Quick Search for:  in language:    
AOL,complete,desktop,replacement,replaces,you
   Code/Articles » |  Newest/Best » |  Community » |  Jobs » |  Other » |  Goto » | 
CategoriesSearch Newest CodeCoding ContestCode of the DayAsk A ProJobsUpload
Visual Basic Stats

 Code: 3,014,970. lines
 Jobs: 119. postings

 How to support the site

 
Sponsored by:

 

You are in:

 
Login



Latest Code Ticker for Visual Basic.
Click here to see a screenshot of this code!Excel Into a webpage
By Bill Donahue on 7/2

(Screen Shot)

Unroll2 - Update
By Cyber Chris on 7/2


MultilinePWD
By Cyber Chris on 7/2


Click here to see a screenshot of this code!Song/Poem Assistant
By Peter Rowan on 7/2

(Screen Shot)

Click here to see a screenshot of this code!GPA Cal
By KBM-00 on 7/2

(Screen Shot)

Click here to see a screenshot of this code!Connection Via the Telephone line.No internet or cable.Just the telephone line
By Nass ClickMan on 7/2

(Screen Shot)

DBTool
By Make Strömberg on 7/2


Click here to see a screenshot of this code!MSChart Simple Example
By Sebastian Pereira on 7/2

(Screen Shot)

CString v1.5
By Ultimatum on 7/2


Click here to put this ticker on your site!


Add this ticker to your desktop!


Daily Code Email
To join the 'Code of the Day' Mailing List click here!





Affiliate Sites



 
 
   

BoS 1.1 - Skinnable, customizable desktop replacement - now with AOL Instant Messaging

Print
Email
 
winzip icon
Submitted on: 6/1/2000 9:05:59 PM
By: Brian 
Level: Advanced
User Rating: By 16 Users
Compatibility:VB 5.0, VB 6.0

Users have accessed this code 10764 times.
 

(About the author)
 
     BoS is a complete desktop replacement. It replaces your desktop icons, taskbar, system tray, and start menu with customizable, translucent versions. BoS also has AOL Instant Messaging built in, and a lot more. BoS inculdes four skins: BoS Standard, Green Shades, Red Shades, and BMac. Additional skins can be downloaded with the integrated skin downloader! *** Note: BoS is for Windows 98 and Windows 2000 only. Be sure to put Alphablending.dll in your \windows\system directory. Alphablending.dll will not register with rcreg32 ***

 
winzip iconDownload code

Note: Due to the size or complexity of this submission, the author has submitted it as a .zip file to shorten your download time. Afterdownloading it, you will need a program like Winzipto decompress it.

Virus note:All files are scanned once-a-day by Planet Source Code for viruses,but new viruses come out every day, so no prevention program can catch 100% of them.

FOR YOUR OWN SAFETY, PLEASE:
1)Re-scan downloaded files using your personal virus checker before using it.
2)NEVER, EVER run compiled files (.exe's, .ocx's, .dll's etc.)--only run source code.
3)Scan the source code with Minnow's Project Scanner

If you don't have a virus scanner, you can get one at many places on the net including:McAfee.com

 
Terms of Agreement:   
By using this code, you agree to the following terms...   
1) You may use this code in your own programs (and may compile it into a program and distribute it in compiled format for languages that allow it) freely and with no charge.   
2) You MAY NOT redistribute this code (for example to a web site) without written permission from the original author. Failure to do so is a violation of copyright laws.   
3) You may link to this code from another website, but ONLY if it is not wrapped in a frame. 
4) You will abide by any additional copyright restrictions which the author may have placed in the code or code's description.


Other 10 submission(s) by this author

 

 
Report Bad Submission
Use this form to notify us if this entry should be deleted (i.e contains no code, is a virus, etc.).
Reason:
 
Your Vote!

What do you think of this code(in the Advanced category)?
(The code with your highest vote will win this month's coding contest!)
Excellent  Good  Average  Below Average  Poor See Voting Log
 
