OT - OSX eye candy for Windows?

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Thu Jun 10 02:46:18 EDT 2004


Barry,

I was working on a skin manager earlier. 
You can see it at work in my ClipperX stack
Search it on http://monsieurx.com

cheers
Xavier

On 10.06.2004 07:44:50 use-revolution-bounces wrote:
>Barry, you could do it completely by hand by creating graphics for
>everything and then setting the windowShape to your "OSX" window. This 
would
>chop off the Windows XP window decorations and border trims.
>
>Of course you'd have to do it all yourself, but it can be done...
>
>Ken Ray
>Sons of Thunder Software
>Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
>Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/
>
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com
>> [mailto:use-revolution-bounces at lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of
>> Barry Levine
>> Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2004 11:10 PM
>> To: use-revolution at lists.runrev.com
>> Subject: OT - OSX eye candy for Windows?
>>
>>
>> One of my professors asked if there was a way he could make a Windows
>> app look like an OSX app. He was referring to the shape and
>> size of the
>> app's title bar, the red/yellow/green widgets, and the shape
>> and "glow"
>> of on-screen buttons. He'd even like "metal" if that can be done.
>>
>> He's not looking for the hacks that XP users have implemented to make
>> their PC look like OSX; rather, he'd like the app to give the
>> OSX look
>> even if the user is running it on W2K or an un-hacked XP.
>>
>> Can this be done with Rev? Are there third-party items that could be
>> glommed into a Rev (or VB) project to accomplish this?
>>
>> If I can help him, it might mean a higher grade....   ;-)
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Barry
>>
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