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How to *make* a skin?

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I realise that the wolflair page gives some info on how to make a
skin. However, that section admits that details on how to create the
actual .dll file are "beyond the scope of this page".

My question is, how do I make the .dll file? I've been dying to make
my own skin for quite some time now.

For the record, I tried my standerd "open the file in question with
notepad and see if I can edit it that way". Sadly that won't work in
this case. It seems I need some sort of program to create the .dll,
I would appreciate suggestions on what software to use from people
who have knowledge about this sort of thing.

Thanks in advance.
 
I am interested in what 'skins' other have created. I can not find any on
the Wolflair site.


--- John <jdmort@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> I realise that the wolflair page gives some info on how to make a
> skin. However, that section admits that details on how to create the
> actual .dll file are "beyond the scope of this page".
>
> My question is, how do I make the .dll file? I've been dying to make
> my own skin for quite some time now.
>
> For the record, I tried my standerd "open the file in question with
> notepad and see if I can edit it that way". Sadly that won't work in
> this case. It seems I need some sort of program to create the .dll,
> I would appreciate suggestions on what software to use from people
> who have knowledge about this sort of thing.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>


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There is one in the ab-files group file section (or is it armybuilder
group? I can not remember for sure).



> I am interested in what 'skins' other have created. I can not find
> any on the Wolflair site.
>
>
> --- John <jdmort@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > I realise that the wolflair page gives some info on how to make a
> > skin. However, that section admits that details on how to create
> > the actual .dll file are "beyond the scope of this page".
> >
> > My question is, how do I make the .dll file? I've been dying to
> > make my own skin for quite some time now.
> >
> > For the record, I tried my standerd "open the file in question with
> > notepad and see if I can edit it that way". Sadly that won't work
> > in this case. It seems I need some sort of program to create the
> > .dll, I would appreciate suggestions on what software to use from
> > people who have knowledge about this sort of thing.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
>
>
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> http://www.ogresforge.com
> AIM: drgtc
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--- In armybuilder@y..., "John" <jdmort@b...> wrote:
> I realise that the wolflair page gives some info on how to make a
> skin. However, that section admits that details on how to create
> the actual .dll file are "beyond the scope of this page".
>
> My question is, how do I make the .dll file? I've been dying to
> make my own skin for quite some time now.

You'll need to get hold of a "Resource Editor", you can try searching
for one on many of the Shareware sites... I think Colen managed to
track one down during AB Beta testing... Colen?

Enjoy,
Russell.
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There are two on the Wolf Lair site. Go to Cool Extras, Extensions, Custom
Interface Extensions. There you'll find two skin sets to give a try to.

Thanks, Rob


At 07:11 AM 6/21/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>I am interested in what 'skins' other have created. I can not find any on
>the Wolflair site.
>
>
>--- John <jdmort@bigfoot.com> wrote:
> > I realise that the wolflair page gives some info on how to make a
> > skin. However, that section admits that details on how to create the
> > actual .dll file are "beyond the scope of this page".
> >
> > My question is, how do I make the .dll file? I've been dying to make
> > my own skin for quite some time now.
> >
> > For the record, I tried my standerd "open the file in question with
> > notepad and see if I can edit it that way". Sadly that won't work in
> > this case. It seems I need some sort of program to create the .dll,
> > I would appreciate suggestions on what software to use from people
> > who have knowledge about this sort of thing.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
 
At 10:31 PM 6/21/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>--- In armybuilder@y..., "John" <jdmort@b...> wrote:
> > I realise that the wolflair page gives some info on how to make a
> > skin. However, that section admits that details on how to create
> > the actual .dll file are "beyond the scope of this page".
> >
> > My question is, how do I make the .dll file? I've been dying to
> > make my own skin for quite some time now.
>
>You'll need to get hold of a "Resource Editor", you can try searching
>for one on many of the Shareware sites... I think Colen managed to
>track one down during AB Beta testing... Colen?

Colen said he found a bunch of them on download.com. I recommend trying
these first.

Thanks, Rob
 
At 08:01 21/06/2001 +0000, you wrote:
>I realise that the wolflair page gives some info on how to make a
>skin. However, that section admits that details on how to create the
>actual .dll file are "beyond the scope of this page".
>
>My question is, how do I make the .dll file? I've been dying to make
>my own skin for quite some time now.
>
>For the record, I tried my standerd "open the file in question with
>notepad and see if I can edit it that way". Sadly that won't work in
>this case. It seems I need some sort of program to create the .dll,
>I would appreciate suggestions on what software to use from people
>who have knowledge about this sort of thing.

If you happen to have Visual C++ lurking around, and you're using Windows
NT or Windows 2000, you can use that. Otherwise you'll have to download a
'resource editor' program. Try searching for 'Resource hacker' on
download.com, that's what I used for most of it.


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