How to change the control panel background?

[winoxy]

Hi im making a theme but i cant figure out how to change the control panel background, the sidebar, any help?

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[Shemhamforash]

Try these:

http://virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/28810-Complete-Guide-to-Theme-Building/page2?p=164936&viewfull=1#post164936
System Settings Window-

1-Styles > ControlPanelStyles > Title > TextColor : Color
2-Explorer & Shell > Explorer > CommandModule > <9> > <1> to <4> (for the textcolor)
3-Explorer & Shell > Explorer > CommandModule > <9> (for the image)
4-Explorer & Shell > Explorer > CommandModule > <8> (for the arrow image)
5-(Black Background) is Bitmap number 634 and 635 in Shell32.dll in System32 folder.
6-Styles > ControlPanelStyles > SectionTitleLink > TextColor : Color (open this section up for hot etc)
7-Styles > ControlPanelStyles > ContentLink > TextColor : Color (open this section up for hot etc)
8-Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Control Panel > ControlPanel > Content Pane > FillColor : Color


... ;)

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http://virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/28810-Complete-Guide-to-Theme-Building/page2?p=164935&viewfull=1#post164935
System Window-

1-Styles > ControlPanelStyle > Tasklink > TextColor : Color
Styles > ControlPanelStyle > Tasklink > hot , pressed etc ( for the hovers and selected states)
2-Styles > ControlPanelStyles > Title > TextColor : Color
3-Styles > ControlPanelStyles > GroupText > TextColor : Color
4-Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Control Panel > ControlPanel > ContentPaneLine > FillColor : Color
5-Styles > ControlPanelStyles > BodyText : TextColor : Color
6-Styles > ControlPanelStyles > ContentLink > TextColor : Color (open this section up for hot ,, pressed etc)
7-Explorer & Shell > Explorer > Control Panel > ControlPanel > ContentPane > FillColor : Color
8-Styles > ControlPanelStyle > NavigationpaneLabel > textcolor : color
9-(The black background)these are bitmap number 632 & 633 found in Shell32.dll in system32 folder
10-See here to change System Orb- Thanks for this lads!
http://virtualcustoms.net/showthread.php/27557-System-Properties-Orb



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[Harvey Sewdin]

The sidebar background has no effect in WSB. You'll need to include images in the Shell32.dll folder of your theme structure(Create and name a folder "Shell32.dll" and include it with your theme).
Check other downloaded themes to see their folders.

[winoxy]

The sidebar background has no effect in WSB. You'll need to include images in the Shell32.dll folder of your theme structure(Create and name a folder "Shell32.dll" and include it with your theme).
Check other downloaded themes to see their folders.

Yes i noticed it cant be changed in the msstyle that's why i'm having a hard time with this, i still don't understand what to do, i checked other themes and the only extra file i find is a file called "1.txt" next to the shellstyle but i have no idea what is for, i also checked the shellstyle.dll to see the images i could replace in the section "bitmap" but none of them is the control panel background
I am using the shellstyle from aero, i took aero as a base

[Harvey Sewdin]

Yes i noticed it cant be changed in the msstyle that's why i'm having finding a hard time with this, i still don't understand what to do, i checked other themes and the only extra file i find is a file called "1.txt" next to the shellstyle but i have no idea what is for, i also checked the shellstyle.dll to see the images i could replace in the section "bitmap" but none of them is the control panel background
I am using the shellstyle from aero, i took aero as a base



No no, you just need to place the image for your control panel sidebar in your themes folder(name it "633").
In the Shell32.dll folder:

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Make sure to have Themes Resouce Changer installed in order for this to work.

[winoxy]

Thanks, but that depends on another program and i would like to share my theme so i need to integrate it to the shell, i know is this line but idk how to put it in my shell


<style resid="NavPanelStyle"> <element background="20567" />
<if id="atom(NavPanel)">
<element background="themeable(dtb(CONTROLPANEL,1,1),window)" accessible="true" accname="CPNavPanel" accrole="pane" />




Maybe i'll just grab one of those shells and done :P