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Mike's Skin Example v1.0

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Submitted on: 4/15/2000 4:49:19 PM
By: Michael L. Canejo  
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 43 Users
Compatibility: VB 5.0, VB 6.0
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     This is a decent example on how to skin a form. I made 10 skins and Commented every line in this project so you can see what's going on and how BitBlt works from top to bottom. If you don't know BitBlt that well or at all, this is a perfect example for you. Please RATE this and soon I'll make a v2.0 of this. And if you make a good skin for this,
E-mail me it at: mikecanejo@hotmail.com! :)

 
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4/15/2000 5:06:35 PMAdam

It nice, could be better....the skins that is. Hey people im me @ ry4 or email me @ ry4@aol.com
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4/15/2000 5:09:35 PMMike Canejo

Yeh they're cheezy but this is an example and wanted to see what people think. THen I'll spend time on a better version of this with decent skins ..heh
-MiKE
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4/16/2000 12:26:24 AMvillain

Hei MiKE - This is great!
Thank you for this easy example that 'finally' motivated me to learn bitblt!
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4/16/2000 1:00:04 AMCindy Girl

Nice job Mike. I finally learned how BitBlt works!
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4/16/2000 1:01:41 AMMike (BinaryGuy)

Mike, This is freakin awesome dude! FINALLY someone made an EASY TO USE Skin code!!!! No more of that BS crad of LoadFromRes and loops and Xors and crad This is just a few simple lines and wha-lha you got the skins!! Awesome dude. Keep up the great work!
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4/16/2000 2:25:12 AMMike Canejo

I re-uplaod this and fixed some skins. Thanx for the feedback everyone. And if your reading this, make sure you've rated this!
-MiKE :)
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4/16/2000 2:28:59 AMCandy Man

Nice job Mike. I finally understand this skinning stuff and the use of BitBlt. Thanks again.
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4/16/2000 2:33:14 AMUnknown-x-

Yeh good job Mike
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4/16/2000 2:35:16 AMThunderbird

Nice even if the skinz are cheezy! :)
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4/16/2000 8:40:19 AMtsi

Very good work. Some sites that are
good to check out (for skins)
skinz.org
neoplanet.com

Alos, check out vbAccelerator.com for
an excellent Skinning DLL
BEAUTIFUL WORK!
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4/16/2000 10:50:00 AMSensi Cola

Nice Mike. just nice!
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4/16/2000 10:56:15 AMMariah

WoW..COol
NiCe JoB MiKe!
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4/16/2000 11:01:39 AMSteven

Nice job. If a comes out disfigured on mikes program it's because of the way your windows or nt is configured.. FOnt,Res and so on.
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4/16/2000 9:37:08 PMArnold

Thanks a lot for the really nice program. The knowledge is what counts, not the look.
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4/16/2000 9:43:51 PMMike Canejo

Exactly Arnold. Thanks alot. I needed that :)
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4/17/2000 6:51:40 PMWacker

Nice job mike. Now i have a better understanding of how BitBLt works
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4/28/2000 11:30:30 PMjenni1tuf1

Cool code
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5/2/2000 7:35:57 PMmp3guide

what is BitBlt? I ahve the source for a skin
example prog by DoS and it doesn't use any BitBlt
thing that I know of.
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5/7/2000 10:32:05 AMOne

wassup mimke

nice nice
it helped me

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5/7/2000 10:32:32 AMOne

wassup mike

nice nice
it helped me

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5/29/2000 10:30:06 AMMichael Barnathan

Very nice! Skins could use a little work, though :)
I recently found out how to skin my app. using a dll. Now I can throw the dll in the recycle bin. Thanks!
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7/9/2000 2:08:52 PMWalter

Nice job Mike it also workes on VB6.0 and i am gona enjoy learning about the skins thanx `,:0)
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12/18/2002 12:18:52 PM

Very Nice Example...
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3/29/2003 8:23:25 AM

not what i exepted
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1/26/2004 9:23:58 AM

I like your logo

Thx

Mike
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1/26/2004 9:41:42 AM

Nice example but no resizability.

4.5 points from me

Mike
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