Ahh thank you for all the tips going to try em now... ill get back to you guys after.
working on my 2nd atm.... transparent is the name of the game Anyone wanna be a labrat later?

I think in my case it was added by SKS 6. The section has Trans=1.

[LogoffDialog.BackgroundPerPixel]
Image=gimmick\ShellDlgBk.tga
HideText=1
PerPixel=1
Trans=1
LeftWidth=10
RightWidth=10
TopHeight=5
BottomHeight=5

Remove Trans=1   

I just did and could not see any difference. What difference am I supposed to see? It is a TGA file with no transparency.

Make sure u have Trans=1 removed.... follow IR's last two posts verbatim.. especially checking the lengths of filenames and it should work fine.

I am sorry, I should have been more clear. I had everything set as per IR's post and Trans=1. It worked fine. I removed Trans=1 and it still works and looked the same. I did not notice any negative impact of having Trans=1. May be I am wrong. In any case I am removed Trans=1 to be safe.

Help! Anyone here?

Well using SKS 5 and following the above tips i now have pp log/shut dialogs.. problem is the blue standard.bmp show thru at button corners and log off icons..(only at the logoff dialog, the shutdown show the right background the bmp version looking the same as the pp one) also is there a way to turn of the dimming of the screen i get that frame around my logoff dialog.. since its smaller than standard. I have searched but couldn't find a good answer..

also what does the blind need to have to for the WB6 badge?

Pls help its the last thing i need for finalizing it

Newest beta of WB fixes the outline around the logoff cancel button.

The dimming?Sounds like the Shutdown?Logoff screen image.It can be see thru,translucent,solid color...pattern,whatever.

So let it be? and it will display ok in next wb release?

Yeah you know the desktop fade to gray when the shutdown dialog shows... where can i find it in sks?

its fixed now...and the image you want is Shutdown/Logoff screen.In the End session area.

Thank you for all your help! much appreciated!

Well this is driving me crazy even if the code is right saving the skin in SKS 6 messes things up again. Anyway... heres a mini tutorial for anyone having the same problem as me Hopefully it will get fixed in the next release of SKS 6.

Solution dont touch any of the shutdown/logoff parts in SKS6 do this last (if you are using SKS 6 as main editor) in SKS 5 and finalize your skin.

You need all in all 4 images 2 for the regular backgrounds and 2 for the per pixel ones. And it didn't work for me using the same image for both shutdown and log off bitmap and per pixel respectively. Also use short names for them less than 50 chars to be on the safe side.

Step by step.

1. Create your Logoff/Shutdown Size 313x198px

2. Save it as logoffbitmap.BMP and shutdownbitmap.BMP (if you are using the same for shut/logoff)

3. Save Perpixel backgrounds as logoffPP.PNG and shutdownPP.PNG

4. In SKS 5 Import/browse BMP's for the regular background and the PNG's for the perpixel ones.

5.Go to CODE, the tab in the top of the middle window. Click "Logoff Dialog" in tree view (In the "XP Shell" branch) And it will jump to where you need to be in the code. If you aren't there already.

6.Add "PerPixel=1" under "[LogoffDialog.Background]" and do the same for shutdown. Delete this under perpixel if there is such a line. This will generate a error if you analyze the skin but just ignore it.



And here is how the working code should look like.
(HideText=1 is optional ofcourse, it hides the "Log off windows" and "Turn of computer" text)
------------------------------------------------------------------

[PleaseWait.BackgroundPerPixel]
Image=Whitebear\WhitebearPleaseWait.BackgroundPerPixelImage.tga
PerPixel=1
TextShift=500
TextShiftY=0

[Screen.BackgroundPerPixel]
Image=Whitebear\WhitebearScreen.BackgroundPerPixelImage.tga
Trans=1
PerPixel=1
LeftWidth=610
RightWidth=600
TopHeight=500
BottomHeight=500
SmartSmallMargins=1

[LogoffDialog.Background]
Image=Whitebear\WhitebearLogoffDialogBackground.bmp
PerPixel=1

[ShutdownDialog.Background]
Image=Whitebear\WhitebearShutdownDialogBackground.bmp
PerPixel=1

[LogOffDialog.BackgroundPerPixel]
Image=Whitebear\WhitebearLogOffDialog.BackgroundPerPixelImage.tga
HideText=1

[ShutdownDialog.BackgroundPerPixel]
Image=Whitebear\ShutdownDialog.BackgroundPerPixelImage.tga
HideText=1

------------------------------------------------------------------

You have #6 backwards...  

Looks like you can do it either way.. works the same.