Other User Comments
6/2/2000 12:16:44 AM:Bryan
This code is great...
But there is 
more room for improvement.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/2/2000 5:47:23 PM:WILKSEY
Hey, Great Work, Could U Please Email 
me, I Need to ask an important 
question, it's a bit too long to write 
here.  Thanx
-Wilksey-
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/3/2000 10:03:41 AM:Danny Moss
This fu***ng code is the blooody best. 
keep the good work up. Also i need help 
on my Project. Please Mail me
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/3/2000 9:53:44 PM:!nnovation Software
oh, never mind. i didnt edit that BAS, 
sorry:-)
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/6/2000 1:33:11 PM:Brian
You can't select "VB6 Only" on Planet 
Source Code.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/6/2000 6:47:05 PM:BS
If you want to make it the shell on 
windows 2000, change explorer.exe in 
the registry
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/6/2000 6:49:22 PM:BS
The key to change is 
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/Software/Microsoft/Wi
ndows NT/Current Version/Winlogon
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/9/2000 5:28:10 PM:WÏ©kÊÐ_WΣ£ÿ
It is new and a little better but it is 
far from complete it still has alot of 
bugs. But I like it. I was wondering if 
you could send me the source code for 
the installer so I can make my own 
thanx.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/13/2000 7:47:23 AM:Dane Jones
I was wondering about the origin of the 
Alphablending.dll, were did you get it? 
did you write it? Is it a C++ compiled 
DLL? Were can I get further information 
on it? Can I freely distribute it with 
my own applications?
Why do I get 
these errors:
Run-time error 
'48':
File not found: 
Alphableeding.dll
&
LoadLibrary("C:\
Windows\System\AlphaB~1.dll")Failed.
Ge
tLastError returns 0x00000485
I'm 
running win95+ie5.....
Thanks for 
your time
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/13/2000 4:30:12 PM:wonka
All I get is file not found: 
AlphaBlending.dll
I can't register 
it using regsvr32, either.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/23/2000 2:20:03 PM:opello
Wouldn't this work on Win95?
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/23/2000 2:22:03 PM:opello
Also, could you post the compiled 
version? Because my VB6 LE won't run 
anymore =( ... TiA!
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/23/2000 8:18:22 PM:Brian
The compiled version is 2.2 megs. PSC 
times out after I send about 600K, so I 
can't send the EXE.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/25/2000 8:40:15 PM:WÏ©kÊÐ_WΣ£ÿ
Brian when will the next version come 
out. 
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
6/28/2000 1:50:41 AM:Brian
BoS 1.2 will be released on August 1, 
and will include lots of new features 
including a Talking AIM client with a 
profanity filter, a resizable start 
button, a CD player, a DUN connection 
manager, icons for the taskbar buttons, 
and a lot more.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/5/2000 11:34:52 AM:Philip Neil
This is awesome.. But I am doing an 
even better one so watch out
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/6/2000 8:46:08 AM:Philip Neil
Hey I am trying to make my own but it 
wont be as good as this.. Brian can you 
tell me how to get the icons from the 
bmp to the program you wrote the pics 
in so perfect. I am using micrografx 
and it fills part of the pic which 
makes it look bad.. Or can you please 
send me the icons/bmp's
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/7/2000 12:28:48 PM:Philip Neil
Hey brian. Awesome code. Can ya send me 
the code to get the windows desktop 
icons in the form. I would really 
appreciate it
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/8/2000 9:13:57 PM:Cozmik X
Not Bad at all... this is a great 
code!
But I have a problem when 
running it.  The Btoday screen forces 
itself to always relocate to the side 
of my screen... I don't know why it 
does this...  It's fine at first but 
when I click on one of the tabs it does 
it
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/9/2000 9:16:42 PM:Yusuf
Whenever I try to unextract the zip 
file, it does nothing.  When I try to 
make a checkout dir it says
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/9/2000 9:23:12 PM:Yusuf
Whenever I try to extract the zip file 
it doesnt do anything when i try to 
make a checkout it says it cant make 
the folder "C:"... why is it trying to 
make a folder named "c:"???  Please 
e-mail me y_simonson@hotmail.com
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/10/2000 4:54:35 AM:Khalil
Very promising project! I hoep it will 
keep improving ... 
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/10/2000 11:26:58 AM:cozmik x
wow, I just fixed a few things in it 
and this code kicks a-s-s.  and the 
cooler part is you did it in VISUAL 
BASIC!  This rocks, I hope to see more 
improvements in the future.  Later, 
Cozmik X
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/11/2000 8:40:35 PM:Yusuf
Hold up dude.  Are my unextracting 
probs cause i got win98 instead of NT?  
S***!
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/11/2000 8:42:54 PM:Yusuf
O wait... it does work with 98... 
him... then what is wrong...?
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/12/2000 9:25:38 AM:Alex Ionescu
Yet again, this thing is too 
bloat-ware.... Tell me, how many people 
are going to download a 3MB  shell (2.2 
MB compiled   msvbvm60.dll   
alphablending.dll). And the shell 
itself is 2.2MB, meaning that it loads 
slowly in memory, and uses up a whole 
load of ressources. Alphablending in a 
shell is rather useless, unless you're 
an excellent coder.. Even MacOS X is 
having problems with transparency and 
all that... Anyways, once the code gets 
to about 400kb, and has a much faster 
