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Russ · Apr 4, 2008, 05:01 PM

Here is more info (now that I have more time to respond) regarding editing the plugin menu.

Currently you will only be able to rename the sub menus and add/remove plugins to/from the sub menus.

Extract categories.ini, lang.ini, and kxskin.ini from kxskin.kxs.

lang.ini contains the sub menu (category) names for different languages. You would edit this if you wanted to change the name of a sub menu.

categories.ini is where plugins are assigned to a sub menu (category). This is done using the plugin's GUID and the category# (from lang.ini). It should be fairly self explanatory. BTW: It appears that the last line in the file should be a blank line.

You will need to edit kxskin.ini to give the skin a new name and a new GUID (generate GUID from kX Settings menu).

Zip up the 3 files as whatever.kxs, register the new skin and select it from the menu to use it.

For any other skinning, you will need to look at the structures of the different files, and read the comments within those files, etc.

<edit>
In kX 3541 you can add new categories!
See Eugene's previous reply for info on adding new categories.
Thanks E.
</edit>

Apr 4, 2008, 05:01 PM	#8 (permalink)
Russ DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 4,076	Here is more info (now that I have more time to respond) regarding editing the plugin menu. Currently you will only be able to rename the sub menus and add/remove plugins to/from the sub menus. Extract categories.ini, lang.ini, and kxskin.ini from kxskin.kxs. lang.ini contains the sub menu (category) names for different languages. You would edit this if you wanted to change the name of a sub menu. categories.ini is where plugins are assigned to a sub menu (category). This is done using the plugin's GUID and the category# (from lang.ini). It should be fairly self explanatory. BTW: It appears that the last line in the file should be a blank line. You will need to edit kxskin.ini to give the skin a new name and a new GUID (generate GUID from kX Settings menu). Zip up the 3 files as whatever.kxs, register the new skin and select it from the menu to use it. For any other skinning, you will need to look at the structures of the different files, and read the comments within those files, etc. <edit> In kX 3541 you can add new categories! See Eugene's previous reply for info on adding new categories. Thanks E. </edit> Last edited by Russ; Apr 4, 2008 at 08:59 PM.