RulerAGV2 v2.1 port by Pete Ross

RulerAGV2 port by Pete Ross

THEME

Original Ruler MacOSX GUIKit by Susumu Yoshida. Inspired by FOURIMPRESSIONS Nano Visual Style. Realized as a GUIKit by Gerrit Vanoppen. Port of visual style and ObjectBar to Windows platform by Pete Ross.

Pack includes the ObjectBar, visual style and the necessary fonts. You MUST install the fonts to get the ObjectBar and Visual Style to look right.

Port comes in 7 color variations- Black, Blue, Magenta, Mint, Orange, Teal & White [Mint shown in screenshot], and 3 font options- HelvCondesned, Swis721 & Nu [swis721 shown in screenshot]

REALESES & UPDATES

October 11, 2005

- v2.1 public release

CREDITS

Thanks to Gerrit Vanoppen, for granting me permission to release this port and also for being heavily involved in its completion to ensure the most accurate port possible.

MISC

Any questions? Comments? Complaints? Send them to peteross@gmail.com

Also, check my deviantART page for future releases.

Enjoy the port.

LEGAL

Feel free to mod the contents for your personal use, but do not copy or redistribute without permission! It is much easier to just ask...

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#322080

Ho wow thank you Peteross.. You said release since a week, and you post just today here , that's a great and good surprise

just a thing.. dont know if its a bug here but.. i dont see the start button (square) at left.. i see (appear) just when my cursor is on.. But normally he appear always on Mac ss and your preview

I hope you have projected to release the Styler toolbar too

#322083

omg. !!!! thanks man

#322084

YAAAAAAAYYYYYY! I love you!

EDIT: NO! The download on devART times out

#322087

NO! The download on devART times out

it's all right, just try it a couple of times. i got it on the second try .

thanks pete, it looks great!

#322095

...windowblinds anyone?

#322098

Been waiting for this Great stuff!

#322102

sweet, I could use a styler toolbar and firefox as well.

#322110

Thank you again Pete for this beautiful port

Great work (Y)

Just one thing, no toolbar :'(

#322111

Nice work again, m8 ! :thumbs:

#322122

about F'N time pete! LOL jk. awesome port once a bro'

#322124

It's so badass nice work.

#322126

nice work, thx !

#322130

gr8 work peteross!

#322132

Thanks alot guys. LOL I almost forgot about the styler toolbar. I should have one by Thursday or Friday for sure.

*maybe* with an 8th color variation..

@ceroy I made the normal state for the startbutton invisible on purpose to match the captionbuttons. I didnt know it always appeared on the Mac version so i'll fix that also.

#322142

Really liking this one, well done pete. Is there any chance of a version without the spotlight button?

#322146

Wow!! Between this & area04, my head is spinning!!

#322173

Thanks, it's really interesting theme!!!! But it doesnot suport Cyrillic fonts. Can you fix it???

#322209

Nice Work

#322364

What about Firefox theme?

#322378

My requests are as follows:

- I really don't care if you fix the startbutton or not, it looks fine

- The spotlight button is a bit annoying, perhaps make an alternate style without it

- Firefox Skin (not safarifox)

- Styler Toolbar

that's about it tho, maybe fix some of the buttons and checkboxes or whatnot since they're a bit buggy and offset.

#322502

for those of you who don't like the fake spotlight button, here is an easy way to get rid of it. i used ResEdit (free app) for this.

1. Use ResEdit and open up the VS.

2. Go down to Bitmap>BLACK_TASKBARBACKGROUND_BMP.BMP and BLACK_TASKBARBACKGROUND2_BMP.BMP, Hit Edit, and open them up in your favorite paint application, then paint out the gray square. Then hit "Save" NOT "Save As".

3. Go to Textfile>NORMALBLACK_INI>Edit. If you do a find with your text editor, search for "tray". it will take you down near where you need to be. The following is what needs to be changed.

[TrayNotifyHoriz::TrayNotify.Background]
BgType = ImageFile
ContentMargins = 1, 41, 0, 0
FillColorHint = 13 141 234
ImageCount = 1
ImageFile = BlackTaskbarTray.bmp
SizingMargins = 0, 8, 8, 12
SizingType = Stretch
Transparent = True
TransparentColor = 255 0 0

Change this to a number of choice. I would recommend a number less than 10. I used 8.

4. Save this in your text editor by hitting "Save" NOT "Save As". The preview pane in ResEdit should have changed from Courier to a more standard font, indicating that it has been changed.

5. You may close your text editor now if you wish. Then in ResEdit go to File>Save. When it asks you for conformation on copying the compiled file to the original location, hit YES. And you are done. Just move or copy the .msstyle file to the WindowsThemes dir and you can access it normally.

NOTE: If you want to change it for the entire theme, and not just 1 substyle, then you have to alter all of the bitmaps for the different color variations and also for each text file. And btw, this method can also be used with other visual styles where a fake spotlight is included (Alluvium Magnite VS for example). Good Luck and enjoy

#322534

Thanks a lot for help sakurakira!

#322562

Yes thank you Sakurakira for this good tuto But all of this for removing a part of the vs, made for more realistic look of a Mac... Start button and the spotlight are a great part of this theme... Its simple square, and minimalistic, but Peteross port in detail, admirably this theme as the original Gerrit Mac gui.. And its better with these 2 button, than just a plain black bar i think. If not, that's not RulerAGV... And he exist other alternative like Clinical, Untitled, or Nano

Thanks again Peteross and Gerrit , i love this vs

#322569

Well if I wanted to do a full Mac emulation I would buy Objectbar, so Pete putting in the dummy spotlight wouldn't matter anyway xD. However since I mainly keep the windows look, and also because I know of other people who have mentioned that they didn't like it, I thought I might as well show people how to get rid of it if they wished ^^.

Btw, one of the reasons I prefer RulerAGV to themes like Nano/Area04 (which I find to be too small looking) and Untitled/Clinical/Void (which I find to stark with solid black and white), is that it's easier on my eyes than those others.

Hmm.... *wonders what awesome theme Pete will choose to port next* .

#322792