Ok,

The baby went to sleep, and the niece is out with the wife shopping - so I've got another release ready for those that are helping me debug this problem. 2.01 is ready to download. Get it here:

http://www.briancbarnes.homestead.com/files/Setup.2.01.Zip

Again, let me know what messages you see. Thanks everyone.

Brian,

Here's what I get now...

Caught exception in main() : DateWindow constructor Failed: InitializeComponent Failed: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

-Jeff

My hypothesis at this point is that it is a problem with my use of the Windows Media Player, Series 9. I am guessing that those of you that have had problems have not updated to the latest media player, and the .NET framework was making some assumptions because I was staticly creating the media player.

I have modified the code to:

A) Create the media player at initialization time, with lots of error checking
B) Warn if any problem ocurrs in the initialization of the media player
C) Disable any functions that required the media player

So - download 2.2 and try it out. If you've been having problems, you should see a message telling you that the media player was not initialized, but then the app should run and function normally (except you won't be able to view any media in the media player window, obviously).

Currently, this "nag" message will occur every time you run the editor. I will make this a "one time only" warning once I know this is really the problem. Let me know what happens, and thanks again for the help.

Brian.

Brian,

That fixed it...

It's kinda funny too...I specifically didn't upgrade to WMP9.0 just so I'd have
another version hanging around to try things on ;)

Thanks for a great tool.

-Jeff

Jeff,

Very good news. I'll make the nag message a one-time-only in the next release.

Bob and Peggy,

Could you both also try this one out, and let me know if it fixes your problems too?

Brian.

Brian,
Sorry I haven't had a chance to download and respond. I, too, have guests for a few days (my two grandsons) and have been a 'little' preoccupied. Anyway, they are taking a nap now ( thank God for naps!) and I am downloading 2.2 now. I probably won't get much time to myself for the rest of the day until they go to sleep tonight so I'll post tomorrow morning. Also, I do not have WMP9 on my system either. Thanks again.
Bob

Brian,

2.2 installed without any problems. Upon launching I did get the 'nag' msg: "Unable to initialize the media player. The player tab will be disabled. You may..." But the application came up fine. Now I have to manage to get some time to play..oops...work with it. I wish some of the others who have some artistic talent would show some to their work. Many thanks.

Bob

Brian,

It's me again! Just a simple question: If I select "Open" a theme, as it is loading the file, I get a pop-up box that says "UpdateUserInterface" and a button for "OK" after I click on it, the file seems to load fine. What is the pop-up box for? Thanks and I'll leave you alone for the rest of the evening.

Bob

Bob

That was another of the debug messages I put in to help debug the problems we were seeing. It'll come out when I make a real release. There are several messages like this, sprinkled around - plus the code needs to be cleaned up and comments added etc.. Glad this has fixed up your problem, and you are able to start playing with it.

New version 2.3 is being uploaded now. This fixes the WMP9 problem, and I modified the "nag" message so it should appear only once. Other debug messages have been removed as well.

Download using the "update" menu item of the editor, or by visiting the website below.

Thanks for all the help in getting the WMP9 issue resolved, folks.

Brian.

http://www.briancbarnes.homestead.com

I dont get how to Edit an image. If I launch out to Photoshop and make edits, how do I get it back the theme editor.

Mandy,

Once you are done editing the image, just save it as you normally would. Do not use "Save As", as this may change the file name. The editor will automatically redraw the preview using the new image.

Hi

In photoshop if I edit, and choose save, PS wants to save it as a psd. Even if i tell ps to save it as png PS wants to make the png a copy. Im not seeing any auto update.

With photoshop, it depends on the kind of editing you do. What I do when photoshop insists on saving as a copy is just to remove the "copy" from the file name, so that the name is the same as the original file. Otherwise, you can save it as a copy, and then in the editor, right click on the image and select "Change image", and then select the copy image name instead of the original image name.

Keep getting "Page Not Found" when going to listed URL. This occurs even after midnight, assuming there is a daily download limit.