All skins are stored in the folder “Program files/Apoxsoft/metrix/skins/”

Step 1: Create the folder for a skin “Sample skin dir”.

Step 2: Create the icons for a indicators (Graphic formats are upported: png, gif, jpg, bmp).

Step 3: Create a text file for the description of parameters of a skins.

• Run notepad.exe.
• Create descriptions
• Save as “MySkinName.skin.ini” (Unicode)

How create a description

The descriptor consists from 8 sections:

• [general] – description of the author of a skin;

• [battery], [memory],  [store], [card], [storage], [brightness] - description of the indicators;

• [indicators] – colors

Section – [general]

Properties:

• name – Name of a skin;
• vendor – Name of the author
• urlvendor – The address of a site
• margin – Reserved

Sample:

[general]
name=My skin
vendor=Me
urlvendor=www.apoxsoft.com
margin=2,2,2,2

Sections: [battery], [memory], [store], [card], [storage],  [brightness]

Properties:

• IconFile – Name of a file with the image of an icon(Optional);
• IconPos – Position of an icon(x,y);
• IconStates – Reserved;
• IndicatorVisible – On/Off indicator (1 or 0) ;

• IndicatorRect - Rectangular for the indicator(x0,y0,x1,y1) ;

• IndicatorZones – (0,red,yellow) ;
• TextVisible – On/Off text value of the indicator (1 or 0);
• TextRect – Rectangular for the text value of the indicator (x0,y0,x1,y1) ;
• LabelVisible – On/Off label (1 or 0);
• LabelRect – Rectangular for the label (x0,y0,x1,y1) ;
• Label – text for label;
• LabelBold – On/Off Bold font for label (1 or 0);
• TextBold – On/Off bold font for text value;
• TextColor – Color for text value (r,g,b) (Optional);

Sample:

[battery]
IconFile=mirror_batt.png
IconPos=13,0
IconStates=1
IndicatorVisible=1
IndicatorRect=0,34,54,47
IndicatorZones=0,20,50
TextVisible=1
TextRect=4,35,48,46
LabelVisible=0
LabelRect=27,29,101,41
Label=Battery
LabelBold=1
TextBold=1

Section – [indicators]

Properties:

• type=glassrect
• Label – Color for label text;
• Status – Color for text value of the indicator;

for red zone:

• RedColor1 – The top color for a red zone of the indicator;
• RedColor2 - The middle color#1 for a red zone of the indicator;
• RedColor3 – The middle color#2 for a red zone of the indicator;
• RedColor4 – The bottom color for a red zone of the indicator;
• RedBorder – The border color for a red zone of the indicator;

for yellow zone:

• YellowColor1;
• YellowColor2;
• YellowColor3;
• YellowColor4;
• YellowBorder;

for green zone:

• GreenColor1;
• GreenColor2;
• GreenColor3;
• GreenColor4;
• GreenBorder;

for gray zone:

• GrayColor1 - gray zone;
• GrayColor2 - gray zone;
• GrayColor3 - gray zone;
• GrayColor4 - gray zone;
• GrayBorder - gray zone;

for brightness regulator:

• BrightRegColor1;
• BrightRegColor2;
• BrightRegColor3;
• BrightRegColor4;
• BrightRegBorder;

Sample:

[indicators]
type=glassrect
Label=255,255,254
Status=0,0,0
RedColor1=255,180,155
RedColor2=255,101,101
RedColor3=235,0,0
RedColor4=255,207,170
RedBorder=170,50,0
YellowColor1=255,255,150
YellowColor2=230,230,50
YellowColor3=180,170,0
YellowColor4=255,250,140
YellowBorder=140,140,15
GreenColor1=210,255,180
GreenColor2=55,215,50
GreenColor3=0,150,0
GreenColor4=170,255,170
GreenBorder=0,120,0
GrayColor1=180,180,180
GrayColor2=240,240,240
GrayColor3=240,240,240
GrayColor4=255,255,255
GrayBorder=130,130,130
BrightRegColor1=255,255,150
BrightRegColor2=230,230,50
BrightRegColor3=180,170,0
BrightRegColor4=231,250,122
BrightRegBorder=140,140,15

Step 4: Copy a skin on your device in the folder “Program files/Apoxsoft/metrix/skins/”.

Step 5: Choose in the contextual menu a skin “Skins/Sample skin dir/MySkinName”.

Download sample skin