how to apply a skinbuilder skin to a vb 2005 app

[fishy_swa]

Hi,

I am very new to skincrafter and i need to know how to upload a .skin file to vb 2005. I opened skin crafter installer and specified the skin and icon file paths and i have no idea what to put for the msi file. When i exported my skin from skinbuilder it gave me a .xml file along with numerous folders contains files relevent to the skin. When i tryed importing that into vb 2005 it didnt work. Thats when i assumed skincrafter intaller does that for you. where does the .msi file come from? Can somebody give me step by step instruction on how to get a .skin file into a vb 2005 app?

Thanks alot,

Connor

[Paul]

Hello,

You seem to get a wrong direction in getting skins working for your vb.net project.

The only thing you need to use any skins is SkinCrafter.Net component.

You may download a full featured demo from:
http://skincrafter.com/download.html

Visit this page for more info:
http://skincrafter.com/vbnet_developers.html

Feel free to ask any questions.
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[fishy_swa]

I went to the download link specified, and clicked skincrafter.net vs 2005 but it still seemed to be the same skinbuilder that i had problems with. how do you export a skin from skinbuilder to vb? the only other program that came in the package is the skin crafter browser which doesnt seem to be what i want.

Please Help!!

thanks,

Connor

[Paul]

Conner,

You don't need to export skin from SkinBuilder to vb. Skinbuilder is mean only for skin file assembling not for skin integration into your project.

You should do the following to apply a skin to your vb.net application.

1) Add SkinCrafter to you ToolBox panel of Visual Studio
2) Place a single instance of SkinCrafter only on the main form of your project.
3) Select skf file in skinFile item in Properties pane
4) Now run your project and see the result.

Let me know if this helped
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[nadeen]

Hi Paul

I really need help on how to download skins using vb.net 2005..
and I’d like to know how to put shinCreator on the toolbox panel

Thanxxxx alot
Nadeen

[fishy_swa]

Yes i was wondering the same thing. How do you get skincrafter into into the vb toolbox. I know this probably sounds like a dumb question but i can't seem to figure it out.

Thanks for your help,

Connor

[Paul]

For VS 2005.

In order to add SkinCrafter to your toolbox, rightclick on it, and select "Choose items…" in the popup menu.

Then, in the dialog opened go to Browse tab and locate the skincrafter.net-vs2005.dll.

That's it.
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[fishy_swa]

Ok so i added skincrafter component to vb 2005 but when i went to the properties menu of the component and clicked to add the skin it said Object reference not set to an instance of an object. All i did was drag the skincrafter component onto the main form from the toolbox like you said. What am i missing?

Thanks

Connor

[fishy_swa]

Any Ideas?

Thanks

[Paul]

Please check this sample vb.net project.

http://skincrafter.com/files/vb.net_sample_project.zip

Let me know if that worked fine for you.
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[fishy_swa]

That did it!

Thanks for all your help

[SacredTanakh]

Ok, I got all that but when I change the .skf from the properties it gives me the following error:

"Property Value is not Valid."

Then Under Details:

"Object reference not set to an instance of an object."

Please email me with an answer.
"SacredTanakh@hotmail.com"

[Nataly]

Hi SacredTanakh,

Please try to add SkinCrafter to your project as a type library.
How to do it read "Using SkinCrafter type library" topic in our manual.
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[walter osorio]

I want to use skincrafter in Delphi 2005 for .Net but when install the .Net components generated a mistake : Validate security Name in assembler 'skincrafter_.net1.1_vs2003.dll'.

Can you help me please.