Black background on buttons with 24bit Desktop (FIXED)

[Dstruct]

Just installed XnView 1.95.4 on a machine with a Matrox G550. We can't run 32bit Desktop there.

The problem is that all buttons in the toolbar have black background/border

That's really ugly (almost unusable). I guess this is because we run the Desktop in 24bit mode!?


Can this be fixed?

FIXED (1.96)

[Clo]

Dstruct

Hello !

• I'ld bet my boots that you are using the default skin, aren't you ?

- In fact, you need the 8 BPP version, it's embedded in the resources too,
but the snag is that you cannot choose it in the Options separately !
- I agree that's a kind of since the programme fails to detect the current screen colour depth used in Windows…

• The only workaround “on the fly” is to use another skin having a 256-colour or 24 BPP version (main.bmp) in its folder.
It'll be used and the BG and borders will be “transparent”. Ensure you that it's designed as “version = 4” in its <info.txt> !
- Whether you don't find one you like, please just contact me via PM…

VG
Claude
Clo

[Dstruct]

I'm not on that machine right now. Is there a version of the new default skin that works with 24bit?


FIXED (1.96)

[xnview]

On XP?

[Dstruct]

Yes, Windows XP Professional SP3 german.

[XnTriq]

1. Download feqwci.png, convert it to BMP format and rename it to main.bmp.
2. Download 1r5jpl.png, convert it to BMP format and rename it to browser.bmp.
3. Create a subdirectory named mezich in the skins folder of your XnView installation and put main.bmp & browser.bmp there.
4. Copy & paste the following text into Notepad and save it as info.txt in the new directory.

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label = "Mezich (mezich@gmail.com, http://mezich.livejournal.com/)"
width = 24
height = 24
browser = 1
auto = 1
version = 4
main32 = 0
browser32 = 0
tabtree = 0
icninfo = 0
imbar = 0
jpgbar = 0

[Clo]

XnTriq

Hello W. !

    

• Why do simple…
- Alternative : Check PM, please…

KR
Claude
Clo

[Dstruct]

1. Download feqwci.png, convert it to BMP format and rename it to main.bmp.
2. Download 1r5jpl.png, convert it to BMP format and rename it to browser.bmp.
3. Create a subdirectory named mezich in the skins folder of your XnView installation and put main.bmp & browser.bmp there.
4. Copy & paste the following text into Notepad and save it as info.txt in the new directory.

Code: Select all

label = "Mezich (mezich@gmail.com, http://mezich.livejournal.com/)"
width = 24
height = 24
browser = 1
auto = 1
version = 4
main32 = 0
browser32 = 0
tabtree = 0
icninfo = 0
imbar = 0
jpgbar = 0

Which BMP format (settings) exactly?

[XnTriq]

Which BMP format (settings) exactly?

1r5jpl.png is a truecolor image.
feqwci.png has less than 256 unique colors, so I saved it as an 8-bit image (to save a few bytes).

There are no special settings required for the conversion. You don't even need to define the transparency, because all fuchsia-colored areas are discarded by XnView's skinning engine. Just leave the RLE compression and OS/2 checkboxes in their default state (= deactivated).

For more information on the subject visit Claude “Clo” Charries' site or take a look at Adrian Kousz's XnView Skin & Specification.

[Dstruct]

1r5jpl.png is a truecolor image.
feqwci.png has less than 256 unique colors, so I saved it as an 8-bit image (to save a few bytes).

There are no special settings required for the conversion. You don't even need to define the transparency, because all fuchsia-colored areas are discarded by XnView's skinning engine. Just leave the RLE compression and OS/2 checkboxes in their default state (= deactivated).

For more information on the subject visit Claude “Clo” Charries' site or take a look at Adrian Kousz's XnView Skin & Specification.

Thank you! Worked fine! Perfect.


Any chance that this will get "fixed" in one of the next updates (so that it automatically detects 24bit dektop and uses different toolbar images)?


FIXED (1.96)

[xnview]

Any chance that this will get "fixed" in one of the next updates (so that it automatically detects 24bit dektop and uses different toolbar images)?

Could you send me your email by PM to send you a test version?

[xnview]

Please try XnView 1.96 beta