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I agree Boxig Esp for this new AVI feature ... as its almost a different group of users. That way AVI issues and comments be easier to control and use. It probably would have been wise to start the separate category before issuing the AVI version.

Garris, Is the above condition appear to happen when you PREVIEW your show or compile your exe ? As I mentioned earlier : I assume you are clicking your Buttons in the Editor Window and getting the results you mention. Any time you click any Object within the Editor Window ... your selected Object will glow a highlighted color ... indicating this is the current selected/active object your working with. The highlighted color of your actual Button color is what you are seeing. This highlighted color is only perceivable in the Editor Window and is not reproducable or translated once you compile or prewiew your show. You will not get a True representation of the Button color if you click it within the Editor Window. If you click it you will see the highlighted color of your actual Button color. You will get its True color if you dont click it or select it ( or if its selected ...you must deselect it). The basic fact is : you cannot click or test your Buttons in the Editor Window to get an idea of how they work and react when clicked ... that you must do in the Preview Window.

Bill Im not totally sure what Igor had in mind ... but I suspect the Go to Any Slide enables the use within defined Object functions. I dont believe the function is going to be implemented during runtime from input by the user. Unless you made a table of contents page or similar display ... the user would be randomly jumping about your presentation unknowingly. This would promote or create great frustration to the user by them getting inevitably lost ... and most likely do more harm than good for your purpose. Igor has mentioned a new improved navigation bar with additional functions ... Im sure we will soon see once v4.20 is 100% complete of its features.

Garris, The default background color of the Button Object is actually white ... the pastel color you see is when you probably first created the Button within the Object Editor (current active objects in the Editor have this glow color). To create a color button you must disable the Use Default Color checkbox and select a defined or create a custom color selection. The simple way of making similar multiple buttons is copy and paste ( a simple right click function). Then just edit your specific properties needed for each. Im not sure what you mean exactly by : You must Preview your Show to get a true representation of how your Buttons will look and react when clicked. Doing so just within the Editor Window may be misleading to you

Welcome, nldowning Open Project/Project Options/ Comments from the main menu (top left). Set your preferences of how you want your fonts, color, etc. Now when you Customize each individual Slide # ... and select Comments ... your preferences should be revealed as you previous set. If your using TEXT OBJECTS as your Comments ... enable the checkbox Use own text preference in Customize Slide/Comments ... your preferences should be revealed as you set in Project/Project Options/ Comments

Sam, Not to worry ... Its very hard to be a (PC) Doctor without actually knowing and seeing the patient and then prescribing a remedy to cure all. Not all patients clearly or completely convey all necessary needed info ... therefore you must give your best judgement upon what they give you at the given moment. So all remedy possibilities exist as one disects the relative info ... and then hopefully a cure can be found. The initial indicator flag of Peggy's post for me was ... ... so one must first suspect she is using an old version of PTE and from how long ago.

bbdigital, If your using any SYNC MODEs to play your show ... buttons/objects and mouse are inactive for use. The only way till Igor adds this feature in his upcoming version is only to create in NON SYNC modes.

Ron, Im not sure of v7.01 PS file format options ... but older versions of PS and PSP required a icon plugin. I may still have the one for version 5.5 PS ... but it may not work in newer versions. You might try a search or find out from another forum such as : The Plugin Site Forum http://www.graphicsgalaxy.com/forums/thepl...nsite/index.php

Hello Peggy, What version of PTE are you using ? The latest is v4.14 Please tell us more about your Show composition. Overall mb size, Image size (kb and screenwidth) Music setting (manual, auto sync, custom sync) Usually too large a Image size promotes music skipping ... esp on CD . (Other settings and factors also play a role). Are your Images below 200kb in file size? WnSoft is located in Russia ... so there is a time difference, plus its the weekend there also.

standingstones, You could use Al's recomendation of the 1 pixel image technique ... or ... just select any currently used image in your Show. Once you add that image to your new Slide ... deselect the Show Image checkbox of that Slide. You will now have a empty slide to do as you please. Using this method adds no additional size to project ... plus you have no image to make. (Not that a 1x1 pixel image has any real size to it )

Veronica, It may well be some setting in your PC that can cause this. You may want to check what options you have enabled : OE but under Tools > Options > Security is "Do not allow attachments to be saved or opened that could potentially be a virus."

ipoppa33, Your above testing seems to indicate that the CDRom unit is not detecting or reading the autorun.inf file for some reason. If it was reading and detecting it but could not load it correctly ... you would get some error message indicating so. I would try burning in the JOLIET file format as a test ... since possibly the ISO format you are using maybe is translating it differently. Were your settings in ISO9960 ... as some offer different choices. Your 35 sec load time seems a bit lenghty to me also. Note: I believe that Easy CD uses Joliet file format by default upon installation .... Im not sure what Nero settings/ options are , since I havent used that program in awhile. Possibly your CD burning modes/properties/settings may need some adjustment to enable your CDR to work in all CD Drives.

ipoppa33, I too find the overall exe file size somewhat strange ... since your not using any music files that adds to your exe size. Images @ 150-350 kb x 110 = 40 MB? Even if all were 350kb ...that would be about 38 MB (give or take) As Jim mentions ... I would try to reduce the images that are over 200kb ... 150 kb for a 800x600 (screensize) image is usually the normal used for most here. And the "a" is fine. The 8.3 rule is only a safe option to always use when you distribute your CDs ... as some users CD Drives dont read longfile names. Question : When you say it loads slow .... what is actual the load up time you are experiencing ? Note: As for PCs where your CD doesnt load at all ... its usually CDR Disc incompatability or the users PC doesnt have their CD autorun on insertion enabled.(Since you seem to already be using shortfile names.) Try testing your Show exe by dbl-clicking it from the CD root and see if it plays in that manner.

