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LizMarr
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Rainlendar background color

February 10, 2012 1:48:54 PM from WinCustomize ForumsWinCustomize Forums

I posted in Rainlendar forum, but it doesn't look very active. So I thought I would post here as well (I hope you don't mind)

I'm picking apart and customizing the Chromophore skin (one of Rainy's, he said I could)

I want to have some way to customize the background color on the fly. So I dig around and find where it is set. The colors are 0.0 through 0.9 (two decimals give a margin of hue change) So, I have the colors of the rainbow and nothing else.

Where does this notation come from? Is there a way to convert to the standard six-character character notation? Perhaps it is hard-coded in the app? (I haven't picked apart any others, I'm not sure I have any that change background colors)

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Reply #1 February 10, 2012 1:59:16 PM
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I think Chromophore is written in HTML code. I don't have any knowledge about that. Try getting a hold of k10w3

 

I know she has modified that type of rainy before.

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Reply #2 February 11, 2012 12:31:00 AM
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It is the new type - scripts and xml. Of course, XML is kinda like HTML.  It was Rainy who told me I could just rename it to zip to edit it. The color thing mystifies me. I'm not that familiar with xml, and I don't know where the limitation comes from. I think it was a static value, so I can't follow the code past that.

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Reply #3 February 11, 2012 10:22:04 AM
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I prefer the older version, 0.21. Its so much easier.

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Reply #4 February 11, 2012 1:52:10 PM
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Quoting LizMarr,
reply 2
It is the new type - scripts and xml. Of course, XML is kinda like HTML.

XLM, I course.....silly me.

Like I said; k10w3 has modified this kind of rainy before, so sh may be able to help.

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Reply #5 February 11, 2012 5:15:14 PM
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Quoting 2of3,
reply 4
XLM, I course.....silly me.

 

Norwegian for XML, of course...silly me? 

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Reply #6 February 11, 2012 5:26:53 PM
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Norwegian for XML, of course...silly me?

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Reply #7 February 12, 2012 12:39:24 AM
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Got an answer on the other forum. After staring at it then reading the thread he linked I am almost understanding. It has to do with the skin uses a bit mapped background.  The number is derived by some type of strange mathematical process that uses the result to put into the xml and produces a color.  That in mind I'm going to try it and see what happens. If anyone is interested in calculations to float a space ship:

 

http://www.rainlendar.net/cms/index.php?option=com_kunena&Itemid=42&func=view&catid=3&id=15613

 

The math part comes into play on page two. It still has my head spinning, but I just got back from a journey up the coast a couple hours and back again. Actually, it's kinda fun to read, but I have a weird sense of humor. Who is on first, anyhow?

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Reply #8 February 12, 2012 3:15:44 AM
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OK, I tried this. Silly thing only recognizes the first number. Period.  I guess I'll pester folks on the other list to see if I can edit it from bitmap color to some other type. It's been nearly 20 years since I have done more than simple programing. We did Pascal...

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