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First off, thanks Cid for your kind words ? let me address some of the concerns as best i can.... Rincewind said it best regarding the review section weeding out the questionable content. Yes, the generated code is large and that is due in part that i use a converter to obtain a variable property for each and every UI element used, which in itself sounds like a performance dog, but it isn't. Testing on lower end systems, i test the editor and the generated themes on my GPD Win 2 which uses an intel m3 processor with integrated graphics, pretty low in terms of specs but great for a mobile big box experience and performance has been fantastic. The helpercontrol is just a throwback in the plugins folder and i should have deleted it, i just forgot.

Will do!!! ? and thank you for your kind words

Progress update and unfortunately another 40+ minute video, but 20 minutes are spent demonstrating how to replicate the basic look and feel of @faeran Illuminate Theme, so it is quite informative. It's official.... This is now a code generator!

Sound like a BA, QA or Project Manager ? I just wanted to put something together that would allow someone with no programming skills to just get something up and running quickly using whatever media they have at their disposal, or... for those users that have tinkered with XAML but get frustrated with their themes not working on various resolutions. #2 fortunately for me, my wife is pretty cool about this and knows how much I enjoy doing this stuff so I get to work on this while she watches her Thai drama tv shows hahahaha

you sound like a developer.... I will not get stuck in feature creep, to be honest I simply don't have time as 1) this is just my hobby and 2) my wife wants me to finish it ? Anyway.. I appreciate the kind words and I cannot wait to finish this and share it with the creative community (plus use it myself) I'm planning on creating another video or I may even livestream (which I am very open to)

Thanks, I am still working on it ? but I will place it in the downloads section once completed.

Cheers Rince, I'll probably give a weeks notice ? and what would be the best streaming method? YouTube, Twitch ? (I generally used Twitch in the past)

I would like to do a livestream in a few weeks though, let the latest beta version of BigBox settle down and for me to basically finish off some of the large remaining items on my list. So instead of a Show and Tell, it would be "You" tell and I "Show"

hahahaha thanks, but I am a fellow countryman based in the States

That's great! I need good testers

Cheers @neil9000 I'll add you to the beta list too ?

Much appreciated @Retro808 absolutely I will reach out to you for testing.

Added "Smart Guides" to the editor allowing for easier UI Element placement, plus I found some icons that I could associate with the UI elements making it a little easier to find what you are looking for in the lists.

All good so far ? I'll play around with this new beta later. Cheers Jason!

I will be adding Animations (spinning discs) and object transitions

Much appreciated Rince, one thing is for sure, my To-Do list is getting much shorter.

As promised, here's the latest video update... major progress and coming together quite nicely.

you're fine Rince, I didn't do a livestream but I did put together another video, currently uploading to YouTube.....

if i don't get many responses then i will just go ahead and create another youtube video and place the link here

Anyone up for a livestream today ?

I am planning on uploading another youtube progress video today however I am open to hosting a livestream which would allow you guys to ask questions and provide input into some of the features you would like to see enabled. Let me know. Dave

Thank you so much

That's awesome, I'm excited about releasing it and using it also.

I would like to say by end of February (this year) but..... so far the things I consider hard to do end up being easy and the things I consider easy take days to figure out (I'm very new to WPF coding, so I learn and experiment as I go) perhaps with a live stream this weekend or another youtube video you will see how pretty close this app is for release.