Funky Progress Bar in BootSkin

from Stardock Forums
new problem!

the progress bar. we all know the standard windows "three boxes that look like they're in motion" progress bar.

i pretty much used the same progress bar, though i shaped it as an oval... heck, i'll host it and link it...

http://img376.imageshack.us/full.php?image=blueprogressbar5zb.png

there. now, the problem is this - instead of being that three-sectined capsule, the third section comes first. on top of that, there are some white spots! here is a mock-up of what it looks like on boot that i made in Paint:

http://img424.imageshack.us/full.php?image=ugh2kh.png

the "preview" in BootSkin looks good.

what's wrong now?

just for good measure, here's my bootskin.ini:

[BootSkin]
Type=0
Name = Blue
Author = XXXXX
Description = XXXXX
ProgressBar=BlueProgressBar.bmp
ProgressBarX = 44
ProgressBarY = 422
Screen=BlueBackground.bmp
ProgressBarWidth = 116


mayhap my ProgressBarWidth has to be some size relative to the size of the ProgressBarImage?
wincustomize
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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top
Progress Bar Width should be a multiple of 22, and will adjust themselves to the nearest on actual reboots if not.

That shouldn't be responsible for weird prog bar distortion, though.

Do both of your images have the exact same palette, same colors, same orders?

Could be that.

The values for Name, Author, and Description in the ini are usually put in quotes:
Name = "Blue"
but that may just be tradition.

can you post the original .bmp files?
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
thanks! yup, i just checked (and double checked) that they both shared the exact same palette, colors in the same order. (actually, that was what my last post here was about, having the same colors, but the colors in different orders, made my bootskin go crazy ).

i just manually changed my progressbarwidth to 110 (multiple of 22), but it didn't help any. i'm about to add the quotes to the .ini like you mentioned, then come back with any discoveries...
The Political Machine 2024
Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top
hurm. not surprisingly, tossing the quotations in didn't do the trick (i think you were right about it just being tradition).

i did notice something new, though. while my background is definately 640x480, it seems it's not wide enough. or... something. it seems that a little bit is cut off of the left side of the background image (maybe two centimeters) and pasted over on the right side, almost opposite of what's happening to the progress bar! this may have been happening all along, i just didn't notice till now. gah! here are my two images:

background:
http://img382.imageshack.us/full.php?image=bluebackground8nk.png

progress bar (same image from previous post):
http://img376.imageshack.us/full.php?image=blueprogressbar5zb.png
Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top
ProgressBar=BlueProgressBar.bmp


Is this a 4 bit color .bmp?
Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can not see coments 2,3, or 5, so far. I hope they helped you with this issue and you can see them.
Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top
huh? those are my comments. and i can see them. ????
Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I don't know if you have figured this out yet but in case not I Had the same problem and it took me a week to get it fixed. the problem was just like what you describe but I noticed that my bootskin upon loading was a little off center as well and all the tweaking in the world did nothing to fix it, I finally saved the skin as a different format .jpg to be exact I had to convert it to RGB first, and opened the new file up and went from square one like it was a brand new project. and viola when I converted it and saved it it worked, I guess some how some thing got screwed up in the pallet and just changing it from Indexed to RGB and back didn't fix it.I hope this helps.
Reply #9 from Stardock Forums Top
ha-HAH! well, i just got it going. however, i did it in a poor manner, as the actual solution is still vague. i tried two things at once, and one of them worked. in retrospect, i wish i'd tried one at a time so i could come here and say which did it.

one was Spyhunter's suggestion (thanks!). along the way, i realized that my palette i was using was actually 14 colors, NOT 16. so i added two more colors to the end of the palette (both white). so, one of those two things made my skin work. either way, thanks for the help, guys!
Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top
I can not see coments 2,3, or 5, so far. I hope they helped you with this issue and you can see them.


You can add #s 7 and 9 as well for me.
Reply #11 from Stardock Forums Top

this is crazy, wonder why you guys can't see them?  i can see it from another computer (which i'm on atm).  to summarize, i'll repost #9:


ha-HAH! well, i just got it going. however, i did it in a poor manner, as the actual solution is still vague. i tried two things at once, and one of them worked. in retrospect, i wish i'd tried one at a time so i could come here and say which did it.

one was Spyhunter's suggestion (thanks!). along the way, i realized that my palette i was using was actually 14 colors, NOT 16. so i added two more colors to the end of the palette (both white). so, one of those two things made my skin work. either way, thanks for the help, guys!