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Preview limit
Posted: 01 Dec 2005 00:58
by jacky
Hi,
Allright so it seems there's a limit of the area that the preview can handle, and if it tries to go over that limit XY crashes with a runtime error 480: Can't create AutoRedraw image
I'm not sure what the limit is (or if it's memory-dependant or something), but I'd say (for me) it's aroung 9 000 000 (which is what I use as max area in order to try avoiding crash)
For example, I can preview this one:
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Type: JPEG file (JFIF v1.2)
Size: 2491 x 3600
Colors: 16M RGB (24-bit)
Area: 8 967 600 pixels (35 870 400 bytes video mem)
File size: 331 151 bytes, loaded in 716 ms
Compression ratio: 1,23%
But this one will make XY crash:
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Type: JPEG file (JFIF v1.2)
Size: 2522 x 3600
Colors: 16M (24-bit)
Area: 9 079 200 pixels (36 316 800 bytes video mem)
File size: 328 840 bytes, loaded in 7 ms
Compression ratio: 1,21%
BTW: the 'Copy Original' crashes (out of memory) for smaller ones
Re: Preview limit
Posted: 01 Dec 2005 09:57
by admin
So so... I thought I fixed this kind of stuff a while ago.
Please send me a crash pic. Maybe your pics are just bad...
Re: Preview limit
Posted: 01 Dec 2005 15:43
by jacky
admin wrote:Please send me a crash pic. Maybe your pics are just bad...
Will do, but no my pics are fine
Re: Preview limit
Posted: 01 Dec 2005 21:50
by admin
jacky wrote:admin wrote:Please send me a crash pic. Maybe your pics are just bad...
Will do, but no my pics are fine
Ok, fine pic! I made it halfway: no more crash, but no preview either. The other half will come...
Re: Preview limit
Posted: 01 Dec 2005 23:53
by jacky
admin wrote:Ok, fine pic! I made it halfway: no more crash, but no preview either. The other half will come...
Cool. No more crash is already a good thing.
This is quite unrelated but it reminded me, I understand that "Ok" in the Configuration window does not save the settings, but why did you disabled the "Save settings now" when "Save on exit" is checked?
Cause right now if I want to save the settings after I've done some customization or whatever (and to be sure), I have to uncheck it, save now, then check it again ; which is a bit annoying but also if XY crashes (or XP, or power shutdown, whatever) it means all my settings are saved BUT the save on exit one obviously. So if I don't think of putting it back on when I restart XY.....
Re: Preview limit
Posted: 02 Dec 2005 10:41
by admin
jacky wrote:This is quite unrelated but it reminded me, I understand that "Ok" in the Configuration window does not save the settings, but why did you disabled the "Save settings now" when "Save on exit" is checked?
Cause right now if I want to save the settings after I've done some customization or whatever (and to be sure), I have to uncheck it, save now, then check it again ; which is a bit annoying but also if XY crashes (or XP, or power shutdown, whatever) it means all my settings are saved BUT the save on exit one obviously. So if I don't think of putting it back on when I restart XY.....
This is the reason:
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v4.00.0130 - 30.06.05 11:48
* Button "Save Settings Now" (Configuration/General) again as before
v4.00.0128 (disabled while "Save Settings on Exit" is checked). To
have it always enabled was confusing because it lead users to think
they have to press it in order to activate and/or save configuration
changes.
If you want to "save your settings now" (before exit) for some
reason you can always select menu File/Save Configuration As...
and overwrite your current INI file.
Not convinced? Maybe a clearer button caption would help...
Re: Preview limit
Posted: 02 Dec 2005 17:20
by jacky
admin wrote:To have it always enabled was confusing because it lead users to think they have to press it in order to activate and/or save configuration changes.
That's funny, I mean yes you have to press it to save config changes, this wasn't misleading or anything. You don't have to press it to activate the changes, but to save them you do, and that's what it says: "Save Settings Now"
Posted: 02 Dec 2005 22:20
by jacky
Okay about that, you know what would be best then I think, a File/Save Config menuitem. Not "save as" which means choose a file & confirm, and could be seen as only good to create a new file, and people could not be sure what file they're using or something like that.
So a simple "Save Config" that would pretty much do it just like the Save Setting Now button does.
BTW, I don't really like the way the File menu is made. The order of the item doesn't seem so 'easy' to me, there's no restart (w/ saving) and I beleive that the common Windows standard is to have to Exit menu on the very last position of the menu.
Something like that would seem better to me:
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Goto app.path
Create shortcut
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Load Config
Save Config
Save Config As
-
Restart app
Restart app without saving
Exit witout saving
Exit
Posted: 02 Dec 2005 22:34
by admin
jacky wrote:Something like that would seem better to me:
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Goto app.path
Create shortcut
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Load Config
Save Config
Save Config As
-
Restart app
Restart app without saving
Exit witout saving
Exit
Goodygood! I would rather save one separator by moving "Goto app.path" to the goto menu and shift Create shortcut to Config section:
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Load Config
Save Config
Save Config As
Create shortcut to this Config
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Restart app without saving
Restart app
Exit witout saving
Exit
Posted: 02 Dec 2005 22:42
by jacky
admin wrote:Goodygood! I would rather save one separator by moving "Goto app.path" to the goto menu and shift Create shortcut to Config section
works for me
Posted: 02 Dec 2005 23:26
by admin
jacky wrote:admin wrote:Goodygood! I would rather save one separator by moving "Goto app.path" to the goto menu and shift Create shortcut to Config section
works for me
Hey, the new menu is looking sharp! Thanks!
