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Game Appearance
Game window, taskbar button, message boxes
Downloads
The download contains the extension package (including files for old GM versions), a help file and an example game.
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Description
This DLL-based extension package contains additional, advanced GML functions to control the game window and its taskbar button. It also supports showing Windows message boxes and playing system sounds.
Features
- Minimize, maximize, restore and activate game window or get current status
- Set or get caption of taskbar button
- Make taskbar button invisible
- Change icon in window border, taskbar button or Alt+Tab dialog
- Flash window border or taskbar button
- Animate window with roll, slide, blend, expand and collapse animations
- Show Windows message boxes
- Play system sounds
Version 1.0a (stable)
Release date: 7 April 2009
Language: English
System requirements: Game Maker 5.0 or later (Pro/registered edition required)
- Added pure GML version of the extension for use in older Game Maker versions before version 7
Version 1.0 (stable)
Release date: 29 August 2007
Language: English
System requirements: Game Maker 7.0 or later (Pro/registered edition required)
Project status
A stable version of this product has been released.
The project was announced at 29 August 2007.
Credits
This extension has been written by Jeroen van der Gun, in C++ and GML.
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I don't know if you are still active, but I am trying to modify an open source program made with your extension. After finding out that the program needs your extension, I downloaded it and it said: "Cannot find extension package game appearance." or it will say "an error occured installing the extension package." Do you have any idea on why this is or how to fix it?
30 July 2015
Piclet
I try this dll extension on GM:Studio and doesnt work, any idea?
neoncube: It means both. However you can contact me via e-mail for custom licensing.
11 February 2015
neoncube
Hello,
I'd like to use this in a possibly-commercial game that I'm working on. The license agreement for the extension says "The Author grants You a non-exclusive, non-transferable, limited right and license to use the Extension in a non-commercial way and subject to these terms." Is the non-commercial part of the license agreement saying that we are not allowed to sell the plugin, or that the plugin may not be used in commercial products?
Thanks,
Eli
6 February 2011
Schroedman
It won't let me open it.
To have a cancel button, you should use mb_yes_no_cancel instead of mb_yes_no.
11 March 2010
Globa
how do i make a dialog box exit?
ans = window_message_box('Exit?', mk_question, 'Are you sure you want to quit?', mb_yes_no);
if (ans=mi_yes) game_end();
if (ans=mi_no) ???
it all works exept cancel
22 January 2010
FCsabi
Can you post it on some mirror sites aswell? please... it seems that i can't download it
13 December 2008
Queviltai
I haven't tried this yet - is it possible to change the properties of other windows and their taskbar button?
5 November 2008
norg
is this free for commercial use ?
I don't know how that is possible. It works fine on my computer (XP).
What error do you get?
5 January 2008
darktemp7
I get an error when I install it. I have vista, but I've installed plenty of other extensions.
8 September 2007
sorog
this is great