[request] Add Shadows To Qcd Once!

As many of you know, Cassiel who left the community, farted a quiant utility that cheaply adds shadows to QCD in one single button. Unfortunatly, he left it in this way you will have to load it seperately from QCD itself each time and it wont ever stay in memory.

Regardless he had no intentions whatsoever to upgrade that, why, you ask? ----> :goku's job:

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so to my request:

There are a lot of developers here who know the basic api of windows and the ability to link wfx shadows onto their sweet applications. Is there anyway a developer can make a small precious that will f stay in memory and will automaticall add shadows to QCD while launched (At startup of course, and it may have its systray icon if you choose to do so).

Its living hell with what cassiel left us and there r just few more steps to make his evil utility turn into a pure soul :harp: .

If this thing is done I will be very happy :cry:

#40381

I want shadows added to WMP skins too. There must be a way.

Chris

#40396

I'd like to be able to add a shadow to *any* window that doesn't have one. =Þ

#40402

i want shadows for everthing damnit!

#40404

Originally posted by peteross@Jul 15 2003, 01:58 AM

i want shadows for everthing damnit!

uh.. switch on the lights...

#40406

the light has been on my friend

but anyway..im with goku on this issue. i hate having to run that little app just to get shadows something more permanent doesnt seem like it would be that bad.

#40408

whoa. I did NOT know Cassiel was banned.

I thought he left becuase he was harassed or something.

#40418

He left because he got a mac.

The lucky bastard. <_<

#40420

Originally posted by contrasutra@Jul 15 2003, 12:50 AM

He left because he got a mac.

The lucky bastard. <_<

but Goku said:

Regardless he had no intentions whatsoever to upgrade that, why, you ask? ----> :goku's job:

#40421

If anyone can tell me what property windows must have to have a shadow, I could make this app

#40454

Jef should be able to answer this. Cassiel asked the same question and got his ideas from Jef. After a day, he came out with his QCD shadow app.

#40480

so whats up with that?

I'll talk to jef see what how much i can do about it.

Developers, please feel free to contact jef and ask him how to utilize those things, yerself (Y) - saves time and higher chances one of us will reach him.

Please lets cover up this little spot in the emulation. Its so tiny yet giant detail in the aqua emulation. Shadows must be applied to a window, otherwise it looks like a buggy window (or fake image to the desktop).

THANK YOU PEOPLE!

PM jef or Emailing him would do more than enough!

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:goku:

#40789

it would be sweet to have it go thru the trans cuz damn yz shadow and windowfx go around the shadow and wmp skins ect look really bad

#40793

any news about this?

we all await this little precious to come out :community:

#42358

Originally posted by Goku@Jul 24 2003, 10:00 AM

any news about this?

we all await this little precious to come out

I tried PMing jef but I haven't received a reply yet. But once I do, I will start working on it immediately.

#42361

I've just finished a program "AddShadow" that let's you add shadows to any window based on either the window caption or the class name of the window. For instance, Winamp 3 windows are all part of the class "BaseWindow_RootWnd". The program uses an INI file. For example:

Class=BaseWindow_RootWnd

Caption=QDC Player

The program stays resident in memory and checks every 30 seconds for new windows to add shadows to.

So....who wants it?

-jef

Oh...by the way...anyone want to create an icon for it?

#43686

So....who wants it?

I think everybody wants it!

#43694

Originally posted by jef@Jul 30 2003, 06:01 PM

I've just finished a program "AddShadow" that let's you add shadows to any window based on either the window caption or the class name of the window.  For instance, Winamp 3 windows are all part of the class "BaseWindow_RootWnd".  The program uses an INI file.  For example:

Class=BaseWindow_RootWnd

Caption=QDC Player

The program stays resident in memory and checks every 30 seconds for new windows to add shadows to.

So....who wants it?

-jef

Oh...by the way...anyone want to create an icon for it?

I suggest you to make a global hook on the WM_CREATE message

#43695

*Raises hand*

#43697