I made a minor change through SkinStudio....

But can't get it to apply

I was looking through DevianArt recently and found this visual style:

http://www.deviantart.com/deviation/45968310/

Called Sh4rp by The Greenhouse Troll (TGT Design)

I did not find a Windowblinds versioni here on the site, so I downloaded the VS and converted it to WB format in SkinStudio, for my personal use.

However, I didn't like the taskpane color in the Shell, as it was a dull, flat blue which didn't really seem to work well in my opinion.

So using SkinStudio, I went into XP Shell, and I changed the Taskpane Background Color Attribute and the Background Gradient Color Attribute to get a version more pleasing to my eyes, and the preview looked quite nice to me. (Specifically, I am referring to the area in the Taskpane where command areas such as the "FIle and Folder Tasks" show up.)

I saved the changed skin as a renamed file, which showed up in WindowBlinds without trouble. However, when I loaded the Blind, I saw no evidence of the changes I made to the taskpane.

If I go to the "code" tab, I see that the source code (lines 1945 through 1951) have changed to reflect the colors I selected, so I do not understand why they do not seem to be applying when I load the skin.

Am I missing a step in my attempt to make the change or save the file?

Is it possible that some kind of conflict is arising because I still have the original Sh4rp imported blind in my system at the same time as the renamed version?

I would like to figure out how to get my changes to work. Any advice would be appreciated.



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Reply #1 Top
I've found that sometimes skin changes are 'incomplete' in one way or another - a highlight color doesn't get changed or transparency fails (magic pink shows) or something like that. Sometimes I have to reload a skin 2 or 3 times to fix this, sometimes takes a reboot. If you haven't tried the latter, might be worth a go.
Reply #2 Top
In SkinStudio, XP Shell, Shellstyle (unofficial), select Shell Style XP Low Level definition, right click and select remove selection, do the same for Embedded Strings. This will allow your changes to show.
Reply #3 Top
To Cavan1:

I followed your suggestions and, although the preview shot in Window Blinds showed no change, the changes do show up in actual use.

Thanks for the help.