MenuWOW (customize your menus)

[ramguru]

OK rc's here http://ramguru.mybesthost.com/menu.txt
BTW how did you set alpha channel of that button. I do know one API (SetLayeredWindowAttributes) that only affects whole window but not only a single child.

[lamer]

I do know one API (SetLayeredWindowAttributes) that only affects whole window but not only a single child.

:bg :bg :bg
Indeed.
That's not a child, but popup belongs to other window.
I did not find any way to make a child transparent.

[lamer]

Hi all!
New upload.
1. Fixed improper parsing separators of menus created by ResEd (for preview window) - thanks to ramguru
2. Added support for "bitmapless" menus - thanks to ramguru for initiative
3. Decimal values in output .RC file replaced with hexadecimal - thanks to ramguru

[ramguru]

Now RCs look good except those L at the end. IMO you need no Ls
It's hard to tell bad news, but once you fixed one, onother problem came :) take a look http://www.stud.ktu.lt/~ramcvir/miscalc.PNG
If you need project file it's here http://www.stud.ktu.lt/~ramcvir/menu_project.zip

[lamer]

It's hard to tell bad news, but once you fixed one, onother problem came :)

Fixed (I hope...)
The road to hell is paved by good intentions :'(
I just wanted the bitmapless menus to look as "usual" menus, without extra space on the left side - but did not check it with all shapes. Thank you.

IMO you need no Ls

Here is MSDN - about user defined resources

To be compatible with 16-bit Windows, integers are stored as WORD values. You can store an integer as a DWORD value by qualifying the integer with the L suffix.

[lamer]

Hi all!
For those who still uses Win 98 - my apologizes. In the last release, adding transparency, I forgot that SetLayeredWindowAttributes requires at least Win2K.
Fixed in both MenuWOW and MWLib (to all appearances - I have no way to check it on Win 98 - so let me Know) and uploaded.
Thanks to ipadilla

[ipadilla]

Hi lamer,

MenuWOW is running OK under Windows 98 SE. thank you very much for this up to date.
ipadilla

[DC]

WOW!

[Jojodi]

this is absolutely beautiful lol. Is there any way to estimate how much this will inflate an exe? (I am not home at the moment)

[lamer]

Jojodi,
1. I hope you are back  :bg
2. The .RC file for MenuWOW menu (obvously created with MenuWOW) takes 3 Kb. You can estimate how much will it take in .exe  :green2
3. The .RC of sample project, which includes 16(!) different schemes takes about 20 Kb.

[lamer]

No news - good news :bg
I've just moved the link of download area to the top of topic and made some cleaning.

Regards

[G`HOST]

Hi, lamer
Sorry to inform you that whenever i try to create a new project in
MenuWoW i get this error..

This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut down

and when i open an existing example the bitmaps doesnt get loaded.
???
I downloaded the latest version,and had the same problem with the previous version which i downloaded a few months back.
I am runing on "win98"
Can you help me out.

[lamer]

Hi, G`HOST!
I run out of time at the work now - I'll try to look into the problem when I'll have any pause. As I've mentioned yet, I have no Win98 to test, so it will be very helpfull if you will send me more details (i.e. - what did you do exactly, what button is clicked etc. May be some screenshots). You can just send it as message if you want.

Regards

[G`HOST]

Hey lamer,
Here goes..

Problem 1.
Image one - The "New project" Dialogbox..


Now after clicking "OK" here is what i get..



Problem 2-Open Project
Image 1.

after clicking "open" in open dialogbox..

[lamer]

Hi, G`HOST!
As for second problem - please open files *.mws in notepad and check whether the line:
Bitmaps=C:\MenuWOW\Sample\Sample.bmp
is corresponding with a bitmap real location on your machine.
If it is not - just change it manually.