Skin Reference
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This reference is divided into the following sections.
| Section | Description |
|---|---|
| Album Art | Information about including album art in skins. |
| Bitmaps | Information about the art files used in skin creation. |
| Buttons | Information about pushbutton controls available in skins. |
| Description | Information about specifying skin dimensions and orientation. |
| Marquee | Information about using scrolling text boxes in skins. |
| Ratings * | Information about the ratings value assigned to a media item. |
| Status | Information about including a status display in skins. |
| Text | Information about using text boxes to display information in skins. |
| Trackbars | Information about using sliding trackbar controls for volume and seek position. |
| Video | Information about including a video display area in skins. |
*New for Windows Media Player 10.1 Mobile.
Each section corresponds to a section of the skin definition file that you must provide to use specific elements. The sections are listed here in alphabetical order. To learn the order in which they must appear in a skin definition file, see Creating a Skin Definition File. Details about the composition of the skin definition file are given in the About Skins section.
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