ES Theme Editor

chiribas10

@bobbycopter Perhaps your OS is not installed .net framework 3.5.
@Nismo Thanks for the tip. Yes, I continue to work on the program. And I want to publish the project on gitHub, as soon as I bring in code code and comments to it. Yes, md_marquee may have forgotten. I will add. I've also encountered the md_favorite tag somewhere else. When I wrote the program I was guided by this article

EmulationStation THEMES

Nismo

@chiribas10

You are doing a great work, this forum really need a tool like this, I hope when you release the source code people will help to improve it, but for an early stage, it looks very nice.

bobbycopter

I activated all features under .net framework...

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...and rebooted. Sadly, that didn't do the trick.

Nismo

@bobbycopter

Maybe installing net framework 4 or 4.5?

Or try to run it with compatibility with windows 7.

chiribas10

@bobbycopter I ran on windows 8.1 64 and the program started without problems. Try to run new version (in first post). Add log on starup programm.

mattrixk

@chiribas10: I'm on Win10 64 bit. Avast gave it a going over when I tried to open the exe but it okayed it and the program opened fine. However, whenever I try to generate the xml file, the program stops working and has to be closed.

I think the idea behind it is fantastic. Can I give you some suggestions?

Add a grid to the background, with lines at every 1 percent mark.
- Have a checkbox to turn the grid on and off.
- Have a checkbox to turn snap-to-grid on and off.
- maybe faint lines at every 1 percent and darker ones at every 5 or 10 percent.
Add the ability to add custom boxes for <image extra="true"> tags (eg: console or controller images).
The "Help" box never shows up for me.
The "Generate XML file" and "Read XML file" buttons have a lowercase "l" in "XML"

bobbycopter

@chiribas10 said in ES Theme Editor:

Add log on starup programm.

How do I do that? Tried your other suggestions (Framework 4/4.5, compatibility with windows 7, new version) but so far no luck. But thanks for your effort guys.

Nismo

@bobbycopter

As @mattrixk said, maybe your antivirus is blocking the program. Try to temporarily disabling your antivirus, download the program again, and try to run it.

chiribas10

@mattrixk The "Help" box should be located at the very bottom of the editor window.
When I finish with the basic functions of the program I will consider the refinement that you proposed.
What actions are performed before clicking the XML generation button? Try to get the latest version of the program, run the XML generation in it and if there is an error write to me what writes in the logs.

@bobbycopter If the latest version of the program is used then in the folder with the program there should be a folder LOG in which program logs are written. Is there anything written there?

mattrixk

@chiribas10 I got the most recent version from the first post.

The "generate XML" button works fine if the first thing I do upon opening the program is hit the button, however, if I add a single item (eg: gamelist) then the program crashes when I click the "generate XML" button.

The log file simply says:
[20.04.2017 10:35:46.199] Es_theme_editor InitializeComponent completed

chiribas10

@mattrixk After your error message when generating XML, I process the entire process for the occurrence of an exception and the program does not need to close with an error. If I select any View and then click the checkmark next to any standard item, a window will open that will also be called as the selected View, and the marked item appears in it.

bobbycopter

@chiribas10 said in ES Theme Editor:

If the latest version of the program is used then in the folder with the program there should be a folder LOG in which program logs are written. Is there anything written there?

I got no LOG folder to begin with. Just the files and folders that are showing up in Drive too after unpacking.

chiribas10

@bobbycopter
After starting the program, the LOG folder should be created and the log file will be created. If the program runs correctly there will be a string

[DATETIME] Es_theme_editor InitializeComponent completed

DATETIME - Date and time the program was started

Otherwise, an error will be recorded which prevents the program from starting. If the logs are not created at all, then Windows should tell what is not enough to run the program or why it can not be started.

If you have problems with running the program, please do the following:
1. Check in the OS is installed .net Framework 3.5. In case of absence, install.
2. Try to run the program on behalf of the Administrator. ("Run as administrator" in Context Menu of Application Files)
3. Run the program in compatibility mode with earlier versions of Windows.

retoturtle

Great concept. What language is this written in? I assume VB or something similar. I'd love to help contribute. I have a degree in software engineering.

chiribas10

@retoturtle

I used the programming language C # and Windows Presentation Foundation to build an interface.

chiribas10

ES Theme Editor on GitHub

Nismo

@chiribas10

Amazing!! I hope more people of this forum can help you make it better.

chiribas10

Redesigned user interface.

ES Theme Editor

mattrixk

@chiribas10 I've just tried the new version and there are a few niggles:

the Help bar still doesn't show up for me on the view editor
you can manually change the size of the view editor by clicking and dragging the edges of the box but it doesn't update the size in the top-left.
- on a similar note, if you update the size in the top-left, it doesn't change the size of the view editor box.
if you choose to style the basic view and generate the xml, it still shows all the metadata stuff in the xml. Maybe if you have "Basic" selected, it will only let you add help, logo, logoText and gamelist.

I haven't had much of a chance to play with it, but it looks promising.

chiribas10

@mattrixk
Ok!
I will try to work out these issues in the near future)