Hello,

Is there a tool to build skinz for Mos?

Haven't searched how to really deep but I did not found anything revelant about building new mos skinz.

Any advice?

Tcheko.

skins have 2 differnet parts:

1. Text file containing colour settings, various switches etc.
2. image files for buttons, titlebar etc. (some are optional)

For buttons, there are 3 images. Active, inactive and pressed, all in same image.

Take some existing skin as base, and start modifying it!

No tool. Okay.

This will give me a good exercice to learn Zune programming.

Do you have further explanation? Or a doc?

Regards,

Tcheko.

@tscheko:

how to make a skin:

1. check out existing skins... to understand what's possible and what not, how to build op gadget layout etc.

2. use your favourite paintprogram (pixelprograms are better for this task, e.g. ppaint or tvpaint)
and draw the stuff:

- active window (deselected gadgets)
- active window (activated gadgets)
- inactive window
- screentitlebar

3. when that's done.. put together the gadgets like jupp3 already explained (also see the other skins as example) and save them all in the extra files with certain names (see other skins).

4. test your skin

5. go back to step 2 or 3 if it does not look correct yet or continue with step 6.

6. if the skin okay.. then pack it to a lha-archive and release it on your website (most ppl forget this part )


regards,
tokai