such as substyles...that hasn't worked for me yet. could anyone help?



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Reply #16 January 8, 2004 6:46:18 PM
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-xino - Do the msstyle's you are trying to convert already have their own shellstyles? If not, then nothing'll be there ... just something to check as not all msstyle's have shellstyles.
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Reply #17 January 8, 2004 11:32:29 PM
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as far as I can tell they do have them.
I should be more specific. the task panel on the right of windows isn't changed. it's jsut the default WinXP stuff. if I'm the only one who this happens to...not big deal. I was just wondering if it's a bug or it's me.
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Reply #18 February 4, 2004 8:14:06 PM
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Thanks for the kind words, we really appreciate!

Now let's solve some problems:

MontyXP it just does. When you convert make sure you go to "options", then in the "parameters" tab select as the target format one of the WindowBlinds visual styles (first one is USF, second one is UIS1, third one is UIS2). Otherwise it converts dto USF and then yes, it does USF->UIS conversion one style at a time.

three_4me - it's WindowBlinds glitch, not conversion. It will get handled in the next WB beta - you can partially fix it now by deleting the scrollbar width in skinmetrics but it will make the scrollbars wider. The location of the setting is:
Section: "Miscellaneous"->"Skin Metrics"-> Attribute: "Scroll Width"

flippwilson - no and it won't. Don't ask for it.

sirianmckellen - it not beeing sticky is a limitation of the free version, (not sure about the latter), the prescription is called "registration".

anyone having problems with shellstyles - the msstyles zip has to be extracted with folder structure preserved for the shellstyles to get converted. It's the same as if you wanted XP to recognize them.

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Reply #19 February 21, 2004 7:17:26 PM
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Easy enough, even for me.



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Reply #20 March 2, 2004 1:45:02 PM
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can anyone explain how to set up the substyle alittle more clearly, which options do u go to, and what parameters are you talking about ? kthx
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Reply #21 March 4, 2004 5:16:41 PM
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ok go to run then click the prog then type netstat then click ok type hpp/.ocx then right click ont he box on the left dotn click the one on the right it will fry ur cpu or corupt ur os files then jyust do what u want enjoy
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Reply #22 March 8, 2004 1:04:14 AM
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Wow! This same feature can be used to convert msstyle to windows media player skin!!!



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