start menu, a better desktop and a 
systray handler, then I will consider 
it 
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/13/2000 1:44:47 AM:Super Postman
Alex, go ahead and make something 
better than this...then i will consider 
yours.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/15/2000 1:45:51 PM:Yusuf
nevermind about the zip prob... i got 
PKZIP and it unzips perfectly with 
that... this junk is awesome!  Where's 
the code that resizes all the windows 
so that BoS's desktop is always on 
top???
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/17/2000 11:11:07 PM:Mack 10
Great job!
Could you please submit 
this to a new great VB site at 
http://www.dev-center.com
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/26/2000 1:53:57 PM:Drarok
hmm doesn't run properly on my system! 
i have the resolution one about 
1024x768, which i have to change, and 
then the windows arrange themselves 
wherever they want!
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/28/2000 2:23:53 PM:Chris Rose
Hi, i am curerently working on a 
project for logos/sms/phone book 
manager 4 nokia phones and i need 
someone to help out with good looking 
splash screen/other  area's graphics. 
If you think that you can help then 
please email 
me:
chris_1024@hotmail.com
The 
grapx need to be good and i am flat 
broke so i cant give you anything 
except fame when ur name comes up in 
the corner of the splash screen seen by 
millions every time they turn on there 
pc.
Chris
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/29/2000 9:01:29 PM:Morphius
I've Found that BoS works on Windows 95 
only if you have "msimg32.dll" and 
"alphablending.dll" in your system 
folder, the msimg32 translates the 
alpha blending. 
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/30/2000 8:39:41 PM:Michael L. Barker
Doesn't work well at all on W2K. Also 
try and not hard code your paths. 
Like:
Public Const DesktopPath = 
"C:\Windows\Desktop"
You should use 
API get the the paths.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
7/31/2000 8:02:14 PM:Marcelo
Its better than those 100 betas u 
posted, but still, what you are doing 
is re-building explorer.exe 
funcionality, and lets face it, if 
anyone was to waste memory with another 
shell, they wouldn´t do it for a 
slower, memory hungry one, that does 
exactly, or actually, not even as good 
as the standard one? hehe, just my way 
of looking at it...
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
8/2/2000 9:28:24 PM:WÏ©kÊÐ_WΣ£ÿ
When are you going to release the final 
version of BoS, and when will your site 
be back up. 1 other thing you need to 
make a program that will let you make 
skinz like winamp has instead of having 
to make them by hand
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
8/17/2000 4:14:01 PM:jason
there is a major problem with this 
program at least on my comp.......every 
time i load it it puts my programs that 
i have open at the top of the screen 
and i can't do anything with 
them.....it also causes half my screen 
to mess up please help 
me.....hasent78@hotmail.com
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
8/17/2000 4:42:10 PM:jason
Nevermind i think i got it.....but 
there is one thing that could be fixed 
that is that when normal windows is 
started there are things in the task 
bar near the clock....or programs that 
are running...with bos these programs 
don't show up in this area....this 
would be amazing if that could be fixed
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
10/7/2000 10:57:09 AM:Sauron
This code looks greate!!!
I am going 
to download it and vote for it right 
away!!!
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
3/22/2001 8:49:59 PM:Jamie Lindgren
This sounds very great although I 
wouldn't try it myself because I don't 
want to screw around with my desktop 
anymore than I already have.  lol
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
10/3/2002 3:34:39 AM:
Simple Question:
Why don't you offer a 
compiled version with either PGP sig or 
CRC ?
I want to try, but wasting a few 
hundred bucks for VB5 or 6 just because 
there is no compiled version is a 
strange thing to me.
Please provide a 
precompiled version too, nobody can 
expect everyone in the world who 
downloads this replacement has a 
compiler on it's machine.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
10/3/2002 3:38:04 AM:
Why don't you provide a precompiled 
verion ? Please do so.
I am eager to 
kick explorer as shell, but I feel like 
it is expected that everyone in the 
world who want's to try BoS is forced 
to waste a few hundred bucks to buy the 
compiler from M$.
If I missed 
something (compiler for free) please 
say so.
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
4/27/2003 4:08:45 AM:80 SpitFire 08
Where the sh*t can i get 
alphablending.dll
Keep the Planet clean! If this comment was disrespectful, please report it:
Reason:

 
Add Your Feedback!
Note:Not only will your feedback be posted, but an email will be sent to the code's author in your name.

NOTICE: The author of this code has been kind enough to share it with you.  If you have a criticism, please state it politely or it will be deleted.

For feedback not related to this particular code, please click here.
 
Name:
Comment:

 

Categories | Articles and Tutorials | Advanced Search | Recommended Reading | Upload | Newest Code | Code of the Month | Code of the Day | All Time Hall of Fame | Coding Contest | Search for a job | Post a Job | Ask a Pro Discussion Forum | Live Chat | Feedback | Customize | Visual Basic Home | Site Home | Other Sites | About the Site | Feedback | Link to the Site | Awards | Advertising | Privacy

Copyright© 1997 by Exhedra Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved.  By using this site you agree to its Terms and Conditions.  Planet Source Code (tm) and the phrase "Dream It. Code It" (tm) are trademarks of Exhedra Solutions, Inc.