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Hi audiofeel, can you explain to me how to modify/create a style file (*.fsf) to use in InnoSetup? Do i need some external software installed? Thanks!

Edit: I Found the solution using Embarcadero Delphi.Lite

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Originally Posted by audiofeel

In fact, there are two ways to save the style file. In binary form (it turns out to be smaller in size with the . fsf extension) and simply in text form (it turns out to be larger in size with the . style extension). I used the first option as if to save space. The style file in binary form can only be edited in the "RAD Studio" program (its installation takes up a lot of space, about 6 GB). Now the question...what do you need to change and where? Perhaps a simple text version will help, where you can adjust all the settings, if you need it, then I will recode the style files into a regular text format and you will be able to edit it in any advanced notepad

Hi Audiofeel, thanks a lot for your reply. I already have Delphi installed (with the FMX style editor), so I can export a .fsf file to a .style file and it works. I was thinking about creating a tool that can convert .fsf files to .style without having to install all 6GB of software. I was looking for a converter in the /bin folder of Delphi, but there are a lot of .exe files to check. Do you know if there is a .dll or .exe file that does this? Then integrate it into a C++/Python or Pascal tool. Thanks again!

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Originally Posted by audiofeel

There is such a converter, but the style version there is 2.0, not 2.5. I am not sure that after conversion everything will work as intended by the user.
https://github.com/Crayon2000/StyleC...r7itb782757129

Thanks for the reply again. Searching deeper, I think I found something better, the file is called "vsf2fm" and is located in the bin folder of Delphi. The procedure is this:
Take the fsf or style file and add it as a final argument in the command line of vsf2fm
- If you want to convert from fsf to style you use: "vsf2fm -origin style.fsf"
- If instead you want to convert from style to fsf FMX 2.5 you use: "vsf2fm -idx style.style" (-bin instead of -idx if you want FMX 2.0)

Convert VCL style to FireMonkey style
Usage:
  vsf2fm <file or folder>

Params:
  -origin - raw converter result
  -bin - convert to binary fsf-format instead textual style-format
  -idx - convert to indexed binary fsf-format instead textual style-format

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Well, the vsf2fm tool doesn't convert everything completely, in fact it leaves out some things. I'm writing a code in Delphi that completely converts the styles that will then be read with inno (In FMX 2.5)

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Hello again, i completed the "Beta" of the tool i called fsf2raw (but it can also do raw2fsf). That converts FMX 2.5 styles from Plain to Indexed Binary and vice-versa.
To use it:
- fsf2raw tf input.style output.fsf
or
- fsf2raw ts input.fsf output.style

The download can be found on my site HERE.

The password is of course "Felix_550" (without the quotes).

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Originally Posted by audiofeel

Everything seems to be working
I think this utility needs a GUI. It's not 1999

Oh, and here I was still thinking it was the year 2000... I guess I’ll have to update it—
Time to get to work!

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Originally Posted by audiofeel

but in general I would like a small, not very cumbersome utility for quick editing of styles without resorting to rad studio

Yes I was thinking of something like this, but creating it with Delphi (I know almost nothing about it) is a big job. Do you happen to know if there is some library/dll to use in VB.net or c++, that allows you to use or modify FMX styles like a wrapper or, much better, something native? Thanks!