This Tutorial has been written to help those who Hex edit the variant in Vista Visual Styles

DECIMAL TO HEX (using Calculator)

In order to edit the Variant you will need to know how to convert Decimals into Hex codes.

This will be useful for finding Image numbers and inserting your margins

Calculator will give you a conversion result,

Start/Run/Calc.exe

Click View, and tick "Scientific"

Type in the decimal number then tick the Hex Button.

You will get a Result However the code will still need Manual Conversion depending on how many digits it gives you.

Use the chart Below as a guide


Number of digits : 1
Example: A
Method: add a 0 to the front
Final Hex Code: 0A


Number of Digits: 2
Example: F1
Method: N/a
Final Hex Code: F1


Number of Digits: 3
Example: 263
Method: add a 0 to the front, move front two digit to the back
Final Hex Code: 6302