Problem with tiling per pixel window frame

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I'm hoping someone will be able to help me with a problem I'm having with my skins.  I don't know if it's an issue with Windowblinds, SkinStudio 7, or Windows 7, but if I create a skin where I want to tile horizontally the per pixel window frame, what comes out when I apply the skin is hacked up pieces of both the active and inactive windows mixed together, and some little chunks that aren't even from either of those windows, just solid colored pieces.  I've rebooted, ran CCleaner, cleaned my registry...nothing seems to fix this, and all things go back to normal if I stretch the frame, rather than tile.

Here's a picture of what's happening with the problems outlined in blue.



Any ideas on this?  It's not just this skin...I've applied other people's skins that use tiling of the per pixel window, too, and I'm getting the same thing.

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Bump

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Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

almost looks like a glitch.......I hope neil sees this and can provide a soluiton

on the wb you sent me, i am not seeing this though.

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting Vampothika, reply 3
...i am not seeing this though.


That's because I had the titlebar stretching in that version...I thought I could improve on it by tiling it, instead.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

bump

(on a side note, that WB looks awesome!)

Reply #6 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Quoting PurrBall, reply 5

(on a side note, that WB looks awesome!)


Thanks PurrBall.  Look for it's release by the 7th of February.

Reply #7 from WinCustomize Forums Top

BUMP -- Because now that it's Troll Thumping day, I see the same problem with the Troll Thumping Day Suite Windowblinds.

Reply #8 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Hi k10w3, I could take a look in the skin if you consider sending it. danillooc at gmail dot com

Reply #9 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks, danilloOc.  You have mail.

Reply #10 from WinCustomize Forums Top

k10w3,

I believe I got it sorted, replied your e-mail.

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Reply #11 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks, danilloOc -- you're a real asset to the community!  k6

Reply #12 from WinCustomize Forums Top

and the cause/effect/fix was...

c'mon share the information people.

Reply #13 from WinCustomize Forums Top

@gmc2: here are the details:

 


I found that the titlebar sizing margins where very wide, maybe that's the cause of the issues, I tweaked the margins to a smaller values and
set the tile checkboxes to make the tilling better (look the attached screenshot)

Reply #14 from WinCustomize Forums Top

wow, thank you,

I have encountered this before and went the stretch route rather than attempt a "figure this out". don't think I've ever used a margin combination as shown. something to remember for frames and such that have this level of detail.

looking good Karen

Reply #15 from WinCustomize Forums Top

When my obsession with the new Halloween WB I'm in the middle of simmers down, I'll have to upload a corrected, update for this one.