Ken Cox Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 QUOTE I presume you didn't finished the way shadows work in 5.7 beta3.I started a project with 5.6.3 and it was fine.I opened the project with 5.7 beta3, didn't changed anything and the result is completely different. laugh.gifI confirm this bug. Will be fixed later. Thanks! It happened because we're adding 3D transformations for objects to the slideshow's engine. Sorry for such stupid bugs which I've missed in first beta releases. igor admits his problem and he will fix itwhat i am saying is the dom's template will not run on the latest beta and Igor will have to fix it -in his own time - and the people that are trying to run the affected template should be dealing with Dom directly and him taking all the problems to Igor from his own site to see if Igor can resolve it "dont wash your laundry in public" is another way of saying-- dont let the competition know that the #1 software author is having problems with somebody elses template with his latest beta, take it off list ken
kosheyar Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Hi igor why do you remove scrollbar from startup window and help window , it cause to write INFINITE text in them !I can add story or BIOGRAPHY for my object of slideshow by scrollbar but now i can't DISSAPOINT Regards
kosheyar Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Also please igor note this problem that the option of " Downloacl User Guicle in PDF... " isnot shown in help menu in farsi or other language translation except of English and Russian !. I hope you catch my say igor sorry my english language is not romantic !
Lin Evans Posted July 9, 2009 Report Posted July 9, 2009 Abdol,Could you explain in more detail about scrollbars? I still see scrollbars to enter text. You have the option of programming text to scroll exactly as you would on any screen. You can use a mask to have the text scroll within a particular area, etc., just like you would on any other screen. The difference is that this screen pops up at the beginning of your slideshow and things like hypertext, button, etc., are already placed for you to modify or delete as needed???Best regards,Lin
barrygordon Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 Any idea on when Pictures2Exe 5.7 will be officially released as a non beta ? I have just bought 5.6 standard and assume I am entitled to the upgrade at no additional cost. It is the 5.7 version I need (dual monitor feature)
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 Any idea on when Pictures2Exe 5.7 will be officially released as a non beta ? I have just bought 5.6 standard and assume I am entitled to the upgrade at no additional cost. It is the 5.7 version I need (dual monitor feature)You can download 5.7 now and use it, just click the link at the top of the page one on Igors original post.Yachtsman1
davegee Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 Eric,That's not exactly good advice!It is, after all, a BETA version and not a full working working version in any sense.Barry has been waiting (IM)patiently for the dual monitor facility for a while now (and it is nice to hear that he has invested in 5.6).DaveG
Guest Yachtsman1 Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 Eric,That's not exactly good advice!It is, after all, a BETA version and not a full working working version in any sense.Barry has been waiting (IM)patiently for the dual monitor facility for a while now (and it is nice to hear that he has invested in 5.6).DaveGIf he's been waiting for some time for the dual monitor facility one must assume he also knows about the pitfalls associated with a beta version, or do you know something different?Eric Yachtsman1
Igor Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 We plan release version 5.7 in August-September.
barrygordon Posted July 20, 2009 Report Posted July 20, 2009 Okay guys, Don't fight over me, but I am flattered. Thank you Igor for the answer. I did post some issues I found with the Beta and the dual monitors which I presume was taken under advisement.I am looking forward to running Picture2EXE slide shows of my family and friends in my Theater. The Theater is controlled by a black box PC with dual monitor output and an extended desktop. The main monitor (top left) is a 21" display (SVGA) used for status information while the Projector (133" diagonal 1080p) is the second monitor (top right).The PC is a true "Black Box" with no controls except power on/off in the back, and is all cooling fins (both sides) as there are no fans in the unit. Gets very warm to the touch but CPU temp is well within specs. Obviously it makes no noise, which was the primary consideration in its design. On a power failure it just reboots and restarts the main application.
Gérard de Lux Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 It has been reported on the French DiaporamaForum that if the slideshow contains an icon, the computer crashes when the exe is being created and the following message is displayed:Access violation at address 77953E74 in module 'oleaut32.dll'. Read of address FFFFFFFD.I dit the test myself (opening an 'old' slideshow containing an icon and running normally, and re-creation of the exe without any changes to this slideshow), the exe file is produced without problem... but the corresponding slideshow doesn't play !If the box for adding an icon is unchecked, i.e. if no icon is added, the exe is created and plays normally.[Edit - note for Igor (or other interested, of course, no secret)]I have prepared a short 'slideshow' of 3 images and no music, nothing fancy at all; one without icon and one with an icon (an old icon already used without problem in an real show). The pte templates are available from the following links:without iconwith iconand the corresponding .exe files (1 MB each):exe without iconexe with icon
Igor Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Gérard,Thank you! I've reproduced the issue with template you have published (slideshow with the modified icon doesn't play). It will be fixed soon.Regarding first problem:- Please could you ask that user of DiaporamaForum send me the icon file which he've used? - And if I understand rightly - the problem comes when he press "Create" button in PicturesToExe?- Please ask him about version of Windows.
