Troubleshooting MarvelClient Skinning Edition
by markus seitz :: Lotus Notes Client Management
We've had a couple of complaints that skinning doesn't work in 8.5.1. I was unable to reproduce this issue until Tong (thanks!) sent me his notes.ini. Looks like it's the same old thing after all: at a certain font size Notes falls back to untextured workspace (i don't know why this issue occured after upgrading to 8.5.1 - my guess would be that notes has changed some font settings).
Here's how you enable textured workspace:
(actually there's a policy that prevents me from doing just that)
It's one of the preferences that take effect immediately.
That's what it should look like afterwards (with skinning disabled):
Here's the untextured workspace (left is basic, to the right the "new" workspace look in the standard/eclipse client) - this is what you'll also get if the font size is too large:
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Up to at least r7 there's no system setting that would affect the font / font size used for the desktop icons. There's one notes.ini setting though: Display_font_adjustment
See here: To change font settings in your NOTES.INI file
The eclipse client has a new setting:
This setting is stored in the notes.ini:
FontIncrease=4
UserFontIncrease=4
(0=Normal, 2=Large, 4=Extra Large)
This is also observed by the basic client - there's just no UI equivalent, you'll have to modify your notes.ini to change it.
Here's another trap - if you increase the font size it's working temporarely - until you restart you client.
(before and after restart):
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(Notice that skinning still works for the twistie - a good indication that this problem is caused by fonts...)
So what if you like the font the way it is? Here's what you do:
- rename you old skinning folder (it's in your data directory)
- download this and extract the skinning folder to your data directory:
- restart your client
Unfortunately it's a different skin and i've just upscaled it (could have done a better job - i'm no good at GIMP), here's what it looks like:
btw: have i mentioned yet that 8.5.1 is a great release?
And since this entry has been all about UI - make sure you read Mary Beth Ravens blog to learn about all the new cool (UI related) stuff in 8.5.1...
Comments
i've posted a reply here:
http://blog.panagenda.com/pub/panablog.nsf/d6plinks/FLOR-7DRBHC
Markus
Markus Seitz, 2009-10-20 15:21
I still dont get it to work.
I have problems since my 8.5.1 upgrade.
I followed your instruction and still no success :(
Sandra
Sandra, 2009-10-20 15:10
<br />Please help me Markus.
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<br />Thanks
<br />Sandra
Sandra, 2009-10-20 15:12
Also tried it with and without mc_skinning.dll (since I am using mc.dll 1.10.19.876 it should not be necessary to use mc_skinning.dll assuming that the new mc.dll is a "skinning edition"?).
The strange thing: Even "Textured workspace" is enabled I only see a gray workspace without texture)
Thanks, Harald
Harald, 2010-11-24 16:07
My configuration:
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Windows 7 Professional, 64bit
Resolution: 1920x1200 (laptop display)
Resolution: 1680x1050 (external monitor)
Even I've done everything mentioned here it didn't work (only twisted icons where skinned, everything else was "normal"). Today I am at the office and switched to the external monitor (external monitor as primary screen, laptop display as secondary (extended) screen)
I recognized the maximum resolution of the external monitor is only 1680x1050. Which isn't very comfortable when you used to have 1920x1200 (even the external monitor is bigger).
Then I have seen the "Make text and other items larger and smaller" link and used it:
Medium 125% (default)
Default 125%? Sounds strange. Switched to "Normal" 100% and surprise: Skinning works now ^^
Cheers, Harald
Harald, 2010-12-02 10:40