ok.. anyone want to test the gadget (its a gadget so you dont need dx)

Click here

Its not 100%, please let me know what you think about it, problems, issues, etc.

Be aware i have not set any kind of min to tray or close buttons, use the tray-icon for that for now.

We also need to decide what it does when its your birthday?

Change image? Load some kind of song? what?

set it up for 11 month day 1 but as in UK and we use dd/mm/yy it shows 71 days to go, as reads date off my computer. That apart worked and looks ok

I found some code VAD did for something else we worked on and it should "convert" dates over.

Can you please try and re-download the gadget HERE

Let me know if it works for UK or any other location (its working for me in the US)

Hi RomanDA tried new one that works perfectly thanks set it up for month 11 day 3 shows up as 2 days etc to go.

Seems to be working in Tennessee....  

NEED HELP ALL!!

I need the following:

 1. PNG files for the ballons (seperate ones each if possible).  Want to use 2 of them for the buttons.  Need the ones for the mini and large modes (are they the same?)

 2. A new image to use for the "Happy Birthday" Image - IE used when today is their Birthday.  It needs to be about the size of the LARGE image. 

 3. Look over THE LATEST GADGET here and see what im using now (stole it from the net, we need one that is ours to use).  Let me know what you think, on the use etc.

Thanks!

Download my weather/calendar widgets. They contain single balloons I used for buttons.   http://chubbyhusband.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=1431&libid=34

Be more specific please. 

More balloons and Banner It is 1 png in laters in a .zip

BALLOONS

on the day of the birthday, the image changes to something like a gient HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

was hoping to make something animated, if you download the beta gadget and set the date to today you will see the one i "borrowed" from the internet.  Need one that we can use.

Got the ballons, those worked perfect.

LAST BETA!!

Ok all come and get it.. last chance to send me input.

http://www.commercialgadgets.com/gadgets/demos/cbcountdown.exe

Added the Balloon Buttons and a CLOSE button on mini and large mode.

Thanks for the balloons, they worked well.

The only thing we need now is that Happy Birthday Animated image.
There is also MUSIC in this one as well, please let me know what you think.

It is in .gif for the web but I have it in png

Do you have the whole "gift box" with the balloons? in a png?

if so please email me so i can see how to incorportate that.

Thanks!

I will render it again to show the whole box what size would you like?

I think somewhere around 300 pixels wide x 300 or whatver tall would work.

Thanks

I don't know if this would be all right or not, but I created a screensaver to go with the birthday suite.  I've uploaded the file at MediaFire in a zip folder, if somebody wants to take a look at it, tell me whether you think it might be nice to include it in the suite, or if it's not up to the level of perfection these community projects are expected to be.

Here's a screenshot:  

The letters flash different colors, the flame on the cupcake flickers, and the white confetti (my screensaver creation program doesn't have the option for me to color the "snow") falls down over the whole scene, and there's birthday music/sound effects that are included.

Here's the URL to the file:   http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=c98b294b97cbbf94ab1eab3e9fa335cafe3b4481497cd554

I would LOVE to add Winky walking through the whole thing, but my animated gif-creation skills are just awful, so if somebody had a Winky gif where he's walking (or skipping, or whatever), I could add him in there, too.  That is assuming you all don't think this is just a piece of junk.

From the screenshot it looks very nice

I'm not on my computer now, so I can't test it unfortunately, but I'm sure someone else will

Nice screensaver cute,

not sure.. was hoping to keep it kind of simple, and it would need to be a png strip animation ie:

image1 | image 2 | image 3 all in the same png file.

Nice screensaver! Might want to use some of theAVMAN's images like I did in the Xion skin though. Provide an email and theAVMAN or I will get them to you ASAP. Great work!

I scoured the entire thread, got some of the art work (thanks to the artists--if you'd rather I not use your work, please let me know) and this is what I've come up with now.

Preview:  

And here's the file to download and check it out:

http://www.mediafire.com/?n2nzmnmumwm

I like!

And all the artwork for this project belongs to the community.  It's part of the deal. 

/me still needs the final image (animated png?) for the countdown.  Would like to get this one done, as im going to be gone for a while out of town.

My Rendering engine on my laptop has been flakey this week but I am at home now and I will do it on my other PC!

sorry for the delay