Much used plug-in no longer works

[Riftvalley]

Hi Handdrawn and Ray,

Many thanks for your reply. I should have said what the problem is!

Note that I am using XDPro 16.1.1.56358. I have XP on two computers as per licence, can I re-load a previous version to run alonside ver 16.1.1 that might allow me to use the plugin?

Yes, what happens is that as soon as my cursor goes anywhere near the font selection drop-down the whole thing crashes and I have to use task manager to shut down XP and cambridge32 shows as not responding and also shuts down closely after XD shuts down. I have checked on two computers that the plugin is correctly addressed.

As an interim have simply created a close approximation to the specific effect of the plugin I was using. I could refine it a bit more, but by substituting all the headers then it will not be too noticeable. The top words are the effect of the plugin the lower ones are my rendition, only took a couple of minutes, so good practice (I will fine-tune the effect before I publish, don't know how to get the wavy line look).

However, it would be good to get the plugin working again

Many thanks fo ryour help and kindest regards
Martin

[Boy]

On Creativity's support page issues with TextArt and fonts on certain Windows installations is mentioned: http://www.plugincreativity.net/support/support.shtml.

From what you post, you don't really need the plugin anymore.

[Riftvalley]

Thanks Boy,

I read the Creativity link and possibly it is the "Betty Noir" font that is the problem. Strangethat it should suddenly become unusable, I am leaning towards it being a XDP 16.1 issue. Iam wondering if I canstill use an older version of XP in parallel with 16.1.1 without upsetting my licence conditions.

OK to replicate this effect, for this occassion but textArt offers many others that are more difficult to replicate.

Many thanks
Martin

[Chris M]

Riftvalley, I have just (literally just) installed Textart and played around with it. Yes I have the same issue and XWDP 16.1 throws 'Internal Program Error 4304.k.no.ct'. It means nothing to me of course, but you never know what others here have stored in their knowledge banks.

We can stop looking suspiciously at poor Betty too. I don't have Betty Noir installed.

[RKissane]

Riftvalley,

You can run different version of Xara without a problem. I have never put an older copy on back on a computer. I have always just left them on the computer when I add new versions so I don't know how to do the license but I am sure other have done it and can offer ideas.

Ray

[Riftvalley]

Hi Ray,

I came back to this issue and just read your post. Seemed a good idea so I downloaded XDPro X10 and then reinstalled the plug-in. Unfortunately I still get the same problem, so perhaps that means it is a windows update that has scuppered this program.

I have scoured the web and cannot find a similar program anywhere (online ones are ok but do not have the same flexibility and immediacy).

Shame really, as I used to use this little plug-in all the time for quick logo headers etc

Many thanks for your help
Martin.

[ernie-f]

Try to open Xara as an Admin.
For me it works with the textArt plugin perfect. This is an old plugin and requires Admin right to work properly.

[OLD.GEZIER]

"what happens is that as soon as my cursor goes anywhere near the font selection
drop-down the whole thing crashes and I have to use task manager to shut down XP..."

Hello everyone,
I've been a time traveler of sorts lately. I've been trying to install and use
ancient software (back to the xp era) on windows 10. Once something is installed
I've run into several problems just trying to use the stuff. One particular
problem I've run into is just trying to browse to find folders and files.
Browsing involves clicking to open a drop down list. With one particular old
app everytime I clicked to browse the app froze or returned a crazy error message
(I won't go into here). Only task manager would close the app. But I finally
(for this app) found an admittedly bizarre solution. Before running the app I
made sure the recycle bin was empty. If it wasn't I emptied it. Sometimes this
did the trick. Other times it was necessary to do one more strange thing.
I opened task manager and restarted file explorer. After doing one or both of
these things browsing was possible in the app.
Font selection and browsing seem like the same operation to me. Twenty million
lines of code in the os. Anything is possible. Maybe worth a shot
Best,
steve