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<blockquote data-quote="ge2301" data-source="post: 1248735" data-attributes="member: 145639"><p>Hi and welcome,</p><p></p><p>I can help you with the design as I'm the designer of existing MP2 skins. But I have to tell you, that I also started at 0 and learned everything with learning by doing method. That said, there is no real documentation, it would simply take too much time to create that.</p><p>MP2 designs are based on xaml language, not xml as for MP1. There is only a small thing, MP2 uses basically MPF (MediaPresentation Foundation), which is 95% same as WPF (WindowsPresentationFoundation). If you google for xaml or WPF (it's same meaning), you have basically a large online library with all the code you need.</p><p>As you said the best thing is to use an existing skin, that is at least partly comparable to your target design, as base. I also would recommend to first trying to create a theme of an existing skin.</p><p></p><p>As tool you can theoretically use notepad, but I strongly recommend usage of Visual Studio. There is a free version, that fully covers all needs.</p><p>Overall, I appreciate any people how are willing to support MP2 <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" /> But to not hide the hard facts, you'll definitely need some time and some enthusiasm to get a bit into xaml. The beginning is hard and I want only to support, if you are really sure that you are not somebody who gives up quickly <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /> And I'll be in vacation and business trip for a month from Friday, I won't be available at all in this time frame.</p><p>If you are still interested just let me know <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ge2301, post: 1248735, member: 145639"] Hi and welcome, I can help you with the design as I'm the designer of existing MP2 skins. But I have to tell you, that I also started at 0 and learned everything with learning by doing method. That said, there is no real documentation, it would simply take too much time to create that. MP2 designs are based on xaml language, not xml as for MP1. There is only a small thing, MP2 uses basically MPF (MediaPresentation Foundation), which is 95% same as WPF (WindowsPresentationFoundation). If you google for xaml or WPF (it's same meaning), you have basically a large online library with all the code you need. As you said the best thing is to use an existing skin, that is at least partly comparable to your target design, as base. I also would recommend to first trying to create a theme of an existing skin. As tool you can theoretically use notepad, but I strongly recommend usage of Visual Studio. There is a free version, that fully covers all needs. Overall, I appreciate any people how are willing to support MP2 (y) But to not hide the hard facts, you'll definitely need some time and some enthusiasm to get a bit into xaml. The beginning is hard and I want only to support, if you are really sure that you are not somebody who gives up quickly ;) And I'll be in vacation and business trip for a month from Friday, I won't be available at all in this time frame. If you are still interested just let me know :D [/QUOTE]
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