LCARS Skin

[chasef]

Well, the problem only occurs when I try to use a hex-based colour inside the weather folder's skin.xml file (sorry about the main menu thing - my fault).  Any ideas?  I'm fairly certain it's gotta be this because everything's fine inside my skin while I'm using the default weather folder from your Blue skin.  But, the instant I try and use a hex colour inside the weather's skin.xml file, BAM...the plugin disappears (inside the main menu).

[reven]

where exactly are you using the hex color in the weather plugin? the current version of the weather plugin doesnt allow much room for skinning. im working on an update for it, just have to fix a couple of bugs in it before i upload it to the wiki.

presently you can only specify button images (they have to be images, not composite images) and a composite image for the background, thats about it.

[chasef]

Currently, this is how I want to have the weather plugin's skin.xml file setup (there are only a few places in the file where I specify a hex color value):

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings>
<TextStyles>
<TextStyle name="WaitTitle" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="19" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="WaitMessage" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="13" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ButtonText" color="Black" typeFace="LCARS" size="18" style="normal"/>
<TextStyle name="ScreenName" color="#FF9C00" typeFace="LCARS" size="20" style="normal"/>
<TextStyle name="Unavailable" color="Red" typeFace="Tahoma" size="20" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="Title" color="Yellow" typeFace="Tahoma" size="16" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="Temperature" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="55" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="OutlookSmall" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="16" style="plain"/>
<TextStyle name="OutlookLarge" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="20" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="Details" color="White" typeFace="Tahoma" size="15" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="AsOf" color="LightGray" typeFace="Tahoma" size="13" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastDay" color="Yellow" typeFace="Tahoma" size="16" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastOutlook" color="LightGray" typeFace="Tahoma" size="14" style="plain"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastHiLoTitle" color="Yellow" typeFace="Tahoma" size="16" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastHi" color="Tomato" typeFace="Arial" size="14" style="bold"/>
<TextStyle name="ForecastLo" color="Cyan" typeFace="Arial" size="14" style="bold"/>
</TextStyles>
<!-- special elements -->
&lt;SpecialElements&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Buttons&quot; loc=&quot;10,50&quot; spacing=&quot;7&quot;/&gt;
<!-- this refers to where the current/map/forecast screens will start (x and y pos only) -->
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Unavailable&quot; loc=&quot;184,60&quot; size=&quot;504,120&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; /&gt;
<!-- title is the text &quot;Forecast for Wellington...&quot;, &quot;Weather for Wellington...&quot;, &quot;Map for Wellington...&quot; -->
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Title&quot; loc=&quot;184,35&quot; size=&quot;504,30&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;AsOf&quot; loc=&quot;230,445&quot; size=&quot;500,30&quot; visible=&quot;false&quot; align=&quot;center&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Outlook&quot; loc=&quot;440,90&quot; size=&quot;470,160&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;OutlookGraphic&quot; loc=&quot;220,80&quot; size=&quot;200,150&quot; /&gt;
<!-- the size refers to EACH line of the details, not for all the lines -->
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Details&quot; loc=&quot;290,235&quot; size=&quot;420,30&quot; spacing=&quot;35&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Map&quot; loc=&quot;184,70&quot; size=&quot;504,384&quot; /&gt;
<!-- below are used for the forecast view, if DayN is visible DayNImage is also visible -->
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day1&quot; loc=&quot;420,70&quot; size=&quot;300,100&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day1Image&quot; loc=&quot;280,70&quot; size=&quot;100,75&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day2&quot; loc=&quot;420,170&quot; size=&quot;300,100&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day2Image&quot; loc=&quot;280,170&quot; size=&quot;100,75&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day3&quot; loc=&quot;420,270&quot; size=&quot;300,100&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day3Image&quot; loc=&quot;280,270&quot; size=&quot;100,75&quot; /&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day4&quot; loc=&quot;420,370&quot; size=&quot;300,100&quot; visible=&quot;true&quot;/&gt;
&lt;SpecialElement name=&quot;Day4Image&quot; loc=&quot;280,370&quot; size=&quot;100,75&quot; /&gt;
&lt;/SpecialElements&gt;
<!-- Composite Images -->
&lt;CompositeImages&gt;
<!-- static background image -->
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;Background&quot; size=&quot;720,480&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawImage filename=&quot;background.jpg&quot; loc=&quot;0,0&quot; size=&quot;720,480&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;180,20&quot; size=&quot;510,435&quot; borderWidth=&quot;6&quot; borderColor=&quot;LightGray&quot; fillColor=&quot;Black&quot; radius=&quot;7&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;Weather&quot; loc=&quot;5,5&quot; size=&quot;160,120&quot; textStyle=&quot;ScreenName&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

