ViStart v8.1.5255

[GeorgeK1ng]

• Improved translations, every visible element under Windows XP host can be now translated using Language.xml
• Added new translatable elements into all available languages
• Added Czech.xml
• Added new context menu in NavigationPane on custom items - Open, Rename and Hide
• Added new context menu to "Computer" - Manage, Search
• Added new context menu to "Computer" / "Network" / "Control Panel" - Show on desktop / Hide from desktop
• Added new context menu "Explore" when browsing All programs to be able open whole folder
• Removed ViPad context menu when ViPad is not running or not installed. No more "online" feature in context menu
• Removed More themes and More Orbs online buttons. No more "online" features from Settings
• Realigned buttons on Style configuration page
• Realigned elemens on About page and added current build visibility
• Updated settings.xml with new defaults
• Fixed "No skins available", if doesn't exist %APPDATA%\ViStart use current EXE dir if _skins folder exist there

Known bugs: 1) When using Start search "Files" string can't be translated right now, I can't find correct place to replace this string with Language related string saved as "StrFiles" in Language.xml 2) NavigationPane font color is always white, this needs to be solved and enable some kind of Font Color option into layout.xml - this is already here, nothing to investigate 3) When using Right click on "Run..." StartMenu keeps open and Run dialogbox is not on correct place

[GeorgeK1ng]

Here you can see translations improvements

Here is last remaining "Files" word that needs to be mapped to "StrFiles". Hope you can find cause of this "non-translatable" item

And here is demostrated needs of colorized font in NavigationPane. As you can see, it's really badly visible white font on Blue background. I would like to see option in layout.xml. But I was unable to find correct place where I can specify font color for Navigation pane items

P.S. Code for context menu is not clear at all, but works

[lee-soft]

I think the "Files" is actually a bitmap in the "Vistart.RES". I was meaning to change this some day to be actual text. You might need to open ViStart.RES with ResHacker to change it for yourself

Skinning with ViStart 8.pdf Maybe the ViFont section will help you with change the colours. I am not sure it can be changed from memory. I think it's hard coded.

I will have a look at these changes over the weekend. Thanks for contributing

[GeorgeK1ng]

I have uploaded Brazilian.xml again right now

[GeorgeK1ng]

I have reuploaded whole ViStart Source tree grabbed from XP machine.

• I have added Show on desktop / Hide from desktop context menu for Network and Control panel. Desktop refresh is now added after registry touch so Computer and Network icons are now "real-time" Showed or Hidden.
• Forgotten ""Shutdown" text was fixed and now is correctly translated

ViStart.RES doesn't contain any BMP / PNG with "Files" caption for Start Search. I have currently no idea where is hardcoded "Files" string. Hope you can find it out to make 100% strings translatable

So still these 2 bugs are there 1) "Files" string is not loaded from translation file 2) Start menu keeps open and Run dialog box is not placed correctly when right click on Run... and use context menu Run...

EDIT: Seems like GitHub can't show correctly uploaded files from some reason. Better to download repository and compare files using Beyond Compare for example. My attempt touch minimum code to achieve mentioned changelog

EDIT2: Can you upload somewhere (skins folder will be the best) any other themes that you have for ViStart 8.1 please?

[lee-soft]

We can safely ignore whitespace changes, the PR looks bigger than it actually is. On GitHub there is a feature to hide whitespace changes. So do not worry about it

[GeorgeK1ng]

Language files seems to be broken as I used your original ones with only adding new elements inside. I have rebuilded right now all of them except Korean as I can't do this one on my XP machine.

[fediaFedia]

Glad to see someone is working on ViStart!

Just an FYI, at some point the Windows 11 Compatibility got broken :( I used built 5257 here: https://www.deviantart.com/fediafedia/art/Longhorn-2022-ViStart-11-WIP-905330208

[GeorgeK1ng]

Glad to see someone is working on ViStart!

Just an FYI, at some point the Windows 11 Compatibility got broken :( I used built 5257 here: https://www.deviantart.com/fediafedia/art/Longhorn-2022-ViStart-11-WIP-905330208

Nice to see you here! Maybe you can help me with adapting current themes to ViStart. I have collected various of them on Deviantart, including yours. I will send you more info to e-mail from your profile description. With your help can be ViStart Themes pefrect!

About Windows 11 compatibility, maybe @lee-soft can solve it. Currently This build 5255 is tested on my side only on XP host. In future I will test it under Vista / 7 too to see what else needs to be modded according to full translation support.

[GeorgeK1ng]

Reuploaded all languages again, Added incomplete Russian translation from another Fork with all needed strings for 8.1.5255