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The AutoIt bottom line: if you can do it with a keyboard and/or mouse, you can do it with AutoIt. And a whole lot more.

Yes, near the top of the wpi.htm file found in the themes directory are two rows: <tr><td colspan="2" background="./themes/Glossy/smallbart.gif" height="3px"></td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="2" width="100%" valign="center" align="center"> </td> </tr>You can add <br> tags to create breaks right after the " " space reference. So: <tr> <td colspan="2" width="100%" valign="center" align="center"> <br><br><br> </td> </tr>...would lower the category listings and the buttons in the left margin. Play with it, I'm certain you will achieve the effect you want.

Yeah, per djbe, PhotoShop for creating graphics (I think Lost Soul is a Paint Shop Pro guy) and Dreamweaver, HomeSite, or Notepad and its variants for editing files, IMHO.

You threw the keyboard on the floor? I mean, I've seen that in movies.... Doubtless WPI coding frustration rearing its ugly head.

In the themes directory, edit the wpi.htm file. Look for the section that begins with the "timer starts here" comment and play with the color values. You should be able to find several threads here discussing how to change color values. Open the boxes.js file and remove the horizontal rule reference <hr size="1" color="#8B0000"> found between the <td></td> tags (two instances) and the words "Previous" and "Next" located in the same general area. That should do it. The wpi.htm file again. Look for this code snippet: <tr height="80%"> <td width="10%" valign="top" nowrap> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <p>...and remove (or add) "<p> </p>" one at a time to tweak the button spacing in the left column. Use <br> tags to refine the spacing further if necessary, e.g. <br><br><br> in series. Hope this helps.

I guess I like the yellowish better, easier to read. As for hyperlinking in WPI, check THIS, buried way back on page 19 of this forum. Nice work and very fast turn around on that, j h3000. I could sure go for a tuna fish sandwich and hot cup of coffee right about now.

@j h3000: Don't know what to say other than that you have produced the best darned theme I have seen to date. The way you integrated the media player into the theme is truly magnificent. I haven't downloaded your work to check it out (yet), but it looks like you have a fantabulous rollover effect on the mouseover, really sweet. Slide-out on an orange bar? What a great idea. OK, enough with the compliments, now for the constructive criticism. And this is VERY minor nit-picking indeed: 1. The text "choose your Programs and Begin Install" looks crowded up there in the left margin? Maybe a slightly smaller font, and capitalize the word "choose" since it starts the phrase. Or just skip it--leave it blank--given that WPI is so darned simple to use. I mean, if someone cannot figure out that they need to make some selections and click "Begin Install," then they shouldn't have the disc in the first place. 2. The "Select Defaults" button is a little crowded as well, no margin at all to the left or right of the two words. I know, I know, this means either remaking the buttons (wider) or reducing the font (slightly). Any way you slice it, it is a time-consuming chore. But you are shooting for perfection, right? 3. I don't know about the use of the yellowish color for the category titles. It works well, but maybe an alternative color would work better. But I can't think of one myself! 4. Lastly, all of your application entries should have consistent capitalization and use the software developer's title convention, IMHO. For example, you have "Adobe Acrobat Reader" (fine) but "download express" (both words should be capitalized) and "Quicktime alternative" (again, both should be capitalized, and I think Quicktime is actually QuickTime with a capital "T" in there). Here is how I think a few should be written out: Total Copy WinRAR 3.50 Crystal ACDsee 7.06 Power Pack Sun Java w/SP2 Avast Anti-virus Pro 4.6 Symantec AV 10.0 Download Express Free Download Manager Yahoo Messenger 6.0 PowerDVD v.6 Deluxe Edition QuickTime Alternative Real Player 10.5 I usually visit the software developer's Web site to see how they spell it, then use their convention. So some of the above may be wrong. And before anyone slams me, please be aware that I wrote all of this up from a genuine desire to help tweak this to what I would regard as perfection. And I am entitled to an opinion, right? Again, I have to say, this is one kickin' theme. Hats off to you!

@scuzzy47: Very, very nice. A clean script using the full installer.

@dirtyharry1971: SET AllUsers=%systemdrive%\Documents and Settings\All Users\Desktop DEL "%AllUsers%\Alcohol 120%%.lnk"

Payday is coming, hang tight.

*slaps head* Fer cryin' out loud, so we needed to edit useroptions.js and not main.js. Same edit, different file. My apologies again, I thought the two older files that control the tip behavior had been combined into the lager main.js file, but clearly they remain separate. Thanks almulder!

