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Dave, Fullscreen is also confusing, because if the slide show has a different aspect ratio as the monitor, it will only fit to the nearest aspect ratio, and not fill the screen completely, isn't it. Cor

Jean-Pierre, Peter, Yes we must have a value anyway to start with (in the frames properties). Maybe it is possible to show the aspect ratio (of the working screen) AND a starting value for the frame in properties? Cor

Hello again, I think there is a misunderstanding in the first and fundamental start of thinking in the dimensions relationship. In "Project Options" - "Screen Options" there is the statement "Aspect Ratio of a slide" this must be in my oppinion "Aspect Ratio of the working screen" (see in O&A). When you consider the right aspect ratio of your working screen and put a wanted value in the properties for the frame, you can easyly see what is happening with your child(s). Cor

Thank's Igor, It looks good to me now. I did several tests with parent-childs, it's working as it should. Tested also some complex old title effects with 19 various parent-childs and successive slides, all is appearing as before in version 5.52. Congratulations again, Greetings, Cor

Hello to All, I have seen the following: 1) When in "Project Options" - "Screen Options" the "Fixed size of slide (in pixels)" is ticked, everything is working fine. Ex.: Pictures 1024 x 768, size on screen = 1024 x 768. When you use bigger or smaller pictures everything is adapted to the 1024 x 768 size on screen. No point if you have a screen of 1600 x 1200, 1680 x 1050, or whatever. Also the parent and child behave perfect. 2) When in "Project Options" - "Screen Options" the "Fixed size of slide (in pixels)" is NOT ticked. I receive the following (according my size of pictures 1024 x 768 and HP display of 1680 x 1050 pixels). Aspect ratio of a slide: 4:3 Your display: 16:10. Opening O&A; "Size/position in pixels of parent" I see, Position = 0,0 x 0,0 Size = 1400 x 1050. What is logical because the aspect ratio of the slide 4 : 3 and the maximum in heigth the screen can show (1050 pixels). When I put several childs they show always their proper dimensions cq. 1024 x 768. And the Position values are adapted perfect when one change the positions of the child to parent. So this is all working well and in a logical way. AS LONG AS YOU DO NOT PUSH FIRST ON THE BLUE "SIZE" BUTTON IN THE LITTLE SCREEN OF THE PARENT SLIDE, because then the parent slide dimensions change to the real dimensions of the slide, this is in my case 1024 x 768, and all other childs are shrinking too. So the proportions on the screen are lost. As a solution maybe (I'm not a programmer) it is necessary to block the possibility of changing the dimensions of the parent by pushing the "size" button, when in "Project Options - "Screen Options" one want to work with Aspect ratio and display size. 3) Some other small error: The description "Size/position in pixels of parent" is showing the same title for childs also. Greetings, Cor

Hello Luc, This must solve the problem, please download via MediaFire: Sharing URL: http://www.mediafire.com/?2d32zwxgyds "Nederlands.ini" file for PicturesToExe deluxe 5.5 beta 10 - Upload the file from "MediaFire" - Exit PTE - Copy the "Nederlands.ini" file in the "WnSoft PicturesToExe/5.5 Beta 10" folder, confirm replacement - Restart PTE Greetings, Cor

Hello Brian, Sorry about the misunderstanding, I thought I'll give the link the name of the file, so it will be clear to everybody... But no problem, my mistake, I'll follow "the etiquette" next time with the MediaFire Folio Link. Hello Henri, With pleasure. Just click the link. Sometimes MediaFire is slow, but it's working. Hello Ken, Thanks for the reply. But just for your records, I'm a HE Have a nice day. Cor

Hello to All, For all Dutch speaking members and users of PTE deluxe 5.5 beta 9, who are interested: Adapted "Nederlands.ini" file with translation of "Auto save". MediaFire: Nederlands.ini - Upload the file from "MediaFire" - Copy the "Nederlands.ini" file in the "WnSoft PicturesToExe/5.5 Beta 9" folder, confirm replacement. NOTE: There are no changes in the translation of VideoBuilder in beta 9. Enjoy , Cor

Hello Brian, Hello to All, I have been lucky, and so are the members of my photoclub, to make use of some technical cards that Brian made to solve our problems with different devices (screens and beamer). It's an excellent initiative. One cannot know everything and I enjoy learning every day. Thank you for sharing. Greetings, Cor Hello Henri, 1 Inch = 2.54 cm, 1 Feet = 30.48 cm, 1 Feet = 12 Inch See cm-inch-cm conversions Greetings, Cor

