Skinshot tools.

What the hell is a skinshot? I know screenshots (Alt+PrntScn and paste in your favourite bitmap editor).

So that's how it's done....I just leave the comp running long enough to get burn-in directly onto the screen, then cut out the glass and post it to the site via snail-mail.....
Works, but it gets damn expensive buying all those monitors....

Ok, forget it.

What I meant was, a spiff mock form with all the controls in their various states, all nice and together in the right proportion read for alt-prntscn-ing..

Anyways, this sounds as if it could be fun to write, and I'm going to give it a bash. Even if I'm the only person that'll end up using it.

Sorry 'bout the sulky previous post.. bad day..

I know what you mean, I did the same thing ages ago, circa v0.2 or something like that. WB has some "issues" with Delphi, it doesn't like certain controls being children of others; it definitely hates subclassed components, so you have to use the vanilla versions and add things like tab bitmaps yourself. The stuff you refer to as "non-standard drawing" is probably all those enhanced buttons; they're not based on buttons, that's why WB doesn't even consider them, I don't see any way for it to handle them looking at the source. You need to figure out how to use the TToolbar component to get toolbar buttons, and the TCoolBar component for the rebars...

Yeah, I've noticed that a bunch of the skinshots are not from SkinStudio - at least not 100%. I think that many were pieced together from actual windows or from the SkinStudio bitmap. When someone makes one by hand, they tend to look really nice as they can add drop shadows, more controls, active/inactive in the same window, etc.

I just stick mine together from the bits....if you can skin the proggy, you should be able to cut and paste all the parts together for a screenshot...

You're always right Jafo. But you're forgetting one important point; I'm lazy. ... Nah not really, It's just that I'd like a consistent look. Besides, I've now got it in my head that I want to write this little program. Even if it doesn't get used.

I make (or should I say "made") my skins in PhotoShop, each element on its own layer and such. So to make such a screenshot, I use the "Save a copy" function.

Zathrus - you sound just like me. However, instead of calling it lazyness, I prefer the term efficiency! It doesn't matter that it might take me 10 hours to write a program. If it ends up saving me 5 minutes later on, it was worth it!

I've been playing arround with this and the only element that doesn't draw is the dialog background. This is not a problem except for the fact that I don't seem to be able to determine which skin is currently applied. I've looked in the registry, and though there is a history, it starts a the skin before the current one. Any ideas?

Don't worry, I was being a dumbass.
its:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stardock\WindowBlinds\WB5.ini\WBLiteFX

Let me know when you've got it up and running!