Wow, very cool. I should probably PM you on this one, but what the heck: can you take a look HERE and help glent get the sticky feature working? I was using an older version of WPI to test much of this and it does not appear to work with the latest cut. glent has been patient and put a lot of effort into his WPI, much appreciate any thoughts you could provide him, and ME. Edit: My goodness, an "appearance wizard"! ...and shadows are cool.

Well, crap. Yeah, just tried it with the latest release and it was a no go, I apologize up front. I'm still using an older version of WPI and the underlying tooltip code is different. Really, sorry for that. Let me look into this with almulder and see what's up.... The versatility of shifting between popup (default behavior) and sticky has value, clearly.

glent, just stumbled upon a solution while responding to a request by almulder, the solution was there all the time. Look for line 52 (or there abouts) of the (correction)>"useroptions.js" file found in the (correction)>"Wpiscripts" directory and adjust your tooltip attributes to produce a "sticky," a popup window that stays in place so that you can click hyperlinks placed in the description: Style[0]=["white","black","#18339F","#ffffff","","","","","","","","sticky","","",200,"",2,2,10,20,51,1,0,"",""] When including hyperlinks in your description, be certain to use the target="_blank" attribute or your new window will replace the WPI interface, making it impossible to return to the app! For example: pn=14 prog[pn]=['Rocket Launcher'] uid[pn]=['SOD'] deps[pn]=['DTclean','QLTB'] desc[pn]=['<center><img src="./icons/RKLauncher.png" width="64" height="128"><br>Convenient and fun way to organize your Desktop icons. Learn more about the Rocket\'s features <a href="http://home.cogeco.ca/%7Eraduking/" target="_blank">Here</a>.</center>'] cmd1[pn]=['%cdrom%\\Programs\\Rocket.exe'] rega[pn]=['REGEDIT /s %cdrom%\\Programs\\Cleanup\\Desktop.reg'] dflt[pn]=['yes'] forc[pn]=['false'] cat[pn]=['Accessories'] ordr[pn]=[140] pn++ Produces this: Hope this helps. Edit: Lost Soul's code above should turn the trick for producing well-sized windows to hold your graphic: desc[pn]=['<a href="window.open("./graphics/5carddeluxe.jpg","_blank","scrollbars=no,width=420,height=620");">click</a>'] You can adjust the width and height values. @ Lost Soul: Dang, it was just that easy! Who would have thought?

1) Shadow Type - What is the value range on this (Can't get to work, What does it actually change?) --value range is "simple" or "complex" but it does not work. I believe some sort of 'filter' variable needs to be applied. Looked around at DynamicDrive and found these values in multiple cases, so I am guessing they are the ones. 2) Shadow Color - (Can't get to work, What does it actualy change?) --no effect if previous value is inoperable, but any standard color value should work if it is functioning correctly. 3) Tip Position - What is the value range on this (Can't get to work, What does it actualy change?) --value range is "left", "center", "right", "float", and "fixed". Changes the position of the box relative to the pointer. But behavior appears erratic, where "fixed" and "float" produce the same effect, placing the tip box in the upper left corner at all times. Current default value is blank, or "right". Style[0]=["white","black","#18339F","#ffffff","","","","","","","center","","","",200,"",2,2,10,20,51,1,0,"",""] 4) Sticky Style- What is the value range on this (Can't get to work, What does it actualy change?) --This works a lot like overLIB's "popup" and "sticky" feature and is the solution to glent's problem discussed HERE. The default value is blank, or "popup" behavior, but changing it to sticky produces this: In sticky mode, you can mouse over the application titles and the tips change, but you must click the "Close" link in the upper right corner of the last tip window to make it disappear which, frankly, I find irritating. But if you want the tooltip to stay in place so that you can mouse over it and click a hyperlink, it is just the ticket! Current default value is blank. Style[0]=["white","black","#18339F","#ffffff","","","","","","","","sticky","","",200,"",2,2,10,20,51,1,0,"",""] 5) Height - Do we need this option? (It changes on its own acording to the amount of text) --Probably do not need. 6) Pad Text Area - What is the value range on this (Can't get to work, What does it actualy change) --any number value (e.g., 2, 10, 20), changes the spacing (padding) between the text description and the edges of the tip box. Works well. Current default value is 2. Style[0]=["white","black","#18339F","#ffffff","","","","","","","","","","",200,"",2,20,10,20,51,1,0,"",""] This is exactly the type of stuff a User Manual should address, eh?. Stay tuned. Edit: forgot the screen shots.