Ray, Thank you for your offer, but with the test of Peter it's clear now. Peter, Thank you for your test with v5.04. Yes, of course, for the longest text line you do not see the "transport". So, if one want to put different text lines, with different locations (starting points) on a slide, you must create more text objects in <Objects and Animation><Properties>. So far that could have been some problem to line the text, but it is not anymore because we have the grid now. Excellent, thank you all to clear this out. Greetings, Cor

Hello Peter, Yes, it's not that easy for me to explain what I want to say in English, but I do my best. All respect to you for finding a final solution to this "problem". I am really interested in your tests. And thank you to consider and try "my approach". If we 'll manage to find a solution, this will benefit to all the photoclubs who have to organize their festivals, or projection evenings/afternoons. Let's hope for the best result. Greetings, Cor

Hello Lin, I thought that I have used it ones in the past but I'm not sure anymore. Yes, it's the same in v5.1. It's a pity, I don't have older versions either to check. Maybe Igor can look at it when he has some time, it's not priority I think. Greetings, Cor

Hello Peter, Fine to read that you are making progress. I just try to help for what it is worth. Have you checked: 1) the EXE-show is started and ended with a black slide 2) in <Project Options> <Show Settings> "Close show after last slide" is ticked, otherwise you have an endless loop, or you must push "ESC" 3) in <Project Options> <Advanced> "Hide mouse cursor during show" is choosen I have experienced these settings for the EXE files are very important. It is important, I think, to keep every file of your project in one folder and launch everything from your hard disk. To avoid the flashes to the desktop, is it possible to put a "black" for a "certain time" to make calculations possible, or did you have this already? I don't want to be a creep or boring, but there is were I tried to find the solution with "the chain" and launch everything from the same folder on the hard disk. "By chain" I mean: Make copies of the Menu, the background with the buttons (buttons with titles of the shows), as many as you have EXE files. Construction: After your intro SLIDE 01 A black slide (time 2 sec) SLIDE 02 The Menu with buttons (every button has the action "Go to slide number..."; the first button has reference to SLIDE 04) SLIDE 03 Black slide (time 3 sec, 1 sec transition) (to take time to load and calculate) SLIDE 04 Black slide (time 2 sec) with <Run external application> annex the first EXE show After playing the show it returns to SLIDE 05 The Menu with buttons (every button has the action "Go to slide number..."; the second button has reference to SLIDE 07) SLIDE 06 Black slide (time 3 sec, 1 sec transition) (to take time to load and calculate) SLIDE 07 Black slide (time 2 sec) with <Run external application> annex the second EXE show After playing the show it returns to SLIDE 08 The Menu with buttons (every button has the action "Go to slide number..."; the third button has reference to SLIDE 10) SLIDE 09 Black slide (time 3 sec, 1 sec transition) (to take time to load and calculate) SLIDE 10 Black slide (time 2 sec) with <Run external application> annex the third EXE show After playing the show it returns to SLIDE 11 The Menu with buttons (every button has the action "Go to slide number..."; the fourth button has reference to SLIDE 13) SLIDE 12 Black slide (time 3 sec, 1 sec transition) (to take time to load and calculate) SLIDE 13 Black slide (time 2 sec) with <Run external application> annex the fourth EXE show After playing the show it returns to... ............. SLIDE xx Black slide SLIDE xx End credits SLIDE xx Black slide You can push the buttons at random to start the right show. This method must avoid the flashes and keep you free of desktop problems. Maybe there are other solutions too. Good luck. Greetings, Cor

Hello Lin, Peter, Yes, I know. But my fault, I had to give more explanation. When you have 3 text lines, with different length. You highlight one of the shorter lines and choose "Left, Right or Center" then BOTH (shorter) lines are moved. Not alone the one you have highlighted. Greetings, Cor

