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Lin, A very logical suggestion. I'll try to do as you said in the next beta #4 Thank you.

It seems that there are no bugs in v5.00 beta #3?

Since v5.00 beta #3 I set "Close after last slide" mode by default. You can choose "Repeat" in Main tab, Project options. So after showing of last slide (duration specified in proporties of this slide) slideshow exits. Music also stops on exit. But in current beta music may stop a little sharply (without fading out during 10 ms.). Music will stop more softly in the next beta #4

If problems with orange borders occurs already on first several slides, try to remove other slides and save it as new project.

If your EXE file up to 10 MB, please send it to my email address - int_support@ <removethistext> wnsoft.com I'll try to reproduce those two problems.

Please let me know what video card you have installed? Version of DirectX and version of Windows. How my PteShow demo work on your PC: http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/show/PteShow.zip

Next beta #4 will include fully working synchronization, WMA/OGG support, personal music, and sound comments. And Left/Right/Space keys for manual changing of slides.

Is it possible to create EXE file and play it? If EXE file with slide-show has same problem even with several slides, please send me such small EXE file to my email address. Also I just prepared a little modified beta #3 http://www.wnsoft.com/test/pte500b3_A.zip Please try it.

Thanks, I'll try to reproduce this problem now.

Dominique, It's in my TODO list for future versions. Lin, Left/Right arrows always work only for currently focused control (timeline, editor, list of objects, etc)

If somebody has video card ATI Radeon 9700 Pro, please write me to int_support@ <nospam> wnsoft.com I need to test v5.00 on this video card.

30 images (especially large) on one slide is a reason of not smooth Pan/Zoom effects even on enough powerful video card. It better to help video card and divide images on separate slides as it possible. - PicturesToExe have to load all 30 images on one slide and keep them in video memory. - But if divide them on 30 slides, PicturesToExe will load new slides when it necessary and will unload previous slides from video memory. p.s. you can select keypoints on the timeline using Left/Right arrows keys.

John, Please send me .pte project file only (528 KB), I'll try to reproduce this problem on Monday. int_support@ <removethistext> wnsoft.com

linzi Currently PicturesToExe v5.00 beta requires DirectX 8.1 or higher and video card with at least 32 MB of video memory. In the final version slide-shows with Pan/Zoom will work on any PC.

We plan to release final release of v5.00 at August-September. This version is almost ready. We spent 1 year only for new graphical engine which uses video card. Now we're quickly working on re-activation of "old" functions.

John, We solved problem with smoothness of Pan/Zoom effects because of possible high activity of antiviruses/firewall and other background program. Please try newest beta #3

Ken, This problem occurs in beta #3 if use "Auto" synchronization option in the Main tab. PicturesToExe automatically sets keypoints along music(s) and does mistake with last slide.

I prefer to hide selection by default, but you can change this option via "Tools" menu. Ken, I just fixed bug you've found in PTE v5.00

Of course, it will be added! I think about beta #4 or beta #5

Andreas, I'm afraid it's early to say about these complex functions at this moment. We should release v5.00 before. Of course, I see so many possibilities for new versions. We already scheduled many next features for v5.10

Roger and Sandra, In this case, I think that those MP3 music files are damaged if similar problems on that position occurs with EXE and AVI video. 1) Try to play those MP3 files in Windows Media Player. Will the problem occurs on 11 minute? 1) Please temporarily replace music with absolutely other MP3 music files.

Roger and Sandra, Slideshow works fine, the problem happens in main program of PicturesToExe. Apparently main program of old PTE (v4.48 and earlier) can't wait so long when Preview is playing. I already reworked this moment in future v5.00 Probably I'll fix it in v4.49 However there will be no problem now, if you create slideshow as EXE file and run it. Thank you for your informed me about this problem!

Ken, Thanks Al, OK!

Ken, Thanks to God and to you - I reproduced this bug! I've received your .pte project file, spent 20 minutes to manually replace all images with my files without any hope to reproduce the problem. First attempt - all worked fine. Then I removed one slide and then I see the problem you described - in EXE file and in Preview. It's some combination of parameters of a project - it occurs on any PC. So please don't worry - if your slide-show works fine, this problem will never occur. We'll fix it in next beta #4

Ken, If you will have EXE file with slide-show created in beta #3 that crashes, even after restarting of Windows. Please however try to send it to me (write be to int_support@) we can use FTP way.