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when I open it in notepad which is its assigned program auto its a bunch of jumbled crap, and I saw on a website thats how I can change the buddy list colors, so how do I see that actual file?
ive got winhex also, but its so confusing so if thats what im suposed to use can anyone please help me on how I use it? I have aim 5.9
explain the “jumbled crap” plus always remember there is an edit button so you dont have to double post, keep that in mind and youll be fine 🙂
-quiksilver-im not good at reading hex codes, so I dont understand this thing if there is someway someone could give me step by step instructions I might understand it, I have also downloaded hex workshop but I still dont understand it
maybe it doesnt work on AIM 5.9 try using an older version from http://www.oldversion.com most programs havent beeen updated for 5.9 because 5.9 is still kind of new but I bet theyre all “working” on it…try it
-quiksilver-Quote:quote:Originally posted by dragonrebornmaybe it doesnt work on AIM 5.9 try using an older version from http://www.oldversion.com most programs havent beeen updated for 5.9 because 5.9 is still kind of new but I bet theyre all “working” on it…try it
-quiksilver-he didnt say it doesnt work, he said he doesnt know how to use it. it’s been a while since i’ve worked with WinHex, but here’s what I can remember (working from memory, I dont have it installed anymore)
first make sure you exit out of aim completely. dont just sign off, exit. use WinHex (or some other hexeditor, I think buddyui got too big for the free version of WinHex) to open buddyui.ocm. find a list online of the locations of colors you want to change. I use this page. find your version of AIM in this list, then find what you want to change. in your case, i’ll assume you’re using the latest version of AIM he has listed (5.9.3960) and looking to change the buddylist background. (buddy list colors isnt real specific)
for my example, we’re looking at offset 59DB. in WinHex, there should be a menu command, I think somewhere like “Edit > Go To” or something along those lines to search through the file for a particular location. find something that looks like a search function, a “go to” function, etc. in that dialog box there should be a “go to offset” option – that’s what we want. type in the offset location (59DB) and it should go to that location. in this example, you should now be looking at a row of numbers and letters, and the cursor should be sitting on a sequence of FFFFFF, which is the default white background color.
now you decide what color you want to replace that with, figure out the hex code (i’ll assume you know how to find hex codes, otherwise use google) for it, and type that in. be careful to only replace the correct sequence, dont go past that particular string. then save the file and start aim up. if you’re changing the background color, you’ll need to already have deleted bitmap 273 from AimRes.dll… if you havent done that, you should.
if you need any more help, say so.
not a big fan of AOL so I dont use it but if you take a look at this you might find something useful
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