My Active Desktop :)

just bumping this and letting every1 know where they can find my old zip
http://members.optusnet.com.au/jdgordy/ad.zip

o and i gotta fix that miranda plug a few posts up changed the pic on the server...

anyway u can do all this in miranda...

 

Just discovered this thread and spent 2.5 days playing with it. Fun. Good for these crappy weather days in melb.

 

I had a quick go at this this after noon, now that i've come back to it this evening (wanting to have a greater crack at it) i cant get it to work.
whenever i enable the html file as the active desktop.... my desktop just turns white o.0
wont show the background (specified in the html file) ... or any of the text.

any ideas ?


ok..... it turns out that the Active Desktop was there.... it just wasnt showing. i used some skillfull tabbing and some how managed to select the googlel bar and did a search (that's how a knew it was there)

Then for some reason, some random clicking on the desktop made it show up

 

hehe, no sooner to do get rid of one problem another arises.

Using the Active desktop Tutorial, i've made the vbs files and shortcuts trying to run a game.

if in the vbs file and specify the game exe it runs but then the game says it cant find some config files.
which led me to think that i have to run it from a shortcut (like it said in the guide)

now when i specify the path to the short cut.... it comes up with an error saying

i have no idea what's going on because i've checked and drechecked numerous times to make sure the correct path is entered


edit: ... i just tried putting the shortcut into the WINDOWS folder instead of specifying the location........ now when i execute the vbs file it asks me where i want to copy the shortcut to
this is driving me nuts.

 

What happened to MWP's weather feed?? ?
I'm getting a 404 error now...
worked fine yesterday.

 

I do it differently to run programs. This example runs Sim City 4.

<a target="_self" onClick=" ShellExJ('C:\\Program Files\\Games\\SimCity 4\\Apps\\SimCity 4.exe')" href="javascript:;">Sim City 4</a><br>

you'll need to inclue the following in the HEAD section to run the ShellExJ command.

<script language="JScript">
//Used for executing program links. Filename is path of file. When called it executes it.
function ShellExJ(filename)
{
var objShell = new ActiveXObject("Shell.Application");
objShell.ShellExecute(filename, "", "", "open", 1);
}

</script>

 

got a bit bored today so hit active desktop again.

 

NIIIIIICE

 

Thanks

A couple of people have requested it so I zipped it up.

If you are going to use it feel free, but give credit where credit is due. And try and modify it. I want my desktop to be original damn it

CLICK ME!!!

 

hey whats the font that u used at the top of the menus?

Matt

 

Just made a few small changes. I won't be uploading this one.



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EDIT: or this one (still deciding which one to use


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nice work again, i prefer the 2nd one.

 

Ta, second one it is.

 

http://forums.overclockers.com.au/showthread.php?s=&postid=3412169#post3412169

If anyone has any info or has run into this issue before I would love a hand. It has me stumped

 

Since it's 98SE, I can't get the desktop to lock to the... well... desktop. Any suggestions?

 

very nice stratosfear!

Can I ask how you made your tables transparent?

 

Just part of the css

Although keep in mind it is an IE only method and shouldn't work in other browsers. Of course this doesn't matter for active desktop but if you are using it for a webpage then google for other methods for mozilla etc.

 

Some one over at another forum made one of thease, Accept theirs had no callender, insted they had a notepad thing which saved whatever you wrote. And also Boxes With links to games and all.

 

Stratosfear, please, the name of the wallpaper (the glass rose?)from your original desktop - I'm going nuts bouncing around deviantart trying to find it.....the catagory would be a great help.

BTW there are over 6 million piccys there......

(idiot edit)

Ok forget it, just found it. Googled the site and bingo!

*note to self, think first then ask.....