[Release] SKINbedder V3 - Preview

**RPM_VR4** · 10-20-2005, 01:59 PM

Neither the text nor the OnClick/OnDrag/OnClose stuff works (I will probably remove most of that).

It shouldn't need a controls_left.png??? You defined the images to menu_up.png and menu_down.png, so that is all you should need. Yes, one is of all the buttons up and the other of all the buttons down.

The squished buttons you are getting was solved I thought, but I guess it is still there in the NoEX version. I will try to get a new version out soon. If you want to PM me your e-mail address I can send you a private beta that should not flicker and will draw the buttons right.

Also, I have never tested the loading image feature. I will look into the alt-tab bug you discovered.

**DaPCWiz** · 10-20-2005, 02:13 PM

nice. pm sent!

if I don't have controls_left.png, I get an error saying "image not found" ... i have no idea why...

**DaPCWiz** · 10-21-2005, 01:29 AM

okay - new set of problems.
1) RadioShark is VERY wierd.... I can grab it via window class ONLY if the device is physically connected (title won't grab)
If the device is not physically connected, window class doesn't work, but title does.

2) I have no way to hit the am/fm button... no keyboard key for it... is there anyway I can tell skinbedder to push the button on the UI? oooor can I overlay a bigger button on top of a smaller button maybe?

3) I need it to mute, when I switch away from it... is there anyway to make it like... onUNfocus(space) or something like that?

here is a ss of my current success:

tune+/tune-/preset+/preset-/mute all work
am/fm does not, and it does not auto mute when u switch to media or something

**RPM_VR4** · 10-21-2005, 03:03 AM

The focus thing sounds hard :P. I believe you can configure CF to handle that for you though by muting/unmuting it as an input device. I do plan on adding a Control_Click like auto-it has, but that is a big PITA too. For now you can just have the button run an Auto-It script and then you can do anything it can. You may even be able to use Auto-It to space on loss of focus too, but remember that whenever you push a button, RadioShark loses focus to SKINbedder for a brief period of time (before the focus() command in the button script is ran).

**DaPCWiz** · 10-21-2005, 09:58 AM

Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

The focus thing sounds hard :P. I believe you can configure CF to handle that for you though by muting/unmuting it as an input device. I do plan on adding a Control_Click like auto-it has, but that is a big PITA too. For now you can just have the button run an Auto-It script and then you can do anything it can. You may even be able to use Auto-It to space on loss of focus too, but remember that whenever you push a button, RadioShark loses focus to SKINbedder for a brief period of time (before the focus() command in the button script is ran).

Radioshark doesn't feed audio in thru the sound card but rather acts as a USB sound card itself that can only be controlled via the radio shark software (not thru the normal windows volume stuff) because of that CF cannot mute it. I will spend some time thinking about it, seeing if I can find a solution to this problem...

what about the am/fm button.... can skinbedder press it? or make a bigger button above it that sorta presses it when u press it... something like that?

**PURDooM** · 10-21-2005, 12:03 PM

Originally Posted by RPM_VR4

The focus thing sounds hard :P. I believe you can configure CF to handle that for you though by muting/unmuting it as an input device. I do plan on adding a Control_Click like auto-it has, but that is a big PITA too. For now you can just have the button run an Auto-It script and then you can do anything it can. You may even be able to use Auto-It to space on loss of focus too, but remember that whenever you push a button, RadioShark loses focus to SKINbedder for a brief period of time (before the focus() command in the button script is ran).

When switching away from an app in CF my embedded visual basic window reports window.visible = false, so I can close all the child menus in my app when the user switches tabs. Does delphi have similar functionality?

**DaPCWiz** · 10-21-2005, 12:06 PM

hmmm isn't htere a visibility option in the .ini files.... I don't think there is any logic I can play with tho.. hmmmmmm RPM, any thoughts?

**RPM_VR4** · 10-21-2005, 01:48 PM

No, not directly. As I said, for now you would have to use an Auto-It script.

Make an Auto-It script file that clicks the AM/FM. Then, make the button command=Run(ClickAMFM.a3u).

As for volume, I guess you would just have to press mute before switching away. Either that or you might be able to tie muting/unmuting to focus using Auto-It.

**DaPCWiz** · 10-21-2005, 01:50 PM

hmm that sounds like it would work, I'll work on it... I tried out the file u sent me, I'm still having a slight distortion issue... try clicking preset+ and preset-, an odd black line shows up above the buttons after they are clicked... its not a huge issue, but I can't figure out whats causing it.

**RPM_VR4** · 10-21-2005, 01:52 PM

PD: Ok, that's good to know. I guess it should be easy to add an OnMinimize and OnRestore event to the main form. However, I'm not sure I would be able to send a key press to the radioSHARK window after it is minimized.