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Thanks, Ralph! You can use pre-beta 19 as main beta. This change will remain in final release of v5.6. Probably it also will solve problem with screensaver. Please let me know if it will happen again.

Thanks, Mike. I've received your project file. It is really a very large .pte file about 50 MB. The problem in fact that this project (2500 slides with 20 objects on each slide) takes more than 2 GB memory that causes "Out of memory" problem in 32-bit operation system. Probably you will able open this project if turn off preview of real slide in Slide list and MiniPlayer in Main menu | View | Advanced options. It will reduce memory usage.

Ralph, Thank you! Please try new pre-beta 19. It should be final solution, I hope: http://www.wnsoft.com/test/apr-deluxe_beta_Ralph2.zip

Ralph, About problem after screensaver. 1) What video card installed in your PC? 2) What screensaver you set in Windows? (And how you think the screensaver is 3D or not?) 3) Before PicturesToExe was minimized you worked in main window or in Objects and animation? P.S. We think that this problem might happen only if screensaver or PicturesToExe took all memory resouces of Windows during work of screensaver.

AbdolReza, I downloaded your project but don't see any problem with it yet. When "Synchronize music and slides" option turned off, music doesn't stop in Pause mode. Same behaviour in all vesions of PicturesToExe. I'm guessing that you just need in an option when music stops in Pause mode for not not synchronized projects?

Ralph, Please try this special modified Beta 18: http://www.wnsoft.com/test/apr-deluxe_beta_Ralph.zip Will it cure problem with slow response of mouse? It is not final solution, just it will point me right place. AbdolReza, Thanks, I'll check up soon.

Ralph, Thanks for details! 1. Am I rightly understand the sequence of steps to reproduce the problem: Open Objects and Animation editor, click on an item in the tree of objects (right-bottom part of the window)? 2. Did you observe this problem in previous beta versions of new v5.6? 3. You tested for same issue v5.5 recently after it happened in v5.6?

Ralph, 1) Does it happen with any project? 2) If only particular, please send it to me. 3) Will the problem remain after re-booting of PC? We'll try reproduce it. Thanks.

Barbara, This demo slideshow located here: C:\Program Files\WnSoft PicturesToExe\5.6 Beta 18\All\Examples\WelcomeDemo\ You can open it in PicturesToExe to see how it was created.

I highly recommend update or re-install drivers of video card. It should help.

AbdolReza, Please describe me in details this bug you found. By the way, we have fixed in Beta 18 another bug you found with tabs.

PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6 Beta 18 It is Release Candidate. Download link: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (6 MB) What new in this Beta: + Updated "Welcome to PicturesToExe" demo which appears immediately after an installation of the program. + Updated language files. * Fixed crashing in creating of MP4 video at 99% in some cases. * Fixed crashing of slideshow after performing of specific series "Go to slide..." commands (buttons or hyperlinks). * Fixed old bug (since v5.5) with sticking of picture in MiniPlayer after closing Objects and Animation editor on some NVIDIA video cards (the most likely the problem in those video cards). What new in version 5.6: + Added export of slideshow as a video. (See Main menu -> Create) - Export of HD video for playback on PC, Mac. - Export of video for iPhone/iPod. - Publish online on Youtube. - Publish online on Vimeo with HD quality. + New 3D transition effects between slides: - Added "Flip 3D" effect. - Added "Swap 3D" effect. - Reworked "Curling of page 3D" effect. Set large radius parameter to get completely new effects. + Improvements in Objects and Animation window: - Mask objects for creating of special effects. You can apply several Masks to one image object. - Music and sounds when you click "Play" button for preview. - Added "Anti-shimmering (mipmapping)" option for Image and Text objects. This option prevents appearing of shimmering when object has zoom from small size to large size. - Improved view of "Action on mouse click" list. - Added new action "Run slideshow". - Added "Pause" button. ! "Original size" mode of objects has been replaced. Now use "Fixed size of slide (in pixels)" mode in Project options | Screen tab. And "Size/position in pixels" button in Common tab of object properties. + Added "Virtual size of slide" parameters as alternate way to set aspect ratio of slide (Project options | Screen tab). It helps in work with "Size/Position" tool window in "Object and animation" editor. + Added new commands "Run Slideshow" and "Run Slideshow with Return" to Project options | "More" tab and as an action for objects. This option highly recommended if you want to start another slideshow from current one and for building of menu. It will guarantee flawless start of next slideshow from current one. In fact a series of slideshows will work as one large slideshow that provides optimal memory usage. + Added "Color outside slide area" option (Project options | Screen tab). By default if you run widescreen slideshow (16:9) on 4:3 display you see black strips around the slide. Now you can choose this color. + Added menu on Create button. + Faster rewinding of slides in created EXE file and preview. + Added "Crypt images/music against extracting from EXE file" option. See Main menu | View | Advanced options. (Enabled by default). + Improved installer of PicturesToExe, multi-lingual interface. + Fully rewritten shadow for objects. Now it has correct view for a long text object. And better visual quality. + Changed caption of "Change Image File" button in the main window. + Added a new command line for a slideshow in windowed mode: -desktopalign (for example: "Show1.exe -desktopalign"). With this parameter if size of a window larger than main display it will not be reduced to fit the main display. This command useful if you wish to place a window on all space of two or more displays. + Improved view of keypoints on the timeline in the main window. + Improved scrolling of the timeline when you move blue triangle cursor outside visible area. + After switching between Slides list and Timeline modes the program adjusts scrollbar position to make visible selected slide. + Various improvements. ! "Run application" options has moved to the last page of Project options (More tab). ! "Disable F1 key to show help window" has moved to "Customize help window" dialog (Main menu | Project). * Fixed old bug (since v5.5) when after renaming of a main image in Slide list or File panel MiniPlayer didn't display renamed image. * Fixed old bug (since v5.1) when changing of display resolution, locking of PC or Sleep mode applied during encoding of video caused visual defects in created video file. * Fixed old bug (since v5.5) when all color text objects (excluding black and white) had slight almost invisible greenish contour. * Fixed old bug of all previous versions: pressing Ctrl+O (Open project), "Ctrl+N", "Ctrl+S" and other key shortcuts whilst PicturesToExe creates large EXE file it caused incorrect work of the program. * Fixed old bug (since v5.5) when "Image Load Error" might occur in Slide list, MiniPlayer and Objects and animation editor on projects with hundreds slides of large images (about 8 megapixels each one). * Fixed old bug (since v5.0) Push effect had mixed up "Bottom-Top" and "Top-Bottom" variations with disabled hardware acceleration option. * Fixed old bug (since v5.0) with an incorrect work of "Save image/slide" dialog in slideshows (if it was configured through "Print image" option). * Fixed old bug (since v5.5) with sticking of picture in MiniPlayer after closing Objects and Animation editor on some NVIDIA video cards (the most likely the problem in those video cards).

Mike, What original size of your images? 3000x2000, 1600x1200, ... ? I need your .pte project file to reproduce that problem.

Thanks, Mike. Please send me only one .pte project file (attached file to your reply on the forum). Also let me know size in pixel of images used in this project?

It seems to be a bug in the program. How you reproduced it? Please give me step-by-step instruction. And can you repeat again?

They wrote me that false positive was fixed today.

Thanks, I just sent request to developers of this antivirus to solve this problem.

Thanks! Beta 17 should be first Release Candidate. We plan publish the final release in three weeks. AbdolReza, Please see my previous reply: http://www.picturestoexe.com/forums/index....ost&p=59632 Also I didn't forget about bug with Application error. It will be fixed in Beta 18.

