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ubercam
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WLM v8.0.0812
Plus! v4.01.0.240
Windows XP SP2

I'm really not sure if this has anything to do with Plus! or whether it's just WLM's fault, but here's what I've found:

The Colour Chooser dialog for the Fonts, Backgrounds & Format Panel has issues.

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Basically if you want to specify an exact colour using RGB or Hue/Sat/Lum values you can't unless you're only entering 1 or 2 digit values. It doesn't allow you to enter 3 digit values at all. The only way to get the colour you want (when 3 digits are involved) is to move the little black crosshair cursor through the colours until you reach the exact spot where all the numbers are right. This can be very time consuming and often you can't get the exact numbers you're after.

Again, I'm not sure this has anything to do with Plus! but on the off chance that it is, here's my post.

Thanks a lot,
Cam

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This post was edited on 11-10-2006 at 07:22 PM by ubercam.
11-10-2006 07:20 PM
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RE: Font & Background Colour Picker
It won't be Plus!: the Colour Chooser is a standard Windows dialog. The issue may be because of your Windows skin though.
Does the same happen in that window when opened in other programs?
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11-10-2006 07:36 PM
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As a matter of fact you're right... I'll have to let the author of XPize know about this. Great skin package though, especially the latest one.

Edit:

Nevermind! It's a known bug actually. The problem is that you can update old dialogs to use the Tahoma font using XPize, and this creates issues with things like the colour picker. Its an easy fix, just run the uninstaller and check the option to revert dialogs to MS Sans Serif and reboot.

Thanks for pointing me in that direction.

Cam

This post was edited on 11-17-2006 at 04:55 PM by ubercam.
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