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Frogboy
JeffBDVS
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Reply #51 March 12, 2005 9:46:35 PM
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thomassen,

No WindowsFX here. I unloaded everything I could from memory and got TaskMan down to 16 total processes. I saved WindowBlinds 4.50e(.002 for last. When I unloaded that beta version of WB, the drag-crash issue in DesktopX went away.

I need to add that I am using Windows XP Pro, SP2.

Non-Windows processes I killed, in no particular order (in case anyone is interested in the environment):
ProcessGuard 3.150
TrojanHunter 4.2
CursorXP (full version)
Diskeeper 9 service
OuterTech CpuUsage
Zone Alarm 5 Security Suite
ObjectDock Plus 1.11.009
sdmcp.exe
and...
WindowBlinds 4.50e(.002
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Thomas Thomassen
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Reply #52 March 12, 2005 10:38:28 PM
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Strange. I have the same WB version, but it didn't cause any problems on my system. I might have a deeper look into it tomorrow.



Feature request:
It'd be nice if the Object Lister would have a treeview to the left in the window and when you selected an item in the treeview it'd only list the child and related objects of that item.
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ExodusCrow
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Reply #53 March 13, 2005 4:06:15 AM
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Feature request:
It'd be nice if the Object Lister would have a treeview to the left in the window and when you selected an item in the treeview it'd only list the child and related objects of that item.


I second that. I'd also like to see some sort of "numbering" system in the object lister.
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Frogboy
Thomas Thomassen
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Reply #54 March 13, 2005 11:19:28 AM
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Another feature request:
Have a dropdown box at the top of the script editor that contains a list of all the functions in the script. Would be very useful for longer scripts.
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Thomas Thomassen
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Reply #55 March 13, 2005 11:42:57 AM
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bug report:
I was making popup menues in JScript. All though the disabled menuitems where disabled, they did not look disabled.
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Tiggz
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Reply #56 March 13, 2005 1:04:20 PM
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o dear...

I was using the 2.98 pro beta without any problems for over a week. Yesterday I uninstalled it and installed the 2.99b[b].003 version available on sdc - bad move on my part. Spent more than a few hours today working on a script, I went to adjust the text properties of a seperate object, dx builder crashed. On restarting dx the script was gone, just gone. Away. Well, ok, not quite. There was still a script, unfortunately it was entirely empty.

Looks like it's back to the old regime of exporting the object after every single change "just in case".
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ExodusCrow
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Reply #57 March 13, 2005 1:22:48 PM
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Tiggz. DX keeps a "backup" copy of scripts that it uses.
Check out C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock\DesktopX\CurrentTheme

You can look through different '.DXScript2' files to find the script you were working on. It's saved me in the past
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RomanDA
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Reply #58 March 13, 2005 1:41:44 PM
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I have a couple of q's.

1. In DX2 there was a "quick" way to go from Authoring to User mode, how can that be done in DX3?

2. I am working on a new theme (dock mainly), and i have some preference that im adding it, but my question is, how can i TEST this in CREATE mode? In other words, how do i debug it???

3. I assume i have to make things into a widget in order to get the NEW preferences to work? I cant save something as a desktop theme, and the load it in "user" mode and see the preferences, i just see "delete".

Id like to be able to get this new dock done and up when DX3 comes out, but right now that doesnt look like its gonna happen.

Any help would be great!
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Thomas Thomassen
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Reply #59 March 13, 2005 2:09:39 PM
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I'm using System.KeyState(vk) to determine if Shift and/or Ctrl is pressed. However, it some times returns the value 3. In the documentation it says the function return 0, 1 or 2. What is this last undocumented keystate? It's currently gives me some headacke because my script doesn't work as expected because of this.

