 WinntbbuED, Edit your Winnbbu.dll the easy way |
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 Jul 7 2005, 05:11 AM
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Junior  Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 6-July 05 Member No.: 63338 
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Hi Evry1!
I'm not sure if i am too late with this, since not much happening here anymore... But anyways, i had a little spare time and was tired of the work needed to modify texts in the winntbbu.dll, so i put together a little VB-Application. I tried to keep it as tight as possible, so if i am not mistaken all you will need to run this are the vb6 runtimes (which, if you dont run winxp anyway, can get from ms directly). 
WinntbbuEd.bmp ( 68.43K )
Number of downloads: 7945Note, this is the first release, consider it Beta, there are limitations, much room for improvements, and surely there will be bugs. But i will try to work on this as my free time allows. Ok, to make it bit more clear heres the list of current limitations: CODE In its current Version this editor only allows editing of the following in Winntbbu.dll: *Colors *Fonts (Large & Small) *Headlines & Billboards *Step Texts *Pictures (HighColor & CDBoot only): Backgroundimage Step Images Top-Left-Logo Processinganimation ---------------------------------------------------------- Preview: The Preview is currently only available for small resolution setups. Only changes made to the appropiate Resources will take visual effect. Of Cource all made changes get written to the dll. SysSetup: Though for visual completeness Texts from syssetup.dll, if present in the same directory as the selected winntbbu.dll, are displayed, they are, at least at the moment, not editable. Pictures: There are no validation Checks on the Bitmaps that you might use, so have to take care yourself. All Pictures are limited to the use of Bitmap Images. Every Bitmap has a display in the pictures editor with its current size, hold the mouse over that, and you will get a tip with the size microsoft has intended. Fonts: The font that you use MUST be present and registered at the time of setup. Since only Fontname and Fontsize are stored in the .dll even though the dialog for fonts allows it, you cant use styles like bold etc. Dont Knows: There are still some aspects in the resources i dont know what they are good for, any additional information is welcome. Comments & Suggestions are very welcome Last Update: 29.07.2005 Current Version 0.3.1 Mirror = http://www.wpiw.net/downloads/WinntbbuED_3.1.exe Hope you'll like it Greetz The Mad Guy This post has been edited by Kelsenellenelvian: Dec 12 2007, 01:20 PM |
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Jul 7 2005, 05:17 AM
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WPI Guru  Group: Software Developers Posts: 5829 Joined: 18-September 03 From: Pocatello, ID Member No.: 6960 OS: Vista Ultimate x86 
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OOOOOOOOooooooooooooo Looks very nice and handy!
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Jul 7 2005, 05:21 AM
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WPI Guru Group: Software Developers Posts: 5829 Joined: 18-September 03 From: Pocatello, ID Member No.: 6960 OS: Vista Ultimate x86
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Could you make it so it can modifype after saving the file?
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Jul 7 2005, 05:25 AM
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MS Junkie since DOS2.1 Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 12-May 04 From: Sacramento, CA Member No.: 19723 OS: none
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Hiya,
Looks great! Have jcarle's compressionbin installed anyway, so modifype's not a problem...will be trying it out today. Thanks! |
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Jul 7 2005, 06:46 AM
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nLite Lover Group: Members Posts: 380 Joined: 11-August 04 From: Rocky Mount, NC Member No.: 27069 OS: XP Pro x86
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this program is impressive...allowing on the fly changes and even a simulation of the final product is really handy. If this helps, i'll note that all of the text on the billboard showed up in english correctly except for "Installation will complete in 39 minutes". Instead, it said:
Installation abgeschlossen in ungefahr 33 minuten which i'm guessing to be german or something along those lines. Hope this helps, keep it up. |
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Jul 7 2005, 07:15 AM
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Member Group: Members Posts: 126 Joined: 8-November 03 Member No.: 9179 
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Its really a nice app...thank you
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Jul 7 2005, 07:23 AM
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Junior Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 6-July 05 Member No.: 63338
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QUOTE (kelsenellenelvian @ Jul 7 2005, 01:21 PM) Could you make it so it can modifype after saving the file?  Hi! i guess you mean the checksum update that is done by modifype, right ? Thnx for pointing it out, i really forgot about that. Next version will do so  Greetnx The Mad Guy |
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Jul 7 2005, 07:31 AM
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Junior Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 6-July 05 Member No.: 63338
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QUOTE (tap52384 @ Jul 7 2005, 02:46 PM) this program is impressive...allowing on the fly changes and even a simulation of the final product is really handy. If this helps, i'll note that all of the text on the billboard showed up in english correctly except for "Installation will complete in 39 minutes". Instead, it said: Installation abgeschlossen in ungefahr 33 minuten which i'm guessing to be german or something along those lines. Hope this helps, keep it up. Thnx, the text you are talking about it not in the winntbbu.dll, it is in the syssetup.dll which is (not yet) supported by the editor. The text that is displayed, indeed german, is hardcoded in the editor and only shown for visual completeness, so that you get a better idea how the final thing will look like. which btw is already pointed out in the limitations on the ? menu in the editor  Greetnx The Mad Guy |
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Jul 7 2005, 08:10 AM
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Tpyo Spceialist Group: Members Posts: 1176 Joined: 16-August 04 From: UK Member No.: 27774 OS: XP Pro x86 
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Wow great app!
