GUICustomizer 0.01 (alpha)

[Harry]

this is a general purpose program i've written for educational purposes. i put it in here because i primarily used it with VideoReDo, but you can theoretically use it with any program you like. it's in early alpha stage, however i'd like to hear some opinions whether people have use for such kind of program or not ;)

GUICustomizer 0.01 (alpha)

Requirements:
Microsoft .Net

Purpose: change the position and appearance of GUI elements in windows programs

Usage:

1. "Open File": select executable, e.g. VideoReDo => program is executed (as a remote process)
2. open desired GUI, e.g. open a movie in VideoReDo
3. click "Get Objects" => a list of editable objects will be displayed
4. select one of these objects and modify it's properties (checkboxes, position, parent)

Example on how to get a separate window of the main movie window in VideoReDo:
1. "Open File", select VideoReDo.exe
2. open a movie in VRD
3. in the first list box select the entry with the description "MovieWindow"
4. click "Detach from Parent"
5. in the second list box click on the checkboxes of "Caption" and "Ex App Window"

Note:
some objects can't be turned into windows, but you still can move them with the up/down/left/right buttons

Important Note:
usage of this program is direct modification of an external running program => if you modify the wrong properties, the remote process can crash

Disclaimer:
USE AT YOUR OWN RISK! I take no responsibility to whatever happens when you use this program ;-)

Download:

http://www.mytempdir.com/862496

examples for the future:
* loading and saving of configurations
* one-click preferences (eg fullscreen movie window)
* ...

Screenshot:
http://img158.imageshack.us/img158/4940/snapux8.gif (http://imageshack.us)

Example Usage:
http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/7504/examplejs1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[phd]

Cool idea!

Is it possible to hide the title bar in the detached window?

Can you drag and resize the detached windows?

If you can resize them, will it remember the settings for the next usage?

[Robbi]

Great idea, nice to have full screen video player.

Someday vrd might have a full screen video player. Inbuilt, without the need to install, the .Net framework software.

[Harry]

yup, you can drag & resize the detached windows if you give them a caption bar and resizable borders. after you've moved them, you can hide the title bar again. however, you can't detach everything. main movie window & thumbnail bar work so far without problems.

remembering settings is done in a later version, i just wanted to see if it works at all. one of my goals is eg making the cut list on the right side smaller and let the thumbnail range from left to right of the vrd window.

[Robbi]

I'm now thinking of setting a pc just for this player alone with .Net framework installed. As vrd player has nice codecs, better than most others.

Harry after you saved an edited video through vrd, then load in that saved video back into vrd. Do you notice any slight jerks on playback with the video, but not audio. The video for me has a slight jerk every few seconds, when playing with vrd. With the original video with vrd the playback is perfect.

Would i see the same with using GUICustomizer 0.01 (alpha). As it is running on vrd internal coding, or might it play perfect without stutters.?

I do not see this jerking in other windows players, on playback of vrd saved file, only with vrd. This is the same on various pcs, and has been the same for many betas now.

[Harry]

i've had no stuttering on my sys.

please note: the program is in very early alpha stage, by publishing it i only wanted to show what's possible and maybe some have ideas and suggestions of what you can do. i even managed to add a new button in the original vrd window and add an event to it (with bugs currently), however it's a start.

[BaysideBas]

i've had no stuttering on my sys.

please note: the program is in very early alpha stage, by publishing it i only wanted to show what's possible and maybe some have ideas and suggestions of what you can do. i even managed to add a new button in the original vrd window and add an event to it (with bugs currently), however it's a start.If it's an "Open Video" button you'll have my eternal gratitude.

[echooff]

Herry:
Looks like a good program! I'd like to test it. But your link http://www.mytempdir.com/862496 quit working. Could you please fix the link so I can try to do download GUICustomizer? Do you have a newer version?

[echooff]

Anybody:
Does anybody have this program? Please speak up. Can anybody send it to me by email?

[Harry]

here is a temporary build:

http://www.mytempdir.com/1028146

don't expect much. project has been discontinued because it seemed that the windows programs mostly don't like messing with them and crash eg if you minimize/maximize them after you altered them ...