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A Picture Based Skin System and MPEG Decoder

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A picture based skin system for MFC that allows the user to customise their dialogs. The system is demonstrated by presenting a fully functioning MPEG decoder application.

Sample Image - skinsyse.jpg

SkinSys Ver 1.0

A picture based skin system For MFC. Based on FriendSoft's (www.yeah.net/FriendSoft) SkinForm.

SkinSys is copyright 2000 Cüneyt ELÝBOL (www.celibol.freeservers.com)

Includes

  • CSkinsys codes
  • Simple Skin Editor
  • A Beautiful MPEG 1,2,3 decoder (Copyright www.eldos.org - Based On MAPlay Decoder)
  • MPEGPlayer project (not completed. It is only a sample.)

Directories

  • Decoder: MPEG Decoder codes
  • Editor: Skineditor Files
  • Sample: Sample Skin Files
  • SkinSys: CSkinsys Source Code
  • Root: MPEGPlayer Project

Requirement

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

How to Use

Please read these notes and see the Sample Directory and MPEGPlayer project:

  1. Draw mask bitmap
  2. Draw main Bitmap
  3. If you need or want
    1. Draw mouse over bitmap
    2. Draw mouse down bitmap
    3. 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 and add these lines:
    C++
    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();
  14. Compile and run.

Controlling Buttons Click, Trackbar, ProgressBar, Text, etc.

If you want these events in the Base Class (CSkinDialog):

  1. void ProgresChanged(CString m_Name); // If progress changes
  2. void MouseMoved(CString m_ButtonName, int x, int y); // if Mouse Moved
  3. void TrackChange(CString m_ButtonName, UINT nSBCode, UINT nPos); // if Trackbar change
  4. void ButtonPressed(CString m_ButtonName); // if Button Pressed

you should add these functions to your CBaseDialog class.

Changing the Tooltip

use Set<xxx>ToolTip function. <xxx> is Button, Text...
For example:

C++
SetButtonToolTip("BUTTON_USEEQ", "Equalizer is On");

Getting Value

use Get<xxx> function
For example:

C++
BOOL useEQ = GetButtonCheck("BUTTON_USEEQ"); // if BUTTON_USEEQ checked

Setting Value

use Set<xxx> function
For example:

C++
SetButtonCheck("BUTTON_USEEQ", useEQ); // if useEQ = True BUTTON_USEEQ is checked

Notes

Thanks for your interest in CSkinsys. This is the first release, and may have bugs and errors. Please report any bugs or errors, or any questions to me.

License

This article has no explicit license attached to it, but may contain usage terms in the article text or the download files themselves. If in doubt, please contact the author via the discussion board below.

A list of licenses authors might use can be found here.


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Comments and Discussions

 
GeneralText Alignment Pin
jochen66614-Dec-03 4:29
jochen66614-Dec-03 4:29 
GeneralSkin Editor Pin
Rachel2211-Nov-03 23:18
Rachel2211-Nov-03 23:18 
GeneralSkinMagic Toolkit Pin
jedyking13-Apr-03 4:58
jedyking13-Apr-03 4:58 
GeneralBug in SkinSlider Pin
Zaharang2-Apr-03 21:06
Zaharang2-Apr-03 21:06 
GeneralRe: SkinMagic SDK Library:The better solution for Skinnable application Pin
PanayotisG25-Jan-03 18:05
PanayotisG25-Jan-03 18:05 
GeneralRe: SkinMagic SDK Library:The better solution for Skinnable application Pin
pinkpanther12-Apr-03 12:47
pinkpanther12-Apr-03 12:47 
GeneralRe: SkinMagic SDK Library:The better solution for Skinnable application Pin
cooltool13-Apr-03 8:16
cooltool13-Apr-03 8:16 
GeneralRe: SkinMagic SDK Library:The better solution for Skinnable application Pin
pinkpanther13-Apr-03 8:27
pinkpanther13-Apr-03 8:27 
Silly boy, this needs to stop now. I know you're trying really hard to sell this. Use your time wisely: go back to the programming school and stop advertising your crappy library here. This is a website for coders not for crying loud boys.
You can post as many replies to this thread, I will stop answering them. I'm not advertising anything here. I haven't written a line for both ActiveSkin or SkinBoxer. It never crashed one single time for me and the performance is over anyone's expectations.
And if you can think for bit: why a company like SmartBrain Software would invest in building an AddIn for ActiveSkin? Maybe because ActiveSkin already has so many users??? And they want t ooffer a full solution that includes skinning the statndard Window dialogs (MessageBox, OPen/Save, Browse For Folder, etc).
Take a look at www.downloads.com to see how many downloads they had and what the reviews are. It will take some time till somebody will invest in building an AddIn for your library.
I'm just trying not to let people being fool by your affirmations.
All the posts that you see here are from one and the same person. Don't let this fool you. He's one and the same person all over these threads. Here are he's emails in case anyone wants to reply to this guy Poke tongue | ;-P CoolTool@Cool.com, GoodTool@mail.com. Try sending emails to these addresses and see who is gonna answer them Big Grin | :-D
Questionwhy i cann't download the skin program? Pin
Anonymous13-Jan-03 16:48
Anonymous13-Jan-03 16:48 
AnswerRe: why i cann't download the skin program? Pin
jedyking22-Jan-03 6:25
jedyking22-Jan-03 6:25 
AnswerRe: why i cann't download the skin program? Pin
Philip Patrick31-Jan-03 10:26
professionalPhilip Patrick31-Jan-03 10:26 
Questioncompile error ,who can help me? Pin
Anonymous29-Oct-02 21:01
Anonymous29-Oct-02 21:01 
AnswerRe: compile error ,who can help me? Pin
Anonymous31-Oct-02 16:30
Anonymous31-Oct-02 16:30 
GeneralRe: compile error ,who can help me? Pin
Anonymous3-Nov-02 4:24
Anonymous3-Nov-02 4:24 
AnswerRe: compile error ,who can help me? Pin
tanxin1248-Apr-07 19:10
tanxin1248-Apr-07 19:10 
QuestionHow can i use this code Skinsys only ? Pin
steadyrunner20-Aug-02 23:56
steadyrunner20-Aug-02 23:56 
AnswerRe: How can i use this code Skinsys only ? Pin
Gethsus2-Sep-02 8:55
Gethsus2-Sep-02 8:55 
GeneralModeless dialog not working Pin
Amit Walecha18-Aug-02 19:35
Amit Walecha18-Aug-02 19:35 
GeneralCompiler Error...Why Pin
jackqoo13-Aug-02 18:01
sussjackqoo13-Aug-02 18:01 
GeneralRe: Compiler Error...Why Pin
Gethsus16-Aug-02 5:31
Gethsus16-Aug-02 5:31 
GeneralIt's so confusing to understand this code...@,@ Pin
steadyrunner12-Aug-02 2:29
steadyrunner12-Aug-02 2:29 
GeneralBUG / Loss of memory Pin
22-Jul-02 6:37
suss22-Jul-02 6:37 
GeneralRe: BUG / Loss of memory Pin
pixelgrease8-Feb-03 8:21
pixelgrease8-Feb-03 8:21 
GeneralDialog skin Pin
chuchu19-Jul-02 15:17
chuchu19-Jul-02 15:17 
Generaltiny improvements Pin
Sibilant17-Jul-02 14:54
Sibilant17-Jul-02 14:54 

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