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    Creating Skins with SkinSys Ver 1.0



    Introduction

    SkinsSys is a picture-based skin system written in Visual C++/MFC and based on FriendSoft's SkinForm.

    Contents

    This article (and its downloads) includes the following:
    • CSkinsys codes
    • Simple Skin Editor
    • A beatiful MPEG 1,2,3 decoder (Copyright www.eldos.org - based on the MAPlay Decoder)
    • MPEGPlayer project

    Download Directories

    Once you download and extract the files, you'll see several new folders. Here is what each is used for.
    • Decoder: MPEG Decoder codes
    • Editor : Skineditor Files
    • Sample : Sample Skin Files
    • SkinSys: CSkinsys Codes
    • Root : MPEGPlayer Project

    Requirements

    This system only requires the "OleLoadPicture" function (Please see LoadPictureFile function in Skindialog.cpp)

    How to Use

    Please Read This notes and see Sample Directory and MPEGPlayer project
    1. Draw mask bitmap
    2. Draw main Bitmap
    3. If you need or want
      • Draw mouse over bitmap
      • Draw mouse down bitmap
      • Draw disable bitmap
    4. Run Skineditor
    5. Select "Screens" Tab
    6. Fill All Pictures
    7. If you want select "Preview" Button
    8. Save and exit
    9. Run Visual Studio
    10. Create a Dialog based new Project (for example Dialog Name = CBaseDialog)
    11. Include "SkinDialog.h" (for example in "StdAfx.h")
    12. Change to CBaseDialog : public CDialog to CBaseDialog : public CSkinDialog
    13. Go to CBaseDialog::OnInitDialog
    14. Add these lines 
      char m_skin[512];
sprintf(m_skin, "<Your Skin Name>");

// If you want a menu < Activate to Right click > add this line
SetMenuID(IDR_MAINMENU);

// If you Want Caption 
SetWindowText("MPEG Player");

// Set To My SkinFile
SetSkinFile(m_skin);
CSkinDialog::OnInitDialog();
    15. Compile and Run

    Controlling Button Clicks, Trackbar, ProgressBar and Text

    Here are the protocols for the different events that you might want to handle in the base class (CSkinDialog)... 
    void ProgresChanged(CString m_Name); // If progress changes
void MouseMoved(CString m_ButtonName, int x, int y); // if Mouse Moved
void TrackChange(CString m_ButtonName, UINT nSBCode, UINT nPos); // if Trackbar change
void ButtonPressed(CString m_ButtonName); // if Button Pressed
    You can also add any of these functions to your class depending on your needs.

    Additional Notes

    Thanks for enterested to CSkinsys. But this is first release. It may have any bug and error. Please report any bug and error or any question to me.

    Downloads

    Download source and demo - 312 Kb

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