Annoying Splash Screen

[Acorn]

If all goes well your new splash screen will appear.

I assume you are referring to "Resource Hacker".
If so, yes it will do what you say but I would offer caution as while you may consider "changing" something is all right, it is probably breaking your Xara licence conditions, if not, those listed here: https://helpandsupport.xara.com/xara...ledgements.htm.

People then may drift into wholly illegal activity.

Xara EULA (representative wording):

B. You are not permitted:

2. to rent, lease, sub-license, loan, copy (except as expressly provided in this Agreement), modify adapt, merge, translate, reverse engineer, decompile, disassemble or create derivative works based on the whole or any part of the Software or its associated documentation except as permitted by law;

You'll probably find Magix is even harsher.

If you could find a way to do this through changing a Windows Registry entry, I might be more supportive.

Caveat Piratica.

Acorn

[mwenz]

There's no need to hack anything.

One can still create a new splash screen.

Make the BMP file 550 px wide by 385 px.

Leave a bit of room at the bottom for the registration info to appear (if desired) and color it white (or otherwise a light color.

Copy the bitmap to the top level of the Bitmaps folder located in the Xara application's installation folder.

I just did a quicky version and this still works. Here's the one I am now greeted with...



But damn. Now I have to make a proper one...

[Acorn]

There's no need to hack anything.

One can still create a new splash screen.

Make the BMP file 550 px wide by 385 px.

Leave a bit of room at the bottom for the registration info to appear (if desired) and color it white (or otherwise a light color.

Copy the bitmap to the top level of the Bitmaps folder located in the Xara application's installation folder.

I just did a quicky version and this still works. Here's the one I am now greeted with...



But damn. Now I have to make a proper one...

mwenz, appreciate the described approach. A Film 4 follower?
I always think I should create a CSS animation of it.

Acorn

[Bob-W]

That's exactly what I have done mwenz, just used RH to find and make the change easier, the registration info still appears.


Works with Photoshop too!

[handrawn]

out of interest then, why the references to DLL file and backing up ?

you don't need to do that as mike said, simply replace the bitmap and job done [copy old one first if you feel so inclined]

[mwenz]

out of interest then, why the references to DLL file and backing up ?

you don't need to do that as mike said, simply replace the bitmap and job done [copy old one first if you feel so inclined]

A fresh install of newer versions no longer have the splash screen bitmap. The .dll/exe will still load the user-made version if present.

[handrawn]

thanks mike for that that technical update - me I just ignore splash screen content these days once read first time.. I don't tend to be looking at the screen whilst it loads anyway

[Bob-W]

out of interest then, why the references to DLL file and backing up ?

you don't need to do that as mike said, simply replace the bitmap and job done [copy old one first if you feel so inclined]

There is no bitmap in the 18 file to replace so you have to create it.
I did not realise it was such a simple task in Xara when compared to Photoshop.
At least, this proves I am not the only one here with a dislike for the generic splash screens .

I'll say no more.

[handrawn]

There is no bitmap in the 18 file to replace so you have to create it.
I did not realise it was such a simple task in Xara when compared to Photoshop.
At least, this proves I am not the only one here with a dislike for the generic splash screens .

I'll say no more.

you would have to create it, even if you were replacing one

Agreed, but to be picky, you hacked the '18' file to add your image whereas I just changed the existing image in the bitmap file within the .dll ,
same meat different gravy.

no mike did not say that he said just put a bitmap in the folder, you do not need to hack any file

[Bob-W]

Whichever Method used the result is still the same the irritating splash screen image is replaced with one of choice.
My method worked for me, I'm happy and to be honest that is all that matters.
End of discussion. (but I'm sure...like the wife.. someone will have to have the last word.)