How to crash PTE by adjusting Picture information

[JudyKay]

Many variations are possible, but try this:

1. Open a project

2. Insert a blank slide

3. Apply slide style: Image | Color-Grayscale

4. Open O/A for the same slide

5. Choose Properties Tab

6. Adjust the Picture information to something unlikely, for example, change "TextWithSize:640:427:1" to "TextWithSize:640000000000:427:1 "

Depending on the variation, all manner of warnings popup and sometimes an inescapable error cycle.

This occurs when applying a style to a blank slide.

It is not unlikely that a person would do this and then attempt to change to an actual image or just be curious (like me!). An error of entry might produce this error.

[davegee]

You wouldn't normally apply a Style to a Blank Slide - it needs an Indexed Image to do what a Style is supposed to do.

However you can do it - the next logical step is to use the drop down Menu to change the "TextWithSize....." to a valid Image with an Index and when this is done the Style operates successfully.

It seems that Igor should protect us from oursleves?

DG

[JudyKay]

Most normal people wouldn't try such a thing, but I need protected! Maybe just a little error trapping. Then again, no one may discover it again for 30 years.

Actually I discovered the problem by adding a texture as a style to a blank slide and then wanting to modify it. I am not normal, but that is something a "normal" person might do.

[JudyKay]

I have concluded that this is actually a very useful feature if it works properly.

I am presently adding photos to a background and then creating a mask for the photo. I want to visually adjust the fade and size of a rectangular fade. Manual adjustments mostly fail. This should be made to work.

The work around is to guess and keep creating new masks until I get it right, but that is a lesser idea.

Edit: I am also quite successful coping mask parameters from one mask to another with fine tuning. This is very useful, but the slightest mistakes creates error chaos. I really hope this function can be developed dummy-proof for people like me

[Igor]

We'll try to do it in the next version. Indeed it's difficult to determine the upper limit.

[masrawy]

On 10/22/2014 at 10:29 PM, JudyKay said:

Most normal people wouldn't try such a thing, but I need protected! Maybe just a little error trapping. Then again, no one may discover it again for 30 years.

Actually I discovered the problem by adding a texture as a style to a blank slide and then wanting to modify it. I am not normal, but that is something a "normal" person might do.

Hi,  it did not take 30 years ..  today I managed to crash PTE after dissecting DG " strips no mask " style then trying to produce different style.  Searching the forum for this error brought me to this old thread, I taken it's not dummy proof yet. 

I'm not normal either!! 

Regards,

Sami