johnrees Posted June 29, 2005 Report Posted June 29, 2005 For some reason I can't get the "loading..." message to display while the program is loading. I looked at the "Messages" box in "Project Options" and see it there but can't figure out how to make the "loading" message display. Does anyone know what I am missing? I'm using 4.42 and had no problems with this in earlier versions.John Rees Quote
JRR Posted June 29, 2005 Report Posted June 29, 2005 JohnreesThe simple answer to that should be that the .exe file loads so fast with the new versions of PTE that the "loading" message does not get a chance to come up. But since you asked the question are you experiencing a blank screen for what you feel is too long and thus looking for the message ?What size is the .exe file ?One of my more recent shows is a 43mb file. It loads instantly. Quote
Igor Posted June 29, 2005 Report Posted June 29, 2005 I only forgotten to remove "Loading..." text edit from "Messages" tab in the Project options. This minor moment will be corrected in the next version. Quote
CGalvan Posted January 21, 2006 Report Posted January 21, 2006 I am having the same issue with 4.31. No "Loading..." Message and running off a CD my 25-45mb presentations take a little time to load.Has this been fixed? Quote
Ken Cox Posted January 21, 2006 Report Posted January 21, 2006 CGalvanbeen fixed long ago - I believe Igor made some changes that loaded the shows real fast so it was no longer neededget the latest version 4.45but running off the cd has always been iffy -- a whole lot of things are involved and if you do not have the power you will have a slow loading show -- better to copy and paste to your hard driveken Quote
Igor Posted January 22, 2006 Report Posted January 22, 2006 Just I forgot to remove this option from Project options in PTE v4.xx. Now slide-shows start immediately, and this option is not actual any more. Quote
CGalvan Posted January 24, 2006 Report Posted January 24, 2006 I only forgotten to remove "Loading..." text edit from "Messages" tab in the Project options. This minor moment will be corrected in the next version.I burn my .exe presentations to CD so that I can send them to Clients and Friends adding a menu of several presentations that can be run from the said disk.It would be unrealistic to expect some of my users to be able copy the contents to their hard drives.Perhaps the decision to remove the "Loading..." should be reconsidered?Thanks,Carlos Quote
Conflow Posted January 26, 2006 Report Posted January 26, 2006 Carlos,"Running off a CD" can creates many problems which have been discussed on the Forum many times before.The major problem are that you don't know the "Set-Up" of your friends Computers ~ What Operating System is being used ? ~ Whats the Processor Speed ? ~ How much 'User Memory' is available ? and whether or not the CD-Rom Drive has its own Cache Memory ?Apart from Desktop PC's ~ Most all 'low-cost' Laptops have slow CD-ROM Drives which don't like 'live' running Exe's.After a few years, we finally gave up on sending 'Autorun PTE CDs' to friends ~ Now we only send out CD's which have an 'Auto-Installer' in the CD package. You simply place the CD in the drive and the 'Installer' does the rest automatically.What are the advantages? ~ Even the slowest PC can run the PTE Show properly as it's coming off the Hard Drive and the PC itself creates enough 'Virtual Memory' to do the task asked of it !Another advantage is that its virtually 'idiot proof' - no human intervention required except press the 'Run Button'. You can Uninstall-Install as often as needed and you can circulate the same CD amongst Friends with a very high confidence that it's going to work 9 out of 10 times ~ Thats not bad !Brian.Conflow Services. Quote
CGalvan Posted January 26, 2006 Report Posted January 26, 2006 Thanks for the reply and info Brian Quote
jongru4 Posted January 26, 2006 Report Posted January 26, 2006 Carlos,"Running off a CD" can creates many problems which have been discussed on the Forum many times before.The major problem are that you don't know the "Set-Up" of your friends Computers ~ What Operating System is being used ? ~ Whats the Processor Speed ? ~ How much 'User Memory' is available ? and whether or not the CD-Rom Drive has its own Cache Memory ?Apart from Desktop PC's ~ Most all 'low-cost' Laptops have slow CD-ROM Drives which don't like 'live' running Exe's.After a few years, we finally gave up on sending 'Autorun PTE CDs' to friends ~ Now we only send out CD's which have an 'Auto-Installer' in the CD package. You simply place the CD in the drive and the 'Installer' does the rest automatically.What are the advantages? ~ Even the slowest PC can run the PTE Show properly as it's coming off the Hard Drive and the PC itself creates enough 'Virtual Memory' to do the task asked of it !Another advantage is that its virtually 'idiot proof' - no human intervention required except press the 'Run Button'. You can Uninstall-Install as often as needed and you can circulate the same CD amongst Friends with a very high confidence that it's going to work 9 out of 10 times ~ Thats not bad !Brian.Conflow Services.Conflow,Where do I find the Auto install info on the cds.....jongru Quote
Conflow Posted January 26, 2006 Report Posted January 26, 2006 Program Auto-InstallersHi Guys,The following PTE Show "Auto-Installers" are quite good but like all new Programs you will need to spenda little while becomming familiar with them.'Clickteam Install Creator' from:- www.clickteam.com'Setup Stream' for those who want more control, from:- www.virtualzone.de These Programs and others are also available from:- www.snapfiles.comHope this helps,Brian.conflow. Quote
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