Thread: [Release] SKINbedder BETA 2.99999

Something came up for this weekend so SKINbedder v3 will be delayed a bit. I promise it will be worth it though .

BTW: If someone (tj?) wanted to make a graphics suite for iG it would make the initial release that much better. If you just send me screen-shot "mock-ups", I will cut and place them. Remember that the goal is to SKIN every possible iG window. You will be able to hide part or all of any window and still send it key presses and/or mouse clicks. You will be able to re-nudge windows (for example, I want an invisible button over the GPS Info window that will toggle it between off/hidden, 3-line speed/alt/sats, and the sat "radar"). I will also integrate Ol33l's zoom code, so be sure to leave a spot for enlarged ETA, Distance, Speed, etc. in your skin (it can be over the existing ones or possibly seperate in a "title/button-bar"). (Edit: Magnify may do good for the 3-line GPS Info window too. You could even hide the GPS Info window and magnify each of the 3 lines seperatly to place them in a "title/button-bar" for the skin.)

Hey TJ: Didn't you say your CF buttons are only visable in "full-screen" mode and when you are in the normal CF view they are hidden up top? How did you accomplish that? Do you set them to negative height and the anchor them to the bottom? I guess I really need to try out your skin. I've just been sick and busy at the same time which hasn't left me much time for CarPC stuff .

Ok TJ, pretty smart bro. I adjusted your INI values to the correct negative settings for us people running CF at 800x600. While I was at it I also changed Zoom-In to "Up" and Zoom-Out to "Down" so it won't blink the file-menu drop-down. Unfortunatly, you can see a bit (about 15 pixles) of your buttons even when CF in not in "full-screen" mode. Also FYI, CF's embedded resolution is 641x390 in normal and 800x453 in full screen (when you run it at 800x600) according to the Auto-It tool.

Code:

[Buttons]
B0=P0
B1=P0
B2=P0
B3=P0
B4=P0
B5=P0
B6=P0
B7=P0

[B0]
X=0
Y=-506
Image=mask.bmp
Anchors=bottom,left
Command=

[B1]
X=100
Y=-485
Image=Menu_Norm.bmp
ImageDown=Menu_Down.bmp
ImageDissabled=Menu_Down.bmp
Anchors=bottom,left
Command=Enter

[B2]
X=480
Y=-485
Image=FAV_Norm.bmp
ImageDown=FAV_Down.bmp
ImageDissabled=FAV_Down.bmp
Anchors=Bottom,left
Command=Enter,Enter,Up,Up,Up,Enter

[B3]
X=290
Y=-485
Image=Enter_Norm.bmp
ImageDown=Enter_Down.bmp
ImageDissabled=Enter_Down.bmp
Anchors=Bottom,left
Command=Enter,Enter,Enter,Enter

[B4]
X=195
Y=-485
Image=3D_Norm.bmp
ImageDown=3D_Down.bmp
ImageDissabled=3D_Down.bmp
Anchors=Bottom,left
Command=3

[B5]
X=385
Y=-485
Image=Save_Norm.bmp
ImageDown=Save_Down.bmp
ImageDissabled=Save_Down.bmp
Anchors=Bottom,left
Command=Alt-F,Down,Enter

[B6]
X=584
Y=-485
Image=Zoom_In_Norm.bmp
ImageDown=Zoom_In_Down.bmp
ImageDissabled=Zoom_In_Down.bmp
Anchors=Bottom,left
Command=Up

[B7]
X=669
Y=-485
Image=Zoom_Out_Norm.bmp
ImageDown=Zoom_Out_Down.bmp
ImageDissabled=Zoom_Out_Down.bmp
Anchors=Bottom,left
Command=Down

How do you do that code thing???

Edit: I figured it out =)

Originally Posted by 0l33l

Sure you can integrate it, but why bother
Its just another app that we can embedd... and it will make Sb less bloated IMO

Can it magnify things that are hidden? Like I know it can magnify things that it is over which is technically hidden, so what about things that are nudged or behind other windows or minimized? Can you set its magnification level to 1x (ie: no magnification, just a copy)?

See where I am going here? We can use it to "cookie-cutter" out pieces of any hidden window and then display them within a skin. That is what SKINbedder is all about! Until now we have only been able to crop windows. If this tool is as powerful as I am hoping, we will be able to totally re-organize window contents now.

Then how does it magnify ETA while hiding the ETA window?

Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Then how does it magnify ETA while hiding the ETA window?

it doesnt as far as i can tell. If you hide the ETA box it just shows whatever was under it.

Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

Ok TJ, pretty smart bro. I adjusted your INI values to the correct negative settings for us people running CF at 800x600. While I was at it I also changed Zoom-In to "Up" and Zoom-Out to "Down" so it won't blink the file-menu drop-down. Unfortunatly, you can see a bit (about 15 pixles) of your buttons even when CF in not in "full-screen" mode. Also FYI, CF's embedded resolution is 641x390 in normal and 800x453 in full screen (when you run it at 800x600) according to the Auto-It tool.

How do you do that code thing???

Edit: I figured it out =)

I'll change the button code in the other post to the code you just posted. Mine worked with 2.0, I never tried it with 2.5, sorry. Thanks for posting the code.

I didn't see any portion of the buttons when running non-fs-embed - can you post a screenshot so i can get a feel of how bad it is?

I'd love to work on a button suite for SB, but tomorrow I'l leaving for Montana for the next week-and-a-half, and my computing power will be reduced to an iPAQ for the duration.

Man, there has to be a way to copy something from a window that is behind another window. I could sware I've seen a magnify tool that you can drag around and it will always magnify what is hidden beneth it.

I had one kinda lame idea that would work. We could make a virtual second monitor, put all of iG's windows on that, and then display our "cookie-cutter" copies of it's window sections on the real monitor. ...yeah, I know... very bad brut-force method. There has to be a way!?!?!?!