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This happens if I enter the incorrect units, for example 300p instead of 300px
Gary W. Priester
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I do use the light UI but how could that have something to do with it? The UI is originally light and I only bypass the .xml file xaradark_theme that was later added by Xara.
I did not enter a negative value, I selected a preset (A5, changing from A4). Also when I upscale the page size, I get this message. The page actually changes in size, despite the warning.
I occasionally get a similar warning too and it never makes ant sense to me.
Larry a.k.a wizard509
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if for example some part of the program coding has the dark theme as a dependency...
bearing in mind removing it is not advocated by xara, and it has been there a long time, so more recent code may assume it is there [maybe not in an ideal world, but in the real world these things can happen]
but it could be something completely different
Last edited by handrawn; 02 January 2021 at 10:56 AM. Reason: add second bit
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Sorry, but that's indeed sheer speculation, handrawn.
In addition, it's something that started fairly recently. I've been using the light UI from not much later after Xara launched the dark interface.
I gave a senario that would explain the circumstances that you queried- and like i said afterwards it could be something else
everything is sepeculation without hands on of the computer is it not ?
besides, if acorn thinks that might be the cause, we should all take it seriously
I appreciate you are using ver 15 and have not had this before, but windows updates , graphic drivers update.... things change
but unless we have had it ourselves it is still educated guesswork - what more do you expect ?
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handrawn and I are "speculating" as we do not have access to your machine, your configuration or your actions.
Changing the OS through an update can affect Windows DLLs that Xara relies on.
Programs are quite delicate and if Xara states the unsupported Light Skinned UI places the application is an untested state, you may get such an error.
How is possibly that the Options dialog window has been incorrectly coded for the inputs of the Page Size > Paper inputs and the Mouse inputs, resulting in the error.
In my XDA's Dark Skinned UI set-up, both reflect the same detail:
AcornUnique ID: ahk_id 0x90c46
Title: Options
Class: ahk_class#32770
Control: Edit1
Active Control: Edit1
Acorn - installed Xara software: Cloud+/Pro+ and most others back through time (to CC's Artworks). Contact for technical remediation/consultancy for your web designs.
When we provide assistance, your responses are valuable as they benefit the community. TG Nuggets you might like. Report faults: Xara Cloud+/Pro+/Magix Legacy; Xara KB & Chat
You're the Xara authority here, Acorn, so I have to accept that the light UI might be causing the warning.
I find it almost impossible to work with Xara's dark interface and am happy that other apps, such as the Affinity suite, offer the two options. As I look at it now, I would, albeit regretfully, stop using Xara's apps altogether if I can't work with them anymore using the light interface setup. Over the years, I've raised the issue a number of times in 'Dear Xara' but there's been no response by Xara.
I also have XWDP 17 installed and use its light interface. Fortunately no issues.
Last edited by Boy; 02 January 2021 at 08:04 PM. Reason: Grammar
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