Hey folks; I have a question for you reguarding Microsoft 's New Windows 7 release. Will the new DesktopX Pro 3 thats in Impulse dated 11/06/2009 run with Windows 7? I need to know pretty quick because I have Windows 7 and I'm getting ready to upgrade from Vista P2. I have a desktop that I use constantly in DesktopX Pro 3 and I don't want to not be able to run DesktopX Pro 3 after Upgrade to Win
Hey there Homer1234 and sViz; I think that I have created a really good representation of my Graphics Meny toggled visible and have placed all images used on the actual toggled popup menu background with explanations of the so called workings of "Back1.png" and "Back2.png" as the events of the actual shortcut's state changes from "Mouse away" to "Mouse over" monitored by the pop-up Menu Background itself. The shortcut when dropped onto the main toggled background would have to
Hi Homer1234 [quote]Or are you trying to make it such that a user can simply drop his program into the object and it updates then?[/quote] Yes The Menu system wether Graphics or Media, etc., will allow the user to drop the software link into the object like in the following link: Graphics Menu opened by Graphics Menu tab on the Bar at top center/right side of the date: https://www
RomanDA ; I agtree ad will look for the directory where images are kept and get this devil built.. Thanks Automan
homer1324 ; Thanks I really appreciate it... Hope you come on board, some of this stuff is bleeding edge.. Automan
Hi homer1324 ; Good to type at you and I appreciate the help...! A little brief on what I am trying to do here to release this theme which seems like everyone is really wanting pretty bad. I have been building this for about a year works fine for me, but I need to make a menu system chage that will help the layer shortc
Hi sViz ; I am going to take the weather XML that is on WinCustomize and place my info for downloading the XML file to a C:\Weather\XML directory, then I will pull all the info from the file like you guys mentioned, it's just easier. Then I just want to vbscript the icon number to look at another directory called C:\wea
Hi again folks; I have come up with another idea that I need a little help on. The Externak link will show two small images I am using in my Menu system. I need to know if there is a way to automatically set the mouse away image background for software links that are droped in a menu layer. The images can be stored into the linked image section of the object and use the mouse away image "1-1 Glass Menu GraphicsBase.jpg" as the basic image background when a user drops t
Hey RomanDA ;; What happened to you bud, did ya give up? I saw that the screen shot of this desktopX theme I am preparing to release soon made it into the "I Love DesktopX" area on the main WinCustomize page. thats cool. Now if I can just make this weather thingy I will be able to do the re
RomanDA ; I have just uploaded another screenshot showing the graphics menu in the middle centered and also the roll down 600mi. east coast raarscreen. Funny thing here I am doing this and you can see the animated scuare at knoxville,tn. and I looked and we are getting read to get c
Hi RomanDA ; Here is the link to a screenshot of this theme that shows what I am running right now: https://www.wincustomize.com/skins.aspx?skinid=24755&libid=13 You will see the Today w
Whoo Hi RomanDA ; Yes the way the weather is set up not I have Photoshop Icons of weather in 2 sizes and in a Directory called " WeatherIcons84 " for the Today Weather with all the bells a whistles like the Barometer gauge,ets and " WeathereIcons42 " for the 5Day weather touches up in Photoshop. I am currently working on enhan
Hi sViz and hello RomanDA !!! OK I looked at the Weather script and sure enough I can place my download code into it and it gets the weather, but remember that I may have mentioned that I use a directory for the 42 pixel specially made for weather 5Day ad need to access those png files also if I use the script for the Todat we
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Hi folks; I don't know if I am the first to run into this, but I thought that I had better let everyone know!!!! I had a paroblem starting DesktopX and two other programs in the Start Menu and with the StartUP folder of the programs area. There was a reason I needed to do this and when I talked to a rep. from Microsoft, they mentioned that they are getting rid of the UAC area in Windows Vista as of SP2 install. Well the Microsoft Support pe
Hi Again sViz: Is there a possibility of pulling the information that is needed for the 5Day for cast and placing all of the images for the link to the weather icon number in like C:\localWeather\ Then just pull the fields and link the icon for that day to the images in the directory mentioned above, and just build this in DesktopX Pro to use DesktopX for the 5Day forcast. I have shown that it is only illegal to use the XML download file if you have now signed up for i
Hi sViz; The error that comes up first is if you click the object you get this: 1. Normal Message box with OK button= The File Does not exist Right after you hit OK button for the message bow error yu get a normal error from DesktopX with this: Invalid procedure call or argument: 'instr' Line: 42 Code: (not available) That all it does and I have checked the path,etc. Thanks Automan
Hi sViz; Thanks for the shot, but I get a can't find file error now? Any idea why that one happened? I might have gotten lost the other post mentioned do a re-write of the section? I took and copied the one you had as an example and pasted it over the same section iin the script I have for testing? Thanks Automan
Hi RomanDA ; I posted what ya need to feel safe using this and yes it it theirs, but you just sign up and ya have your on License and code. You woun't beleive the Weather Info you can get. If you take a look at the post above a ways I have a link to my desktopX Theme. Now here is the kick! Look at the middle top
Hey Folks: Thought that I would give you the link for the Weather.com XML FREE Feed after you sign up and remember FREE, Then down load the SDK. Forget some of the stuff like placing the Weather.cm Logo with your projects... All of the folks out there that use the XML Feed should at least sign-up......Only right.... Link: http://www.weather.com/weather/rss/subscription?from=footer
Hithere again: I signed up for the Weather.com XML and lave a license code and aut. code. I pull today.XML and I pull 5 Day.. No prob folks, it is best to get a free license from them justlook on their site for tools and on the left of the list on down a ways the is the Weather.com XLM feed sign up "FREE" This is mine with license: xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" <
Hi sViz; OK Tried the new code and get an error with DesktopX " Line 7 ) needed"? Here is the XML file I use: xml version="1.0" encoding="ISO-8859-1" ?> <a class="b" style="visibility: hidden;" onclick="
Hi sViz; Good to see you! Long time... OK to the code andentered the correct directy and file nam to the section you pointed at and the code is as fillows. 1.Dim xmlfile 2.xmlfile = object.Directory & "C:\Users\Automan\AppData\Local\Temp\Weather.2004\Weather.Forecast.37932.English.5.Days.xml" '--YOUR XML FILE HERE 3.'Called when the script is executed 4.Sub Object_OnScriptEnter 5. getcontent = readFile '--get xml contents 6. parsecontent =
Hello support: I need to inform you that using Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 that there is a problem that Microsoft mentioned is a DesktopX problem using the Browser ActiveX control to see a webpage on a desktopX built Desktop. The problem that I noticed is that when you load an ActiveX Browser control and just have it by scripting show a local image, that there is a border issue where as it shows a white 3 to 4 pixel border on the right side and the bottm. When the we
Hi RomanDA ; I am trying to get help on building a weaher 5Day that will pull the XML file and save it to a Directory like my temp dir., then there is a section of the XML file that is advertizing from Weather.com, this XML area screws up the XML file so I have to get this build to either strip the section out of the XML file t
Hey; Hope everyone is doing great!!! I posted a link to an image of my 5 Day forcast and the way it's layout is. Image Below: <span id="