Awesome! WPI has truly hit a new plateau. @almulder Thanks, appreciate that, I am working now on sections of the manual that are relatively "timeless," we can get our heads together at a later date to finish up when youse guys have completed your work.

No sweat. Let me throw down the gauntlet for you, TheeBeets: my sixth graders are building a school Web site this week. If they can do it, you can do it. Why don't you post a few graphics and we can get a sense of where they might be best placed, then we can take a crack at the code. No rush. Waddaya say?

@Ghost82, Lost Soul, Kelsenellenelvian, and others. Without stepping on toes, I'm going to take a crack at reworking/rewriting the manual in the days and weeks ahead. Lots of screen shots, lots of code modification examples, etc. I took a stab at something like this earlier for a previous version of WPI HERE, but that was mostly for my own personal reference. This time it will be for the WPI project. Looks like we might have some translation offers from Dynaletik (German) and others, very cool.

With everyone's humble permission, I would like to take a crack at the manual. I know that Lost Soul and K- have already invested a LOT of time in the thing, and its usefulness is not in debate. Whether folks choose to hide it, I suspect most will refer to it time and again, especially if the information is up-to-date and addresses all of the recent changes made to this great app. Sections of the manual could be expanded to help folks get a real sense of some of the stuff that happens "under the hood," and some of the things that can be changed to truly personalize WPI without compromising its functionality. But yer gonna have to learn a little HTML along the way. If we wrote a manual and posted it as a sticky, as has been suggested, that would work. I mean, it's not as if you take your WPI disc on the road and need to refer to the manual in order to operate the darned thing, right? But the sticky would have to be a link to a fuller Web site that could include navigation aids, etc., maybe using those great new URLs provided by athomsen and maintained by K-. But I wonder if we can't incorporate it directly into WPI together with links to individual files. Just thinking out loud here, but wouldn't it be cool if the manual discussed an issue like changing a background color together with a link to the file so that it could be opened and edited directly? Nah, probably wouldn't work. I am concerned about the size of a manual that would be laden with helpful graphics in the form of screen shots, etc. The point was made earlier about full discs (you're going to need to investigate integration or compression methods, 'cause the next hotfix or driver install is going to put you over the limit ) A companion .pdf would be nice, too, all adding to size. Bottom line for me: let's let the coders work their magic, and we'll see about getting the manual put together in conjunction with the changes. Like everything else around here, it will be a work in progress. We are all doing this for the love but let's remember that we all have jobs and lives, too. The WPI project has been around for awhile, and I hope everyone sticks around as it continues to grow. My background: I was a professional writer with the Federal Government before becoming an elementary school teacher, and I have built a few Web sites for kicks. I think I can tackle this with your help. As for any comments, well, constructive criticism is always welcomed. @ Kelsenellenelvian and others: feel free to weigh in here.

Wow, quite amazing j_h3000. You made that graphic?!? Woof. I don't know if this issue is bugging you, but there is some overlap between your amazing graphic and the list of applications generated by WPI. You can bump the alignment of the application list further to the right by opening the wpi.htm file found in your theme folder and modifying the width attribute value of the column that holds all of the control buttons. Look for this code snippet: <tr height="80%"> <td width="10%" valign="top" nowrap> <!-- The continue button. --> <p> </p> Instead of 10%, play with 12%, 15%, etc. until you find what works best for you. Hopefully you will not bump the applications list off the right edge of the screen if you try this!

Sounds like an excellent topic for the User Manual, TheeBeets. In fact, you will find some useful tips in the current manual under the "Themes" tab, but a more comprehensive discussion will be forthcoming in the days/weeks ahead. I don't think I'm speaking out of turn when I say that our talented coders are working hard at incorporating a lot of new features that will allow users to personalize WPI in point-and-click fashion. A new theme can be as small or big a project as you want to make it (just ask d0nut and others who have created some pretty exceptional themes ), but a detailed primer is worth tackling. Patience, mah man. Oh, to heck with patience! What is it you want to do precisely? We can start laying the groundwork for the primer right now by answering your SPECIFIC questions....

swgreed is correct, but in the meantime TRY THIS. Works for me every time, every driver.

Fingernails on chalkboards, squeaky balloons, whining children, and Microsoft-related diatribes. Get Linux and GO AWAY.

You should be able to copy a folder called "Updater" with hidden/read-only attributes to the My Documents directory prior to installing Photoshop, perhaps using $OEM$. Haven't found a way to disable this nag, however.

Thanks a bunch, Shark007, that works fabulously.