Hello ipoppa33, A few more details on your Shows set-up and content would be helpful to aid you better: Overall size of exe Image files: count, type, kb size and screenwidth music files: count, type and kb-mb size Use of lots of Objects in first slide (or not) (Plus anything else/special you may deem helpful) Basically, the larger the size Show exe (mb size) ... the longer it takes to load. Speed of CDR Disc and CDRom unit speed play a role here. Virus scanning enabled slow things down. If the CDR opens on some and not on others can be due to several different things. Brand of CDR Disc used, Closed Session burns are required, Requires use of ShortFile naming (8.3) in Autorun.inf ... just to mention a few. Basically most CDRW (read and write) units read better ... while CDRom (read only) read faster. However, newer generations of CDRW units have gained higher read speeds. CDR Discs read faster than CDRW Disc. We will wait to hear from you.

Eric, That what Boxigs previous post is all about.

Mark, First: Did you enable the check box in Project Options/ Music tab to play background music ? One more simple question: Does your second Show play and sound normally (just by dbl-click) without using ... ???

Nashua, Thanks for the link. What seems strange to me initially is that both PCs have the same problem. I find this #3 listing from the database page as your most likely first target of investigation. Check your Device Manager properties for your IRQ settings. See if there is any conflicts or yellow exclamation marks shown in the view. A good test to see if your issue is sound related ... would be to run a Show created without any music.(I will see if I can locate 1 or 2) ... or maybe your friend can make 1 without any music for you. Have you tried making a PTE Show yourself using the limited demo version ? =============================================== New Note: Here's 2 Shows from Beechbrook that use no music or sound files. Use these as a test to see if your soundcard has issues. If they play ... its may something in your soundcard set-up -IRQ. Non-syncro - Create BG without PF http://beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=449 Animation with PTE (once downloaded ... rename the file .p2e ext to .exe) http://beechbrook.com/pte/downloadfile.asp?id=8

Richard, CDRom Drive speeds are by nature alot slower than hard drive speeds. Its all about data transfer speeds ... and how fast it gets processed. You Show specs as stated seem to be in order by my accounts. Have you some extreme timing or demanding fades used within your Show? As this can cause playback issues from CD. If your not sure ... remake another version relaxing your timing and or fades to see if the problem persists. Also make sure to use good quality CDR disc and a not so low X-speed types. As this can also cause problems sometimes. Also the speed of the CDRom unit itself can play a part in how smoothly things go. Sometimes it takes abit of adjustment of your Show setup-settings to have a smooth CDR show. As stated before ... CD playing of a Show in no way can match the superior PC hard drive played show. Some setting compromises must be made for CDR playing.

Close maybe I really like button sound clicks with mine. Maybe oneday when Igor hasnt much else to improve ... we can get more expanded button actions (mouse over, sound clicks etc) But Iam quite content with what we already have ... and rather have other more needed additions and improvements.

Hello Nashua I use W98 and 98 SE and havent had such a issue. In the meantime, maybe you oughta test out some other user made shows to see if its just your friends show giving you the issue. Try Beechbrook Site ... lots to choose from and download http://beechbrook.com/pte/

Al, My best guess is that his layer order is not quite correct. Mainly because when he advances/returns to the page ( its like page refreshing) ... all Objects return to normal. I suspect he has the active object beneath his static object. Active objects will work beneath static objects ... but the normal result is Jim's experience. Using Copy and Paste object function for multiple objects can cause this problem real easily.

Jim, Check to see how you are layering your objects. Create your Text Object first ... then create the Button Object. The Button Object must be the upper most (layered) object. Give the Button Object the destination properties. The order of object creation plays a key role here to avoid the problem you are experiencing. Always keep your active object on top of other static objects. As far as I know this is not a bug ... its pretty much a trait of active objects when layered (this happpens in many other programs and is not unique just to PTE) New Note : Some other programing tools have the capability to control the order of object layers ( move to top, move to bottom, etc.)... thus not totally dependent on order of creation. Since PTE does not have this capability ... we must be watchful of the order of when we create them for use in layering..

Robert, Come to think of it ... I had McAfee a few years ago (several versions prior) and had noticed a considerable slow-down difference when I upgraded versions. I then trashed McAfee ... and went to Norton. I immediately noticed a faster improvement and have been happy ever since.

Robert, You can try this little tool that helps you take control of start-up programs. Startup Control Panel by Mike Lin : http://www.mlin.net/StartupCPL.shtml It allows you to turn off or remove the culprit files at your direction. I use the standalone exe version (a cpl version also avail). This program makes life much easier ... without totally removing anything until you know whats what. It will enable/disable/remove all without rebooting as MS always does when changes are made. Its not always easy to find such info ... sometimes it hit and miss Give that tool a try, as this will aid you in atleast getting a handle of what may be happening. New Note : I forgot to add this simple little tool also StartupList makers of Spybot http://www.lurkhere.com/~nicefiles/ Lists all and every autostarting app on your system. Checks Autostart folders, the Registry Run keys, Autoexec.bat, Stub Paths, ICQ Agent, Program extensions, Win.ini, System.ini, Wininit.ini, Wininit.bak, Winstart.bat, Dosstart.bat, as well as checking for duplicate instances of Explorer.exe and checking for superhidden extensions. It does not configure anything ... but just creates a extensive list file of whats loaded and running at the time your make the test

Amazing ! This quick ? I know originally the anticpated date for this feature was expected much later. Just think ... we wont have to see this featured requested end over end and post after post. Will this be the end of them ... I seriously doubt it