jfitty Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 (edited) Hey guys,I've been working on a program for a few years now, and am currently in the phase of attempting to find a supplier to sell it commercially. The program itself works fantastic, the only problem is the GUI makes it look like the program was made for Windows 98. I was wondering if any of you have some tips for improving the look a GUI to make it look a little more modern?I have looked through the "GUI Design Concepts" thread under Example Scripts, but nothing really stood out to me.I like the GUI in the screenshot of this thread:With the updated MSGBox, drop shadow and nicer minimize/close buttons.This GUI, based on the "Steam Window" code is also pretty awesome:Thanks in advance! Edited January 30, 2013 by jfitty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted January 29, 2013 Share Posted January 29, 2013 What does the original poster's last log in date have to do with whether it is a good GUI design or not? If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfitty Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 Woops, I probably should have clarified, I meant as in to contact the user and ask for their source code. Edited that part out Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrewManNH Posted January 30, 2013 Share Posted January 30, 2013 The first link has the code posted in the first post, the second one is a dead link, even in post #28 it leads no where. If I posted any code, assume that code was written using the latest release version unless stated otherwise. Also, if it doesn't work on XP I can't help with that because I don't have access to XP, and I'm not going to.Give a programmer the correct code and he can do his work for a day. Teach a programmer to debug and he can do his work for a lifetime - by Chirag GudeHow to ask questions the smart way! I hereby grant any person the right to use any code I post, that I am the original author of, on the autoitscript.com forums, unless I've specifically stated otherwise in the code or the thread post. If you do use my code all I ask, as a courtesy, is to make note of where you got it from. Back up and restore Windows user files _Array.au3 - Modified array functions that include support for 2D arrays. - ColorChooser - An add-on for SciTE that pops up a color dialog so you can select and paste a color code into a script. - Customizable Splashscreen GUI w/Progress Bar - Create a custom "splash screen" GUI with a progress bar and custom label. - _FileGetProperty - Retrieve the properties of a file - SciTE Toolbar - A toolbar demo for use with the SciTE editor - GUIRegisterMsg demo - Demo script to show how to use the Windows messages to interact with controls and your GUI. - Latin Square password generator Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jfitty Posted January 30, 2013 Author Share Posted January 30, 2013 The first link has the code posted in the first post, the second one is a dead link, even in post #28 it leads no where.Bit of a shame about the second GUI, and yeah I grabbed the drop shadow code from the first one, but unsure about the rest of the styles used on the GUI! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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