Gérard de Lux Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Thank you very much Igor for your quick reaction and reply OK, I'll publish your info and questions right away on DiaporamaForum !
Jean-Cyprien Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Hello Igor,For example, if I use the attached icon, and want to create an .exe file (with the PTE button), I get the message "Access violation...." and PTE stops to runI'm working with Windows XPThanks !Sans_titre_2.ico
fh1805 Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Bonsoir Jean-Cyprien,I think an icon file has to be 256 colour and not 16M colour as yours is.regards,Peter
Lin Evans Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Hi Jean,Peter is correct - the .ico file is defective. Windows ico files must be no more than 256 colors or the won't be recognized as such. The file with the extension .ico in your zipped example isn't an icon.Best regards,Lin
Jean-Cyprien Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Hi Peter !Really, I'm not sure my icon file has 16M colours ! (I think the software used to make it, didn't give me a lot of choices, and I think it was 256 !). What I'm sure, is that I've used it with PTE 5.6 without problem (and can still use it).( I'm not the only one having such trouble, but every body doesn't speak English as well as you're speaking French, Peter ! )If you look at the icon, and blinking a little, you could see a dodecahedron, right ? !!!!Good EveningRegards Jean-Cyprien
Igor Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Thank you, Jean-Cyprien!I just tested and see same thing - it creates EXE file without problem with this icon, but then it doesn't work. Tomorrow we'll try to figure out why this problem occurs.Please also let me know what version of Window you have installed?Lin,Peter,Windows XP supports icons with True-Color. And Windows Vista and Windows 7 support icons up to 256x256. One icon file can be a container of multiple icons with different sizes and colors.
Lin Evans Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Hi Jean,The icon as included in the zipped file is definitely defective, but this isn't the only problem. Even with a good icon 5.7 beta 4 won't run properly so let Igor sort it out. The ico file in your zipped folder does have 16 million colors and is way too large for an icon file. I'm not sure why the original seems to be a defective icon but I couldn't open in Photoshop CS nor in IrfanView. I was able to open it in Picture Windows Pro 3.0 and is shows 16 million colors. However, even substituting a known good icon it doesn't work in 5.7 so there is a problem.Best regards,Lin
Lin Evans Posted July 23, 2009 Report Posted July 23, 2009 Hi Igor,That's good to know! I substituted an icon with only 256 colors and it wouldn't work either...Best regards,Lin
Ronniebootwest Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 This beta is extending the boundaries to an exciting level.I have looked at the new 'Add Border' option and like the possibilities it offers af adding almost any size of border to an image. At the moment, it is just a simple white border - I wonder if this could be extended so that we can choose any colour border?Well done Igor, you and your team deserve the congratulations that you are getting!Ron WestEDIT:oops! If I had looked more closely, I would have seen that it is already possible to select a colour. I guess I must slow down a little and pay more attention.Ron
Jean-Cyprien Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 Hi Igor,Thank you for all you're doing.The version of Windows is a Windows XP - Familial Version - 2002 Version - Service Pack 3Have a good day. Jean-Cyprien
Jean-Cyprien Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 Please note that the address of the access violation is different of Gérard's.Mine is 770E48A4If it is of any interest and/or importance ?
Jean-Cyprien Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 Hi Lin, Thank you for your comments.I've created this icon 3 months ago (just for the fun) and don't remember now how I've done it. Sorry. (I haven't made an other one !)I'm able to open it with IrfanView, with XnView (and you're right, there are 32 bits per pixel, not 8), with Nero PhotoSnap Viewer, and with Photoshop.With Photoshop, you have to add an ICO.8bi file (easily found with Internet) in Program Files / Photoshop / External modules/ File Format. More, I think it's then possible to create a .ico file with Photoshop.I have no problem with this icon, even with the 573 version. Just with the last 574. Best regards,Jean-Cyprien
Igor Posted July 24, 2009 Report Posted July 24, 2009 Thanks! I just reproduced this error message with an icon and found the reason of this problem - it was a simple mistake in the code of the program. Beta 5 completely fixes this issue:http://www.wnsoft.com/apr/picturestoexe-beta.zip (7 MB)
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