07-10-2003, 06:12 PM
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| A Beautiful Lie
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I found the tutorial on www.originalicons.com Quote:
Customizing The Appearance Of AIM
To do this trick you need to download a program called "Resource Hacker"
Second thing you must do is back up your "aimres.dll" file by copying it to a separate directory in case you go and screw it up.
Once you have downloaded and extracted resource hacker you can begin.
Replacing Images
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First you will, of course, need to have an image to replace an existing AIM image with. We'll say you created MyNew.gif to replace the logging in screen .gif on AIM. In Resource Hacker, after opening aimres.dll, go to the top menu under 'Action' then select 'Replace Other Resource'. Click the "Open File With New Resource" button and browse your hard drive for the MyNew.gif.
In the "Resource Type" box enter: GIFDATA
In the "Resource Name" box enter: 103
In the "Resource Language" box enter: 1033
GIFDATA is the folder where the .gif images are stored for things like the logging in screen and the buddy list ad box.
103 is the number under that folder where that particular image is located.
1033 is just the number you will always put for the Language Type in any resource your replace.
If you want to replace a button's image in AIM with your own you can do this by selecting 'Replace Bitmap' on the menu. Here you find it much easier to scroll through the images to find the button you wish to replace, then simply press the "Open File With New Bitmap" button and browse your computer for the new .bmp. After you select the new .bmp and the old .bmp you wish to replace press the "Replace" button.
After you have finished changing images be sure to go up to the menu and select 'File' then 'Save'.
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