<!-- Image displayed whilst downloading weather information -->
&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;PleaseWait&quot; size=&quot;720,480&quot;&gt;
<!--&lt;DrawImage filename=&quot;dialog-popup.png&quot; loc=&quot;110,157&quot; size=&quot;500,165&quot;/&gt;-->
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;110,157&quot; size=&quot;500,165&quot; borderWidth=&quot;6&quot; borderColor=&quot;LightGray&quot; fillColor=&quot;Black&quot; radius=&quot;7&quot;/&gt;-->
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;Downloading Weather Forecast&quot; loc=&quot;120,160&quot; size=&quot;482,30&quot; textStyle=&quot;WaitTitle&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;Please wait while downloading weather forecast from msnbc.com, this may take awhile depending on your internet connection&quot; loc=&quot;120,212&quot; size=&quot;482,108&quot; textStyle=&quot;WaitMessage&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;SelectedButtonImage&quot; size=&quot;160,45&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;4,5&quot; size=&quot;150,30&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;Black&quot; fillColor=&quot;#9C9CFF&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;115,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ButtonText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;

&lt;CompositeImage name=&quot;NormalButtonImage&quot; size=&quot;160,45&quot;&gt;
&lt;DrawRoundedRect loc=&quot;4,5&quot; size=&quot;150,30&quot; radius=&quot;10&quot; borderWidth=&quot;4&quot; borderColor=&quot;Black&quot; fillColor=&quot;#C198B0&quot;/&gt;
&lt;DrawText text=&quot;@buttonText&quot; loc=&quot;15,9&quot; size=&quot;115,34&quot; textStyle=&quot;ButtonText&quot; align=&quot;Left&quot;/&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImage&gt;
&lt;/CompositeImages&gt;
&lt;/settings&gt;

[reven]

thats a beta weather plugin, i have finished developing it, i havent even really released it. just wanted code monkey to have a look at it. dont use it yet, use version 2.05.

[chasef]

Yeah, 2.05 doesn't work for me I get that URI message &gt;_&lt;

[reven]

well if your using that skin.xml posted above, theres your error, that skin.xml is for the new plugin not version 2.05 (its for 2.20 which i havent finished yet).

you should be using a skin.xml file like
<table border="0" align="center" width="95%" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td>Code Sample </td></tr><tr><td id="CODE"><?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<settings>
<!-- buttons -->
<Buttons>
<Button id="Current" loc="10,80" language="en" normalImage="currentbtn.png" selectedImage="currentbtn-selected.png"/>
<Button id="Map" loc="10,125" language="en" normalImage="mapbtn.png" selectedImage="mapbtn-selected.png"/>
<Button id="Forecast" loc="10,170" language="en" normalImage="forecastbtn.png" selectedImage="forecastbtn-selected.png"/>
<Button id="Main Menu" loc="10,215" language="en" normalImage="mainbtn.png" selectedImage="mainbtn-selected.png"/>
</Buttons>
<!-- special elements -->
<SpecialElement>
<SpecialElement id="BackgroundBox" loc="150,20" size="520,435" marginColor="LightGray" marginwidth="6" fillColor="Black" radius="7"/>
</SpecialElement>
</settings>
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[chasef]

Well, I guess that means I'll have to wait cause I don't feel like creating images for the buttons

[chasef]

And, the 2.05 version of the weather plugin has never worked for me so that's why I went to the beta, which actually was working...but won't let me use hex colors &gt;_&lt;

[reven]

if the blue skin.xml file supplied works fine until you change the fillcolor in the composite images, then its a bug for sub. since gbpvr handles composite images directly.

i dont know how long it will be until i finish updating the plugin, im working on a few other things at the moment which are more important.

[chasef]

The blue skin.xml file from which plugin version?