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Jul 8 2005, 04:54 AM
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Junior Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 6-July 05 Member No.: 63338
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Hi!
as promised heres a little update: CODE a - added f - fixed r - removed c - changed n - note V0.1.1 Checksum Correction a - IMAGE_OPTIONAL_HEADER Checksum now gets updated while saving. thnx 2 kelsenellenelvian for pointing that out so no need to run modifype anymore... OLD VERSION REMOVED Have Fun! Greetnx The Mad Guy This post has been edited by TheMadGuy: Jul 19 2005, 07:19 AM |
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Jul 8 2005, 05:22 AM
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nLiten me, nuhi! Group: Members Posts: 614 Joined: 2-June 05 Member No.: 58663 OS: XP Pro x86 
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looks good so far.. may I advise you that the best way to stop people from downloading the first release is to update the visrt post as you release a new version, just saves people downloading earlier versions and complaing of probs
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Jul 8 2005, 05:27 AM
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nLiten me, nuhi! Group: Members Posts: 614 Joined: 2-June 05 Member No.: 58663 OS: XP Pro x86
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I must say this is a very impressive app!
couple little things, very little, just a few spelling mistakes  please see the attached images where I have highlighted incorrectly spelled words I named each attachement with the correct spelling for you like I said, nothing to be concerned about, but if you plan on making upgrades to this software, might as well fix the little things too 
This post has been edited by piXelatedEmpire: Jul 8 2005, 05:43 AM
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Jul 8 2005, 11:46 PM
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Junior Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 6-July 05 Member No.: 63338
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QUOTE (piXelatedEmpire @ Jul 8 2005, 01:22 PM) looks good so far.. may I advise you that the best way to stop people from downloading the first release is to update the visrt post as you release a new version, just saves people downloading earlier versions and complaing of probs Hi! thnx for the hint, edited the first post and will do so in the future aswell! Good Point
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Jul 8 2005, 11:51 PM
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Junior Group: Members Posts: 67 Joined: 6-July 05 Member No.: 63338
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QUOTE (piXelatedEmpire @ Jul 8 2005, 01:27 PM) I must say this is a very impressive app! couple little things, very little, just a few spelling mistakes please see the attached images where I have highlighted incorrectly spelled words I named each attachement with the correct spelling for you like I said, nothing to be concerned about, but if you plan on making upgrades to this software, might as well fix the little things too Thnx for your time and efforts here, i am currently cleaning up the project anyway, so the next version is in the making, and i'll surely correct these misspellings in the process aswell. |
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Jul 9 2005, 02:04 AM
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nLiten me, nuhi! Group: Members Posts: 614 Joined: 2-June 05 Member No.: 58663 OS: XP Pro x86
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fantastic, can't wait to play with the new release!
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Jul 10 2005, 01:46 AM
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This is really good! wow
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Jul 10 2005, 08:31 AM
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Take yer medicine... Group: Members Posts: 122 Joined: 12-October 04 From: Atlanta Member No.: 33535
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QUOTE (piXelatedEmpire @ Jul 8 2005, 07:27 AM) I must say this is a very impressive app! couple little things, very little, just a few spelling mistakes please see the attached images where I have highlighted incorrectly spelled words I named each attachement with the correct spelling for you like I said, nothing to be concerned about, but if you plan on making upgrades to this software, might as well fix the little things too and "appropriate" (you left out an 'r'- see 3rd screenie, above misspelled "Cource") |
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