SandBar Renderers

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This page offers third-party renderers written for SandBar, and also some written by me. If you're feeling brave, why not write your own renderer and send it to me? The rendering side of things isn't well documented but the method names to override are fairly intuitive and trial and error goes a long way.

All renderer submissions must be sent to me using the standard feedback form, source code only. Please write renderers in either VB or C#. To make life easier, derive from one of the supplied renderers as opposed to the abstract base class. I'll only post the ones I think look really cool. Good luck!

Media Player
Author:	Tim Dawson
Description:	Converts the Office 2003 gradients to look like the shinier curves seen on Windows Media Player 9. Also overrides the button highlighting code to show translucent shades of blue rather than a solid block of colour.
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	Download C# Source Code

Low Colour Office 2003 Renderer
Author:	Jachym Kouba
Description:	On low colour depth displays, the true colour mixing and gradients used in the Office 2003 renderer can become dithered. If you wish SandBar to draw itself in an alternative, low-colour-friendly style when there is insufficient colour depth available you can use this extended renderer.
	Download VB Source Code