ES Theme Editor

Nismo

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)

chiribas10

@mattrixk

The help panel is displayed at the very bottom of the workspace. She just does not appear there?

Help in view editort

chiribas10

Fixed issue with position and size updates in the object properties window.

mattrixk

@chiribas10 said in ES Theme Editor:

The help panel is displayed at the very bottom of the workspace. She just does not appear there?

Aww geez, I can be an idiot at times. When it opens the view editor, it opens it windowed, and I just assumed that it opened it at the proper size. I full-screened the window and there was the help box at the bottom of the grey section.

So yeah, turns out the help box did work for me after all. Sorry about that.

It still crashes for me occasionally, but now instead of crashing when I try to view the xml, it now just crashes randomly.

chiribas10

@mattrixk
If Windows displays some error message or the program writes something into the logs at this point, the screenshots or the text of the error could help in resolving the problems that arise. Not all bugs are fixed in the program.
I posted it here to see if I should spend time on it or not.

Updated

chiribas10

04.05.2017

Fixed some small errors
Improved stability of work with elements in the view editor
New functions are tested

chiribas10

@mattrixk said in ES Theme Editor:

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.

Done!

Updated:

chiribas10

New release on github

19.05.2017

Improved XML generation system.
The ability to create and edit the system section has been added.
Improved stability of the section editor.
The XML optimization system is tested and improved.

ES Theme Editor