I just do one more try to explain that the "method" I have used in practice, for an audience of 150 people, has no flicker, no jumps, no interfearing, no flashes, no..., And can be perfectly projected with a beamer of 1024 x 768 pixels. Just read the posts and try it out, you will see it is working on VISTA and XP. The most important point is to use a recent videocard. All the other methods and suggestions in this topic I have tested myself in the past, the black slides, the memory stick, the 1-pixel slides, with or without menu, with or without intro, with or without buttons, with or without... They are not working with PTE v5.1 as described! The only thing that may be a problem is the configuration of your computer, but when one uses a recent machine, it must work for you as well. So far I did not see much reactions on my post about the effectiveness of the project, beside Peter. 1154 readers of this topic, 87 downloads of my MediaFire: TEST Chain show and ".pte" ZIP files. Did somebody else tried it out? Am I alone in this matter? Are you looking for an other implementation? Does nobody believe me? Greetings, Cor

Igor, For your info PTE Deluxe 5.5 Beta 7: After "Add Text". The "Left, Center, Right" text navigation is not working anymore in <Objects and Animation> <Properties>. The "Blur" is working fine now. Greetings, Cor

Henri, Off tick "Pixels" and you can adapt X and Y from 1 to 20 columns and/or lines. Greetings, Cor

Hello to All, For all Dutch speaking members and users of PTE deluxe 5.5 beta 7, included VideoBuilder, who are interested: 1) MediaFire: Nederlands.ini 2) MediaFire: Nederlands.lng NOTE: If you already have downloaded "Nederlands.lng" for the beta 5 version; in this version beta 7 are no changes in the text for VideoBuilder. Upload the files from "MediaFire" 1) copy the "Nederlands.ini" file in the "WnSoft PicturesToExe/5.5 Beta 7" folder 2) copy the "Nederlands.lng" file in the "WnSoft PicturesToExe/5.5 Beta 7/VideoBuilder/Lng" folder confirm for both files replacement. Enjoy , Cor

I am deeply saddened to hear about the death of Ron. My condolences. Cor

Peter, The only thing that you have to do is replace the title slides that I have in "my chain", with "dummy" slides with buttons if you want this. You click on the button and it send you to the show. When finished it returns in the "chain" and come back to an other "dummy" with the same list to choose the EXE files. When the audience choose a show, you click the corresponding button in the list, the show start, at the end you come back in the "chain" and..... Make a "dummy" for every show you have to show. Make an EXE file of this and put it in the same folder as your shows. I have done it also and it worked perfect. It even worked without a monitor. The beamer connected to the computer and you can click your shows, or your buttons on the screen. Without flickering, flashes, and no "double flash" at all. Check this: Some very important basic tips before starting with a project like that, all providers of a EXE show must be sure that: 1) their EXE-show is started and ended with a black slide 2) in <Project Options> <Show Settings> "Close show after last slide" is ticked, otherwise you have an endless loop, or you must push "ESC" 3) in <Project Options> <Advanced> "Hide mouse cursor during show" is choosen Greetings, Cor

