Any news from the development front?

[Sheff]

Risto,

I am doing it exactly step by step as you have written and I can't crash it. This works on my machine.

[stlewis]

Doesn't crash for me either...

[Egg Bramhill]

I can't duplicate this either. In all the years I've used Xara I cannot remember one occasion of layers causing a crash, and I use a great deal of layers.
Egg

[dafipp]

I was able to duplicate the crash on my machine. I didn't have to pull the power cord to continue but it did take several minutes for Windows to close Xara X which was Not Responding.

dafipp

[mike engles]

Hello

I don't have a problem either.
I made four layers and moved the layers up and down and moved objects between layers.
I use a Matrox Millenium G550 with XP pro.
It could be a video problem.


Mike Engles

[Sheff]

I agree that this might be a hardware incompatibility issue.

We should all list our hardware so we can narrow down what this error is.

Mine:
CPU: AMD 3200 (underclocked to 2500)
MB: K7N2 Delta-ILSR
OS: WinXP Pro Sp2
Video Card: AIW 9700
Memory: 1 Gig Corsiar 3200
HD: WD 250G CS D:Apps E:Scratch/Temp X: Data

[RTK]

Mike,

I don't have a problem creating or moving objects between layers either. This error only happens when you move 'all' objects (but only in a situation like the one Rubem and I described.)

However, it did occur to me that I'm not running the latest build of X1. Then again, it seems to happen to at least two other people as well...

I'm curious - for you that don't have the problem, and still have Xara X installed, could you try on the older software as well?

I have had it installed on two different machines, with the same crash. I reported it during the Beta testing as well - and it was replicated by Xara.

[StevenWWinters]

I have reproduced this error on two distinct systems; one a Pentium 4 and the other an AMD Athlon XP. Below are some of the details from Microsoft's System Info utility.

OS & SYSTEM INFO
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 1 Build 2600
System Manufacturer Dell Computer Corporation
System Model OptiPlex GX270
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 2 Stepping 9 GenuineIntel ~2792 Mhz
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 225.36 MB
Total Virtual Memory 1.72 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.20 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
VIDEO (on board)
Name Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_8086&DEV_2572&SUBSYS_01511028&REV_02\3&172 E68DD&0&10
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\ialmnt5.sys (6.14.10.3762, 665.50 KB (681,469 bytes), 2/10/2004 12:17 PM)

OS & SYSTEM INFO
OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600
System Manufacturer soyocomputer
System Model K7VME
Processor x86 Family 6 Model 10 Stepping 0 AuthenticAMD ~2163 Mhz
Total Physical Memory 768.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 464.93 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.76 GB
VIDEO (on board)
Name VIA/S3G UniChrome IGP
PNP Device ID PCI\VEN_1106&DEV_7205&SUBSYS_10FDA723&REV_01\4&1FE B96E4&0&0008
Driver c:\windows\system32\drivers\vtmini.sys (6.14.10.0123-16.94.39.06, 134.63 KB (137,856 bytes), 7/9/2004 8:23 PM)

[jclements]

I confirm Risto'S last posting. It has to do with the MOVE button function in the Layers Gallyery.

JUST TO PLAY IT SAFE. DON'T USE THE MOVE BUTTON!

MY WORKAROUND IS TO CHANGE THE ACTIVE LAYER TO THE ONE YOU WISH TO MOVE YOUR SELECTED OBJECTS TO. THEN CTRL+X (CUT), FOLLOWED BY CTRl+SHIFT+V.

[dafipp]

Risto et al,
I didn't specify this in my earlier post but I am still using the old version - Xara X.

CPU: AMD Athlon 950
MB: Gateway
OS: WinXP Pro Sp2
Video Card: 3dfx Voodoo5
Memory: 640 Mb
HD: WD 80Gig everything is on C: drive

dafipp