[pedromonge]

Hmm... this is weird. I made a skin before and it worked... now it says error gdi++ when I try to load my skin. Any tips?

[BOBAH13]

Hi, Please you must do skin look likes default skin. You can see about default skin in SkinsCurrent . If you can see error gdi+... that is error of skins files. I can't write help for my dock now, but it'll be possible in feature

[matonga]

Hi, I did a unzipper for .smxd skin files (for version 2.0 / 2.5 of Mac OS X Dock Leopard for Windows).

I wrote this tool because no skin sources are supplied with the dock or the skin compile tool. Now you can convert a .smxd file to it's sources (.png files + corresponding Config.txt).

Downloadable at:

http://matias.securi...MXDUnzipper.rar

Tested the unzipper by: unzipping Skin.smxd file, then compiling with skin compile tool and comparing the original .smxd file and the compiled one. They turned to be identical.

Edit:

Oh BTW congratulations bobah for writing this great app! I'll stay tuned to see how does it turn.

Edit:

If you reorder the Config.txt entries before using the skin compiler (in any order different from the one used for the Default skin) then the unzipper will fail to properly name each .png (won't be fixed anyway because bobah said the skin format would change for version 3.0, so, anyway...)

[PoulNyrup]

Matonga has entered the building...

[BOBAH13]

Hi. If it's necessary, I'll add a flag, into skin compiler, to get sources files ( .png ).
I fixed a lot of bugs in a new version 3.0, but I'm not going to publish it yet. Stack is being showed faster. A lot of interesting parameters were added. I think, when I'll finish learning English, I"ll be able to wrtie here more

[Phoshi]

Stacks... faster?

Incredible

[firecracker6]

Your English is fine Bobah13
By the way, will v3.0 be portable? Also, do you plan on having this dock be closed source or open to collaborative development?
Lastly, do you have platform testers? Would you be interested in testers? If so, I would be more than happy to report bugs both for XP & Vista Home Premium.
Regards

[periferral]

bobah. first of, great start to this dock. Looking forward to seeing this project taking over where rocketdock/objectdock left off. You might want to look at rocketdock for prioritizing your feature set.

Some things to begin with
1. Running apps on dock (indicator for running apps, minimized apps, counter if more than one instance of the app is running etc)
2. zoom effect on mouseover (personally i dont care for this but you'll get this request several times over)
3. size customization. currently the dock is quite large in size. options to increase reduce size.
4. user icons for well icons
5. positioning of the dock, top bottom left right etc.. also, positioning from the edge of the screen etc.

again, look at the options docketdock provides by default.

things ive noticed
1. stacks explorer puts the first item icon on the stack icon. looks quite bad.
2. when a stack it open, click elsewhere does not close the stack. i have to select something from the stack.

thanks again for the beta.

[The Grey Fox]

1. There already is a notification for running applications, it appears as light below the icon.
2. You can configure the zoom feature in DockConfig.ini as directed by the topic post
3. Againt, DockConfig.ini as directed by the topic post
4. ?
5. That would be nice yes.

[iTim]

Wow, this is awesome!

Very nice job on this Bobah, I'll be keeping an eye out for a slightly more stable version, then I fully intend on switching from RK Launcher to this.

Incredible.

[matonga]

The Grey Fox;510135 said:

4. ?

I think he means changing icons for My computer, Recycle bin and other dock icons. Because it loads the icon from the skin and actually doesn't let you change it.

We have to remind bobah is still coding the dock before asking about any "missing" features

[dennisalcayde]

this is very promising... if rocketdock settings can be imported to it, it will be perfect...

[BOBAH13]

I think I'll add a new options, where you'll be able to change showing of stack's windows. It'll be hide or not when you click any where except the dock. and I'm going to add some effects for windows and icons in dock and stacks. I think I'll publish a new version 3.0 on Sunday.

What about dock's sources, I don't know yet, it'll be opened or not. How ever It's program is free and I think it'll be closed in feature.

[BOBAH13]

I added interesting thing into my dock. Now I coding API for my dock. I'll publish MacXApi.pas soon. What has already done ? I did support windows message const WM_ADDSTACK = $0F00; and function MacXDockAddStack(hWnd: HWND; FileName: String; Flag: Integer): Boolean; Now you can just call it and some icon or stack will be created in the dock also I added some flags, such as: SF_NONE, SF_TYPE. If you select SF_TYPE icon, which was added into dock, will be puted into stack of Video, Audio, Text and etc. You can see it very soon As soon as I add item of menu in Windows Explorer.

[Phoshi]

That could make installing docklets stupidly easy

[chatpristi]

Nice work!
That's a very promising dock.
I took the liberty of reshacking the English language DLL to make a French.dll

There you are:)

Attached File(s)

•  French.zip (10.32K)
  Number of downloads: 26

[BOBAH13]

Oh sorry chatpristi. I have already update a new version 3.0, You can download it here http://nemecsx.narod...me/MacXDock.zip And here http://nemecsx.narod...EnglishLang.pas you can download englishlang.pas which you can translate and send it to me

[manufn619]

awesome new version man nice upgrade
liked the settings alot, loved the changing of the stacks icons
if we could change the my computer and recycle bin icons that would be sweet
i liked the tools too but im not that experienced in command prompt so i don't know how to use them

[BOBAH13]

XRun for my dock
XSkiNmaker: you should use "skinmaker.exe config.txt skin.sxmd" Config.txt is described in skinmaker.exe ( use cmd for run skinmaker ). Or if you want to extract any files from skin you must run as: "skinmaker /u skin.sxmd" and then all of files in skin will be extracted into the directory near skinmaker

[Björn]

Very nice. The icon mirrros and texts are a bit pixeled.