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Determination

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How to skin the Toolbar

Creation

Dimensions: 240x24 pixels.
Format: 32-bit through 8-bit BMP. Supports 32-bit alpha-blending transparency.

Simply replace each graphic of your choice, making sure that each icon is within a 24x24 box. The best way to maintain the spacing is to enable grid display within your chosen editor, as shown below.

For specifics about Alphablending, see the Status Icons thread.

#FF00FF (rgb 255,0,255) is the standard transparency (non ARGB, think "GIF" transparency) color used by µTorrent, so any pixel with that color will show through. Name the edited graphic "toolbar.bmp".

Usage

As stated in any of my icon releases, you must place the "toolbar.bmp" file in the same directory µTorrent's settings.dat and resume.dat files. By default, these files are located in:

Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data\uTorrent

Alternatively, a quicker way to find your Application Data folder is to use this string in Run... or Explorer address bar:

%appdata%\uTorrent

Restart µTorrent, and it should be all set.

Last edited by Determination (2005-11-23 17:38:30)

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criscr0ss

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

thanks for the quick guide... really easy to follow

chaosblade

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

And should be updated soon to accomodate the changes in v1.1.5

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Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

yep yep, when 1.1.5 hits, I will be on it

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Burstin'

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

Youd didnt change it yet

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Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

hehe, been busy. I'll do it soon.

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Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

all changed.

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BloodStaindHurricane

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

Determination...the blank bmp you've posted above...arent those 16x16 boxes and not 24?

Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

try refreshing, I had a mix up with my files... they look so simular when editing

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BloodStaindHurricane

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

Thanx, Determination. These blanks have really come in handy for me when trying to get new icons finished quickly.

Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

np man.

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hace

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

There is a software called Toolbar Paint (http://donkey.visualassembler.com/) for making your own toolbars very easy...

Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

thanks, I'll take a look at that.

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GravityFX

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

Nice, I did not think this is possible I will create some nice toolbar skins in PhotoImpact

Blakis

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

only .bmp suported? .png not?

1c3d0g

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

I wanted .png support too, but like someone said before me, to support .png Ludde must implement it in µTorrent, adding even more weight to the client. So for now it's only .bmp.

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Blakis

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

hmmm..

Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

the only bene for using PNG would be to make the filesize smaller. The files are already really small to begin with; it's basically a non-issue.

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Zeest

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

hmm not working for me, I added the toolbar.bmp and tstatus.bmp within the App Data folder (current user ofcourse). closed utorrent and restarted it but the icons are same :S

EDiT

nm got it working, I had made it save the settings and data in current folder , but the old ones were yet there in app data.  Thanks for the lovely icons

Last edited by Zeest (2005-12-15 07:02:35)

boo

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

it should work if you put them in %appdata%\utorrent

Wierd, are you sure you didn't spelled it wrong?

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hoz

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

Template for beta's version with RSS button and place for RSS button

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DonGato

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

As I liked this style and matches the simple status I made an update to the toolbar.

Should I post it to skin db?

toolbar.bmp

Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

I'm in the process of updating all my previous toolbar sets to 1.4.1+ (RSS icon) I'll be getting to it soon.

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Determination

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

DO NOT release mods of my work with MY NAME as the author! It has my name on it, but I don't know the password to update / change it with the right one. What kind of a position does that leave me in?

I am in the process of going back and updating my toolbars, but it takes time. Just because I have other commitments or priorities you put words in my mouth? Unbelievable...

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Reckoning

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Re: How to skin the Toolbar

Will there be png support instead of the 32 bit bmps. bmp suck..??? Toolbars generally would look much better using png and its easier to make.

Last edited by Reckoning (2006-02-15 07:31:39)