What happends is this:








ActionState
Inital state0
Ctrl beeing pressed1
After Ctrl is pressed2
Ctrl beeing pressed3
After Ctrl is pressed0
loop
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Reply #60 March 14, 2005 10:13:56 PM
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I keep getting this same error code, every time I try to run the beta version, and I just tried a DX update for March 14, and still get the same error, and DX3 will not start.
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Reply #61 March 15, 2005 5:23:43 AM
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Jeff: we fixed it. It was an incompatibility with WB and/or WFX. Thank you for reporting.
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thomassen
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Reply #62 March 15, 2005 10:49:20 AM
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I still get that error when I'm running WinFX. (I just went to try DX 2.99c[rc].003. (I rebooted before I tried it.)) Works fine without WinFX. But it got no problem with WB.

AppName: AppName: desktopx.exe AppVer: 0.0.0.0 ModName: directgui.dll
ModVer: 2.0.0.0 Offset: 00013830


Other issues:
Object_OnSetFocus and ObjectOnKillFocus still doesn't work when using JScript.

Disabled scripted menu items still looks enabled. (All though you can't click them.)
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Reply #63 March 15, 2005 11:43:54 AM
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DVG: That looks like it's crashing in the script host. You may need to reinstall MS scripting host in order to correct that. It looks like something may have corrupted it. Get it at : http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/downloads/list/webdev.asp
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Reply #64 March 15, 2005 3:19:07 PM
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Check out C:\Documents and Settings\\Local Settings\Application Data\Stardock\DesktopX\CurrentTheme


Cheers ExodusCrow, already tried that one

Never mind, it's re-taught me the valuable lesson to save often I had become complacent because dx has become very stable since the days when I first started using it.
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Reply #65 March 15, 2005 4:33:40 PM
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Thank-you pjpowell, I re-installed MS Script host 5.6, and that seems to have done the trick. Don'y know how it became corrupted, but, I thank-you for the link.
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Reply #66 March 15, 2005 5:17:00 PM
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DVG: seems that it may be related to DX after all. It would be strange that both you and me had poblems with the scripting engine after installing DX. See post #7.
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thomassen
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Reply #67 March 15, 2005 8:10:04 PM
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The Offset: 00013830 bug disappeared with the final release now.
-cheers!
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JeffBDVS
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Reply #68 March 16, 2005 5:13:27 AM
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Thanks, Alberto. When I get back from my trip I'll try out the release version and report here, just to close the loop.

Jeff
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Reply #69 March 16, 2005 1:16:11 PM
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The release version has indeed fixed the drag-crash issue on my system. Thank you.

Jeff
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Reply #70 March 16, 2005 5:13:36 PM
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On restarting dx the script was gone, just gone. Away. Well, ok, not quite. There was still a script, unfortunately it was entirely empty.


I have now had this happen to me on multiple occasions. Very occasionally, after making changes to a scripted object, clicking apply or ok on that object crashes dx. On restarting dx the script is empty.

I now export my objects to dxpacks after every succesfull change just to be safe, it kind of interrupts the creative flow a bit tho
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thomassen
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Reply #71 March 16, 2005 5:23:41 PM
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Yay. That sounds scary. I don't want to loose my script which I've been working long and hard on. Glad it haven't happend to me yet. (Touch wood!)
Have you tried reinstalling Windows Scripts? Just incase there is something there that's wrong.
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Reply #72 March 16, 2005 6:04:19 PM
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I also had this problem in 2.xx. So I often copy the script to a txt file and create 3 diferent copys of object. In earlyier 2.xx I had a lot of trouble when windows vbs scripting engine just dissapeared after dx crash. I hope that 3.xx will be more stable.
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thomassen
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Reply #73 March 16, 2005 7:27:36 PM
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I shouldn't have jinxed it in that last post... Ok, it wasn't related to DX crashing, but I still managed to loose script and object I was working on. I accedential double clicked on a dxpack and DX loaded it. However it cleared all the objects I allready was working on. I thought I completely lost about 3 days work there. But it turned out I had exportet it before I started on a new object today. But that new object and script is now comepltely gone. I even spent the last one and a half hour looking for it with my recovery program, but no trace. (I actually slapped my head, thinking of what I said in this last post when I realised what happend.) Anyways, time to call it a day. Night'o!
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