designer 20 bug - also pro+

[handrawn]

attached file - open and zoom in - program closes without warning between 200-800%


dry4 32px test.xar

[ernie-f]

Not here!

[handrawn]

ok thanks ernie - might be differences in program settings, or graphics card I guess, or windows....

[ernie-f]

I think too that it's a graphic card thing, maybe to low RAM? Try to change the settings in the Tune-ups rider.

BTW, a lucky, haelthy and successful 2024 I wish all Xaraistas.

From Bavaria, servus Ernie

[handrawn]

happy 2024 ernie !

i will investigate further...

[handrawn]

Video card is nvidia 1070 - all up to date
windows 10 22H2 build 19045.3803

is does not happen if I pan the pasteboard so the brush strokes are off screen when I scroll in - so it must be a rendering issue ?

it happens with designer pro 19 as well

it does not happen with designer pro 15.1

it does not happen with designer pro 11 - but I get an access violation and an internal program error: 10582.w.gr.gn which means I cannot continue

could then be a memory thing - I have 64GB of RAM though, so not short

[Acorn]

I cannot turn the Volume all the way up to 11.

In Pro+, I get:

• Off-page - scroll zoom to 5000% and no further.
• On-page - 6400%.
• Up/Down for drop-down - 4000%.
• HotKeys - 1/2/3/4 all OK.
• Zoom to selection - I added a small Box and zoomed to it (Shift+Alt+Z) then halved its size and zoomed again - it breaks and the design is no long accessible.

I tried with all Lines hidden and in Outline mode, same problems.

A new design handled the small left-most brush, the large brush and a small Box but you could see the application rendering breaking as it rendered all part of the large brush, on- and off-screen.
So the breakdown seems to be the available RAM for rendering (I'm using 32GB). As it breaks, it tries again from the start for all the brushes so with three, nothing works so I suspect the housekeeping does not clear out the buffer and so it chokes.

If you try and use a Live Effect, it messages: "Failed to setup bitmap for rendering. The requested bitmap may be too big."
I thought if I could lock a simple Live Effect, the rendering would be performed the once so it was a simple bitmap.
It could be an internal Xara rendering matter.

For this file, I deleted all the Lines and left the Box, it still stalls.
I copied all the Lines to a new file and all works.

Acorn

[handrawn]

thanks for looking at it acorn

I copied all the Lines to a new file and all works

are you saying that if you copy everything in my file to a new file the issue goes away ?

[Acorn]

thanks for looking at it acorn
are you saying that if you copy everything in my file to a new file the issue goes away ?

Yup, seems to.

I wasn't going to waste all my prior investigations, was I?

Acorn (the verbose)

[handrawn]

hummm... ok, I only came across this in passing when checking out cache as per here: https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthr...662#post658662 I rarely use art brushes in xara these days

zooming in on art brush strokes crashes or freezes all my xara versions except 15.1 so I guess I need to check what registry changes I have made when I get a round tuit; my ver 15.1 is a humble bundle version should that make a difference...