Well, I'm sort of getting back into the whole Win Custo. thing, and what I wanted to start out with is customizing AIM as much as I can without using any 3rd party applications.
So anyways, I went over to WinT's great tutorial, and spotted that bit of script to use for Dialogs 323 and 324 to change BL size and font type and all that. Well, everything worked except for the font. For some reason the, font code is having no effect whatsoever on the actual appearance of the TEXT.
For example if I change the font size to 5, the windows will get smaller as if the font size has been changed, but it LOOKS like it hasn't. Same if I make it bigger. The BL expands as if the font's been enlarge, but they appear the same size. The font type also doesn't change. It sticks to Arial at Size 8, or 10, or whatever the default AIM font is.
I'm using ver. 5.1 and that's what the tut. says it's for. So, i'm stumped. Probably simple though...hopefully? Heheh.
Ok, this shouldn't be happening, and whatever the reason, it has to be something very simple.
First off, do both dialog #323 AND #324 have the font changed to the one you wish to use? If not, both dialogs should have the font change, again, BOTH.
Did you change the font from Hooge 05_53 to whatever font you wanted to use? If you don't have Hooge 05_53 in your fonts folder, it will default back to the original font used, as you say it's already doing. If you do not wish to use the Hooge font, remember to change it to whatever font you want.
And just for the hell of it, here's the proper dialog code, once again, straight from my Aimres.dll, version 5.1 :)
324 DIALOG 0, 0, 123, 250 STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_CHILD CAPTION "" LANGUAGE LANG_ENGLISH, SUBLANG_ENGLISH_US FONT 6, "HOOGE 05_53" { CONTROL "Tree1", 137, "_Oscar_Tree", 0x50810000, 0, 0, 123, 250 }
So, see how those font lines are? As below:
FONT 6, "HOOGE 05_53"
Your line should look just like that, except it should be modified to meet your needs. For example, let's say you wish to use the silkscreen font, and use a size of 8, you'de change the line to read as below:
FONT 8, "silkscreen"
Notice too that the font TITLE should be spelled EXACTLY as it is in the windows font folder. If your target font is silkscreen, and it's in the fonts folder like this --> Silk Screen
I was saying though, you have to match the font title's casings. If the silkscreen font is in your fonts folder as "Silk Screen" then you should type that in exactly the same for your font line for the dialogs, as below:
FONT 8, "Silk Screen"
I'm just using silk screen as an example only of course, but you should get the idea I think :)
Wow, this is weird. Well, I took into consideration the fact that the casing of the font title might effect this whole thing, so I thought that was the problem. The script had HOOGE capitalized, but mine is lowercased. So I lowercased it and thought it would work, but nothing happened. Still stuck with the default arial and the default size. And yeah, just for the hell of it, I copy and pasted both dialogs above again, and replace them, again. Still nothin. :-x I've got hooge 05_53, so I don't see how it should be a problem.
I tested this with some other fonts, such as silkscreen and garamond. And I noticed that it DID work...to an extent. The window size would change, as if the fonts changed, but as for the eactual appearance of the fonts they remained the same. Like the change was invisible or something. There's gotta be something up with 324 i think. Since they drop over eachother or whatever.But I don't see why it's doing that if i'm copying and pasting exactly what you've given me. :-\
And on top of that, I just noticed after a while it locks up. Whew. Lol.
Also, I'm not too familiar with how many version of AIM there are, so just by assumption I assumed if there was more than one version of 5.1 "IE: 5.1.1 to 5.1.2" that they would still be considered "5.1"
To be more precise I'm using 5.1.3009. If that makes a huge difference.
yo wint what up man, long time no talk. Lemme point out that there are different variations of 5.1. As you just pointed out you have 3009. I have found that this sometimes may be whats making this not work. Remember wint when i was trying to customize my aim and i had some rare version of 4.8? Anyway i was able to change alot but i never did find the damn font and font color things for the buddylist. oh well, ill deal with that in a month when im on new computer :D .I suggest getting the most common version of 5.1, go to an aim exploits site, most of those have every version of aim made.hit me up on aim, still same sn, littjaymo. havent see you on in a while wint. goodluck fki.
I got this version off of aimfilez.com. But ah well, yeah, I guess you're right, Sonic. I can't really think of any other reason why this shouldn't be working. What version of 5.1 do most people use?
ha, aimfilez is where i was gonna tell you to go :D. I'm really not sure, but i believe its 5.1.3036. keep up the work man, youll get it, IM me (littjaymo) if you get any breakthroughs, im interested to see how it turns out.
Yeah, 5.1.3036 is what I have. You're experiencing some strange things FKi, definately things that should not be happening.
As I pointed out in my post above, in the tutorial itself, and countless other times to countless other users... my dialog code, which I gave you up above, is exactly what I have, and I have NO problems at all. My AIM works flawlessly, and I've done nothing unique or strange to it, I modded those two dialogs just as you see them above, and it's worked ever since.
I can't for the life of me figure out what might be the problem man, and I hate that, cause I'de love to help you out, but it's beyond me as to what the problem might be.
Especially the "FW_DONTCARE, FALSE, 0" That just shouldn't be happening.
Here's a really stupid, last ditch effort question... what font are you using for your overall system font? I use Hooge 05_53 throughout my entire system, and used Displayset to apply that font all over. Not sure if doing that would help you out any, probably wouldn't, but, ya never know, me is lost for solutions here :)
My best recommendation however is to do a complete uninstall, including the registry keys (not sure if it leaves any behind) and all related folders that it sticks in various places, then start over fresh.
Then, don't copy and paste my code, simply use it as a guide. Delete all controls on Dialog #323, and I do mean ALL of them, then delete all controls on #324 except for the OscarTreeView, but do all of this manually. You'll end up with the exact same structure as I have, but it will be fresh.
Reshacker doesn't like Aimres.dll very much at all, and aimres.dll doesn't like it either :) That file will lock Reshacker up sometimes, give access violations, and other assorted problems.. in fact, you could complare the activity to a buggy application, so maybe if you do it manually, having started fresh, it will work.
Also, don't forget to attempt to switch screen names. It just might work if you do that, as it has for many other users so far. Sorry I can't be of anymore help :(
Oh, forgot to suggest, that if you get tired of working with all of this, switch over to Miranda. All of these options that you're having to hack AIM to get are built right in to Miranda, plus 10x more. It's small, reliable, and can look just about anyway you want, without having to hack it. Font changes, background color of the BL can be solid color or a bitmap, completly resizable bl, I mean really, you name it, it can do it.
I switched over, cause after all the AIM hacking, I just got sick of AIM itself, really did. You probably already knew of Miranda, might even have it or have tried it, but just in case you haven't, it's the way to go man :)
I'll consider Miranda after a few more tries. Thanks for trying though, I really don't know what's up with that. But at least I know WHy the font isn't working. I gotta figure out why ResHack changes the script when I compile it. Really weird. Maybe it's some option that you can uncheck or something. I'll have to see.
But another thing just bit me in the ass. When I tried restarting just now, I got a fucking error message saying there was a problem opening aimres.dll and i have to reinstall. So, I reinstalled, both different versions, and I keep getting the same error every time I restart. Oh man, Lol. Sheesh.
Where can I get that Display Set program? The only place I see is that PC Magazine place, and you have to have a paid subscription to get it. Screw that. is there another way I can get it? Lol.