Peter, Yes. With PTE 5.1. build it with: VISTA Home Premium on HP Pavilion m8180.be; Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz; Physical Memory: 3070 MB; DirectX: 10.0; Video card: NVidia Geforce 8600 GT 512 MB ram VGA DVI; Monitor: HP f2105 Wide Flat Panel Monitor - res.: 1680 x 1050. tested it on: VISTA Home Premium (same computer as above) & Pentium 4 2 GHz; Memory: 1 MB; Nvidia Geforce Graphics n card with 128 MB & Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2. Peter, you tried my "TEST Chain Show", did it work for you? If yes, you must succeed to make your own "chain".Geoff, If you have followed the above posts, this is not what we want to do, we want a complete automatic "chain show", without manipulating buttons or whatever. The only thing you have to do is click your screen once to start the "chain" with the EXE shows, if you have an intro. Maybe you must do that with your system with the buttons, but I repeat it for the second time, you must NOT turn off hardware acceleration (with PTE v5.1), because all your chained shows, the "support" EXE file with the instructions (and the optional intro if any) will begin to flicker, the quality of your presentation will be zero if you have some animations, and in the worst case your show will end in a mess.To all who are interested, For the 50th anniversary of our camera club I made a complete lay-out of a chained sequence of EXE-files. Those EXE-files are not alone done by PTE, but also by m-Objects and Photodex-ProShow EXE-files are involved. About the flicker or other "waiting" problems between the shows: It's all depending on the power of the computer and mainly the video card. The only flawty with "my methodology" is that before starting each show you see a fraction of a second the cursor on a black background (XP) or the "turning ring" of Vista. Some very important basic tips before starting with a project like that, all providers of a EXE show must be sure that: 1) their EXE-show is started and ended with a black slide 2) in <Project Options> <Show Settings> "Close show after last slide" is ticked, otherwise you have an endless loop, or you must push "ESC" 3) in <Project Options> <Advanced> "Hide mouse cursor during show" is choosen MediaFire: TEST Chain Show Start the show by clicking on "FESTIVAL 01 FESTIVAL.pte" this will open PTE v5.1 with 2 slides. This is the intro I made for the 50th Anniversary of our club. Start preview. There must be an endless intro on the screen. Let it run 10 to 30 sec. (whatever), move the mouse, it must be visible on the screen now (on the background slide), click once (at random on the background slide), then the "chain" is activated with the title backgrounds and logos. To get out of the chain you must click twice on ESC. Sorry, all the titles are in Dutch, but that is not important. From this project we make an EXE file, it's called "FESTIVAL 01 FESTIVAL.exe". In the folder "TEST Chain Show" is a file named "Reeksen.exe" this is the EXE file with all the "dummy" slides, titles, black slides needed. It is directing the finished EXE shows of the club members. It must be in the same folder as "FESTIVAL 01 FESTIVAL.exe". This is the PTE file of "Reeksen" (Reeksen means the Slide Shows of the members of the club): MediaFire: Zip file with slides to use in the "Chain", blacks, title slides with logo,"dummy" slides to connect your EXE files Just click "Reeksen.pte" and PTE 5.1 is opened with all the slides used. These are (possible) backgrounds with titles before every show, after these again a black slide -timing 3 sec.- taking care of the loading of the next show, again a black slide (timing 2 sec.) with <Customize Slide> <Main> "Advanced Options" here you enter the name of the attached "Run external application". The same combination is used of "support"-slides for every show you include in the chain. You end with a black slide or a slide with end credits. I made a new folder with the name "REEKSEN" and put all the complete EXE shows of the members of the club in it. This folder must be in the folder were "FESTIVAL 01 FESTIVAL.exe" and "Reeksen.exe" is in. I tried it with real EXE files (complete shows, EXE made with PTE, m-Objects and Photodex-ProShow), no flicker, no glimmering, or whatever on my machine. Perfect projection with a beamer with resolution of 1024 x 768. If any questions... Greetings, Cor

Filip, With pleasure. Have you tried this? Mediafire: TEST Chain show Please start the show by clicking on "FESTIVAL 01 FESTIVAL.pte" this will open PTE v5.1 with 2 slides. Start preview. There must be an endless intro on the screen. Let it run 10 to 30 sec. (whatever), move the mouse, it must be visible on the screen now (on the background slide), click once (at random on the background slide), then the "chain" is activated with the title backgrounds and logos. To get out of the chain you must click twice on ESC. Is this running OK on your computer? I tried it with real EXE files (complete shows, EXE made with PTE, m-Objects and Photodex-ProShow), no flicker, no glimmering, or whatever on my machine. Perfect projection with a beamer with resolution of 1024 x 768. Greetings, Cor

Hello to All, Herewith I want to show my gratitude to Brian.Conflow in name of myself and in the name of all our photoclub members. Thanks to the extensive, concrete, clear explanations; concern and involvement of Brian, we succeed to solve the problems we had with the Samsung flat-screen. We really appreciated your help. Greetings, Cor

Igor, For your info PTE Deluxe 5.5 Beta 6: 1) After "Add Button". The "Button opacity" is not working anymore in <Objects and Animation> <Properties>. 2) After "Add Text". The "Blur" is not always reacting right after tick off "Auto font quality" in <Objects and Animation> <Properties>. After tick off "Auto font quality" and sliding to a value, ticking the "Blur" has no reaction. Greetings, Cor

Peter, Thank you again for the extra efforts. I'm going to put in place all the real EXE files (shows) now and when that is working fine, I think we have a solution. After the tip of Jean-Pierre, I put 2 separate black slides after the title background in "Reeksen.exe". So that there will be a possible recovery timing after every EXE file (show).The first black slide with -timing 3 sec.- will take care of the "recovery". The second black slide -timing 2 sec.- with <Customize Slide> <Main> "Advanced Options" path to the "Run external application". And that for all of the "support"-slides before every show included in the chain. I end with a black slide, with or without end credits. The show will be projected with a beamer, resolution 1024 x 768 pixels. Fingers crossed. Greetings, Cor