Theme Editor

[Gavin Coles]

I could make a Ubuntu themed version!

Ha! We'll get there yet, eh Gavin?

Hi Dave,

Give me a 'L', give me an 'I', give me a 'N', give me a 'U', give me a 'X' and what have you got?

Still no Linux version that's what.

[Kenny]

U people have way to much time on your hands, get a job for crying out loud

[JustDave]

Here Kenny, this one's for you. (And Michael says this is hard work. Pft.)

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[Magenta Migrane]
FormColor=00930093
Gradient=00FF00EC
GradientTo=00FFFFFF
GradientMirror=1FFFFFFF
GradientMirrorTo=1FFFFFFF
GradientText=00000000
Highlight=0080FF80
HighlightTo=00FF80FF
HighlightMirror=1FFFFFFF
HighlightMirrorTo=1FFFFFFF
HighlightText=00000000
MenuColor=00F4F5F6
MenuColorTo=00F4F5F6
BorderColor=00808080
CaptionColor=00930093
CaptionColorTo=00FFCEFF
CaptionText=00FFFFFF
WindowColor=00FFE8FF

[David]

Now that is purple. I am using yellow for the background area and it works well. Really easy on the eyes.

[bspeight]

Sorry Bernard...I misunderstood your question.

That's OK, David...

I'm just getting very jealous of the !ntellectuals among us who have access to the Theme Editor. I want to play too.

[JustDave]

Not too exciting but what can you do with a 2-color scheme?

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[Georgia Tech]
FormColor=00ECF8FB
Gradient=00FFFFFF
GradientTo=0064BED4
GradientMirror=1FFFFFFF
GradientMirrorTo=1FFFFFFF
GradientText=003E2200
Highlight=0000B2EA
HighlightTo=00ECF8FB
HighlightMirror=1FFFFFFF
HighlightMirrorTo=1FFFFFFF
HighlightText=003E2200
MenuColor=00ECF8FB
MenuColorTo=00FFFFFF
BorderColor=003E2200
CaptionColor=003E2200
CaptionColorTo=003E2200
CaptionText=00DFF2F7
WindowColor=00FFFFFF
WindowText=003E2200

[Kenny]

My very own purple screen. Glad David told me it was purple, I thought it was Pink, I'm like whaaat?
Y'all have fun with it, I learned along time ago from working with OIT's that there is no such think as perfect. Well enough will do! That doesn't apply to you Michael, you must endeavor to perservere.
I was looking at the hex numbers for colors, can you not assign the hex number to a color? Or are you forced to deal with hex?
Iff hex then really people get a job, or maybe even a life

[bspeight]

I am using the Theme Editor with the latest (31/08/2009) release of T&C 7.0.4.1. I am running in a new 64-bit Windows 7 environment.

When I create a new theme and save it, it is not written back to the Chaos 7 folder in my Program Files (x86) folder, but instead it is written to:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Chaos Software\Chaos 7.

As a result, T&C does not find it, and the new theme is unavailable.

The obvious workaround, close T&C and copy the file from its VirtualStore location to the proper folder does work, and my themes are able to be accessed once T&C is restarted.

I did not have this problem when running in 32-bit Windows Vista.

[bspeight]

I am using the Theme Editor with the latest (31/08/2009) release of T&C 7.0.4.1. I am running in a new 64-bit Windows 7 environment.

When I create a new theme and save it, it is not written back to the Chaos 7 folder in my Program Files (x86) folder, but instead it is written to:

C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\Chaos Software\Chaos 7.

As a result, T&C does not find it, and the new theme is unavailable.

The obvious workaround, close T&C and copy the file from its VirtualStore location to the proper folder does work, and my themes are able to be accessed once T&C is restarted...

More information:

Apparently, the VirtualStore folder was first introduced with Vista, to support programs which did not obey newly introduced Windows rules. One of these rules is that Windows applications should not write to the Program Files folders. When an application does this, Vista, and now Windows 7 steps in and relocates the offending file in the VirtualStore folder, and automatically looks after the attempts by the app to read from and write to the file in question.

In the case of Theme Editor, this process is not working properly. As a result, the original Theme.ini file, which is located in the Chaos 7 or Intellect folder (NOT the Theme Editor folder) is being used instead of the one in the VirtualStore folder. So, any changes are not being picked up.