StyleXP needed for Stylebuilder? Source TGTSoft Common ServiceHelpers ServiceHelpers.cpp. I'm using a custom style now so that isn't the problem.

8 StyleBuilder is a trial version program only available for Windows, that belongs to the category with subcategory Visual Styles (XP) and has been created by Tgtsoft. Tajweed Made Easy. It's available for users with the operating system Windows XP and former versions, and you can get it in English. Its current version is 2.02 and it has been updated on 6/21/2011. Since the software joined our selection of programs and apps in 2011, it has managed to achieve 66.817 installations, and last week it achieved 38 installations. StyleBuilder is a light software that needs less storage space than average programs in the section Desktop customization software. It's a very popular software in countries such as United States, Indonesia, and Vietnam.

Ok, it's hot. Golden Logres 1 2 2 Serial Port. XP comes with a (one) 'visual style', with three color variations, that uses bitmaps to draw a window and most of the UI. That skinning?

In essence, yes, but this time the bitmaps,.ini files,.xml files and some more are incorporated in some heavy.dll,.theme, and.msstyles files. Plus you can't just add your own, stuff is 'digitally signed'. Whatever it is, it's a challenge! Want the challenge, take it. Just want your UI skinned, maybe reconsider. Brad Wardell from Stardock/WindowBlinds wrote, comparing 'visual styles' and WindowBlinds in XP. It's biased, but it's good.

Fact is, it's true that the latest WindowBlinds runs smoother than ever on XP, possibly smoother than the visual styles, has more (extra) features, is freeform where visual styles are pretty fixed for now, and you're allowed to run the basic version for free. Can't, won't argue with that. Some additional info to perfect your theme and/or alternative ways to accomplish changes: • You can bypass Windows checking if themes are signed, by patching uxtheme.dll yourself.

That is, if you're comfortable with a hex editor. Here's the changes necessary, documented by Ishmael at Neowin, thanks:): • At offset 0x00009C27, change '02' to '00'; • At offset 0x0000B624 to 0x0000B629, change the string '0F 8C 80 00 00 00' to '90 90 90 90 90 90'; • At offset 0x0000B6BB to 0x0000B6C2, change the string '81 EC 80 00 00 00 56 57' to '33 F6 8B C6 C9 C2 08 00'; • At offset 0x0000B71E and 0x0000B71F, change the string '7C 38' to '90 90'. Since these are made available all around, as patchers and what not - two plain.dll files, one for XP fresh, one for XP with Servicepack 1 installed. Version (105 kB) and (106 kB) - check file version and backup original file first. • Themes are in Windows Resources Themes. A theme usually consists of a.theme file, a folder with the theme's name, containing a.msstyle file, and a folder named 'Shell', containg one or more folders, named after available color variations, and containing a shellstyle.dll file. • Have a look in a.theme file first!

If you're annoyed, when switching themes, cursors/colors/wallpaper and more of your choice keep getting lost, there's the reason. If an edited.msstyle file is called a 'visual style', how about making a 'theme', including a wallpaper, maybe some icons/cursors. The.theme file is easily edited in notepad, plus you can use some triggers after Path= for folders, bypassing the fact that not everybody got XP installed on the C: drive. Those are%WinDir%,%SystemRoot% and%ResourceDir%.

• Bitmap resources and.ini files controlling them are in the.msstyles files. While the bitmaps are easily exchanged, editing the configuration stuff is a pain, and using the stylebuilder is much easier, mostly. • Wanted feature, no text and a custom logo on the startbutton. Can do, but you'll need to set some settings for the area to negative. Thus moves text and icon outside, left of screen area (!). Hence, startbutton background becomes the actual button. Stylebuilder won't let you do that.

Heh, but TGT also has to edit some more (recommended editor here, as other show information as hex, which is hard to edit). If you open the.msstyles file, go to TEXTFILE section, check first 3.ini's there. They all have a section like this (note these are my specific settings, yours will differ a lot).