PicturesToExe Deluxe 5.6 Beta 17 Download link: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/apr-deluxe_beta.zip (6 MB) What new in this Beta: + Added User Guide for version 5.6. See the main menu -> Help -> User Guide. + After switching between Slides list and Timeline modes the program adjusts scrollbar position to make visible selected slide. + Added a new command line for a slideshow in windowed mode: -desktopalign (for example: "Show1.exe -desktopalign"). With this parameter if size of a window larger than main display it will not be reduced to fit the main display. This command useful if you wish to place a window on all space of two or more displays. * Fixed bugs with not-working key shortcuts in timeline mode of the main window. * Fixed issue with mistaken appearing of VideoBuilder if call MP4 video export for not saved project. What new in version 5.6: + Added export of slideshow as a video. (See Main menu -> Create) - Export of HD video for playback on PC, Mac. - Export of video for iPhone/iPod. - Publish online on Youtube. - Publish online on Vimeo with HD quality. + New 3D transition effects between slides: - Added "Flip 3D" effect. - Added "Swap 3D" effect. - Reworked "Curling of page 3D" effect. Set large radius parameter to get completely new effects. + Improvements in Objects and Animation window: - Mask objects for creating of special effects. You can apply several Masks to one image object. - Music and sounds when you click "Play" button for preview. - Added "Anti-shimmering (mipmapping)" option for Image and Text objects. This option prevents appearing of shimmering when object has zoom from small size to large size. - Improved view of "Action on mouse click" list. - Added new action "Run slideshow". - Added "Pause" button. ! "Original size" mode of objects has been replaced. Now use "Fixed size of slide (in pixels)" mode in Project options | Screen tab. And "Size/position in pixels" button in Common tab of object properties. + Added "Virtual size of slide" parameters as alternate way to set aspect ratio of slide (Project options | Screen tab). It helps in work with "Size/Position" tool window in "Object and animation" editor. + Added new commands "Run Slideshow" and "Run Slideshow with Return" to Project options | "More" tab and as an action for objects. This option highly recommended if you want to start another slideshow from current one and for building of menu. It will guarantee flawless start of next slideshow from current one. In fact a series of slideshows will work as one large slideshow that provides optimal memory usage. + Added "Color outside slide area" option (Project options | Screen tab). By default if you run widescreen slideshow (16:9) on 4:3 display you see black strips around the slide. Now you can choose this color. + Added menu on Create button. + Faster rewinding of slides in created EXE file and preview. + Added "Crypt images/music against extracting from EXE file" option. See Main menu | View | Advanced options. (Enabled by default). + Improved installer of PicturesToExe, multi-lingual interface. + Fully rewritten shadow for objects. Now it has correct view for a long text object. And better visual quality. + Changed caption of "Change Image File" button in the main window. + Added a new command line for a slideshow in windowed mode: -desktopalign (for example: "Show1.exe -desktopalign"). With this parameter if size of a window larger than main display it will not be reduced to fit the main display. This command useful if you wish to place a window on all space of two or more displays. + Improved view of keypoints on the timeline in the main window. + Improved scrolling of the timeline when you move blue triangle cursor outside visible area. + After switching between Slides list and Timeline modes the program adjusts scrollbar position to make visible selected slide. + Various improvements. ! "Run application" options has moved to the last page of Project options (More tab). ! "Disable F1 key to show help window" has moved to "Customize help window" dialog (Main menu | Project). * Fixed an old bug (since v5.5) when after renaming of a main image in Slide list or File panel MiniPlayer didn't display renamed image. * Fixed an old bug (since v5.1) when changing of display resolution, locking of PC or Sleep mode applied during encoding of video caused visual defects in created video file. * Fixed an old bug (since v5.5) when all color text objects (excluding black and white) had slight almost invisible greenish contour. * Fixed old bug of all previous versions: pressing Ctrl+O (Open project), "Ctrl+N", "Ctrl+S" and other key shortcuts whilst PicturesToExe creates large EXE file it caused incorrect work of the program. * Fixed old bug (since v5.5) when "Image Load Error" might occur in Slide list, MiniPlayer and Objects and animation editor on projects with hundreds slides of large images (about 8 megapixels each one). * Fixed old bug (since v5.0) Push effect had mixed up "Bottom-Top" and "Top-Bottom" variations with disabled hardware acceleration option. * Fixed old bug (since v5.0) with an incorrect work of "Save image/slide" dialog in slideshows (if it was configured through "Print image" option). AbdolReza, We didn't fix yet in the beta the bug you found. Please wait for next beta.

In Beta 17 today or tomorrow.

We plan partially rework music code in PicturesToExe for next version to have united code for Windows version and future Mac version. It would better if we could remove direct support of MIDI files (presented as a separate code in contraposition to united code of MP3/WMA/OGG/WAV playback). And MIDI almost not used now in slideshows, unpredictable quality depending on sound card or version of Windows. No MIDI in DVD-Video, MP4, AVI output. What you think if we remove MIDI support and instead add auto-converter which automatically converts added MIDI file in Project options to MP3 music file? Is it OK, or would be bad decision?

AbdolReza, Thanks, I finally reproduced this error message with your project. It will be fixed in next beta.

AbdolReza, We can't convert MIDI to audio track of video file. When we finish v5.6, please send me screenshots how to correctly support this mode. I'm afraid it would be a long work. I've downloaded your project and I'm trying reproduce that issue.1) Did you test for same problem previous version 5.5 on this project file? 2) Will this problem happen again if you replace MIDI music with MP3 music? Dave, Thanks. Please say me what full path to .pte project file you tried export to video? (For example, "C:\Shows\Project.pte").

Beta 16?

I just sent requests to Symantic, Panda and ClamAV.