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Dragonlair
USA
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 Posted - 04/24/2006 : 18:07:08
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OK, let's have a little fun  here. We all know that PCStitch Pro has gone through a great deal of change in the past several months. It has gone from a program that crashed every time I tried to print to one that can go weeks without any new problems appearing.
I was told by a professor many years ago that the only completely debugged program is the one no longer in use. That is STILL true today.
There are still a number of very minor bugs in Pro that are easy to circumvent and don't affect the actual workings of the program.
I think it would be fun to find out which of these minor bugs are the most irritating. Maybe this can be used to prioritize these little nigglers.
My personal "pet peeve" of these minor bugs is the keyboard short cut for select color after the selection tool has been used. As it currently stands (including the latest update), if you use the selection tool (arrow) for anything (such as move or copy) and then use the keyboard shortcut to select a color (menu icon is eye-dropper), the mode changes to the selection tool regardless of where it started. If you do it again, it moves back to where it was. The circumvention is to use the menu icon for select color, select a color and then continue. You only have to do this once. After that the keyboard shortcut works properly.
It's such a headache for me that every time I use the selection tool, I follow it with a color selection (even if it's the same color). Then I don't have to worry if I want to use the shortcut.
OK, that's my pet peeve and I admit it's very minor. What's yours?
Diane
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TroyRiegle
USA
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Posted - 04/25/2006 : 11:22:00
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Hello Diane,
This is Troy with M&R Technologies, Inc. Thanks for this post! We do our best to test our products, but there are things we don’t find until it hits the field. This kind of information helps us make the product better. It also brings up a good point to people to occasionally check for updates. They are free, and it keeps your software up to date with fixes and new features.
Your message was detailed enough that I could re-create this problem here in my office. I am working on resolving it right now. It will be part of the next maintenance release.
Thanks again for the info. If you have other issues, I would love to hear them!
Sincerely,
Troy |
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Quin
USA
10 Posts |
Posted - 04/25/2006 : 22:00:27
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Hi Diane 
Mine is small but annoying- whenever I try to print into pdf format this odd little line shows up leading from the center arrow back to the corner of the chart. For example, if the center arrow is on the right side the little gray line leads from the tip of it up to the top right corner. I'm using Adobe 7 now and that has helped (my trusty old Adobe 4 made a terrible mess of it!) but still it shows up again and again- though, oddly enough, never in the preview. I've mussed with the Adobe settings again and again with no luck- I wonder if anyone else has run into this and found a resolution?
Quin
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Mars
Australia
6 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2006 : 02:19:29
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Hello fellow stitchers. I am looking at purchasing a stitch program and I do have a somewhat silly question. Does the PCStitch Pro have the feature that enables you to convert photographs into stitch patterns? I am also looking at PM Stitch. Any sugestions. Please advice a novice. Cheer Mars
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TroyRiegle
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2006 : 10:59:17
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Originally posted by Quin
Hi Diane
Mine is small but annoying- whenever I try to print into pdf format this odd little line shows up leading from the center arrow back to the corner of the chart.
Hello Quin,
This is Troy from M&R. That sounds interesting.. I have Adobe here, but have not see this before... Not really sure what could be causing it. Could you send me the PDF file (triegle@pcstitch.com) so I can see it? It might be a problem in Adobe, so I can not promise I can fix it, but I will take a look..
Sincerely,
Troy |
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Quin
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2006 : 13:23:48
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Originally posted by TroyRiegle
Hello Quin,
This is Troy from M&R. That sounds interesting.. I have Adobe here, but have not see this before... Not really sure what could be causing it. Could you send me the PDF file (triegle@pcstitch.com) so I can see it? It might be a problem in Adobe, so I can not promise I can fix it, but I will take a look..
Sincerely,
Troy
That's very possible Troy- I was able to get it to print right once but 2 minutes later I printed again and no such luck LOL! I'll send the test.pdf over to you now-
Quin
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TroyRiegle
USA
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Posted - 04/26/2006 : 14:39:28
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Quin,
Troy here. Thanks for sending me the PDF and the PAT file to work with.. That was a really strange one, but I did find what was causing the phantom line on your PDF exports. I have resolved the issue. It will be available in the next maintenance release...
Who is next?????
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Dragonlair
USA
2937 Posts |
Posted - 04/26/2006 : 15:51:56
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Troy,
You're doing such a great job tagging these little things that I have another one for you. This one, I'm ashamed to say; I've never reported during all my testing.
It's rotate! If you mark an area, the rotation doesn't always work cleanly. If the area you mark does not extend at least one stitch (blank) on all sides, usually you will get an extraneous stitch from a "border" color when you rotate it.
I'm testing as I'm doing my example. Draw a diamond shape with 3 stitches on a side (The middle of the diamond can be left blank or filled in). Mark EXACTLY to catch all stitches (a 5 X 5 stitch block). Select Rotate Clockwise. You should get the exact same image. Instead, you get an extra stitch in the upper left corner of the marked area. If you copy this kind of thing, you have to keep removing extra stitches.
Usually, I get extra cross stitches but I do occasionally get an extra backstitch instead.
If you take that same example of the diamond and extend the marked area by one stitch in each direction, the rotation does work. However, it is not always possible to mark an area without at least one stitch along the "border".
I apologize for not reporting this thing before but I normally can get around it and I kept hoping someone else would find it, too!
Diane
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catia
Canada
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Posted - 04/27/2006 : 11:51:55
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Hi! I have this problem too! And it really bugs me,  ! But it isn't that bad, i guess!
Catia Dias
www.catiacrafts.com |
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catia
Canada
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Posted - 04/27/2006 : 11:57:11
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I have this one too!
I'm glad i decided to join the forum! I thought all these problems were happening just with me! What a relief!
Catia
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Originally posted by Dragonlair
Troy,
You're doing such a great job tagging these little things that I have another one for you. This one, I'm ashamed to say; I've never reported during all my testing.
It's rotate! If you mark an area, the rotation doesn't always work cleanly. If the area you mark does not extend at least one stitch (blank) on all sides, usually you will get an extraneous stitch from a "border" color when you rotate it.
I'm testing as I'm doing my example. Draw a diamond shape with 3 stitches on a side (The middle of the diamond can be left blank or filled in). Mark EXACTLY to catch all stitches (a 5 X 5 stitch block). Select Rotate Clockwise. You should get the exact same image. Instead, you get an extra stitch in the upper left corner of the marked area. If you copy this kind of thing, you have to keep removing extra stitches.
Usually, I get extra cross stitches but I do occasionally get an extra backstitch instead.
If you take that same example of the diamond and extend the marked area by one stitch in each direction, the rotation does work. However, it is not always possible to mark an area without at least one stitch along the "border".
I apologize for not reporting this thing before but I normally can get around it and I kept hoping someone else would find it, too!
Diane
There is no such thing as a stupid question
Catia Dias
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TroyRiegle
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2006 : 10:44:34
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Originally posted by Dragonlair
It's rotate! If you mark an area, the rotation doesn't always work cleanly.
Hello Everyone,
Sounds like there were more than one of you that had some trouble with the rotate. I found the problem that caused the phantom stitch to show up. (This one took some time to find  ) This too will be in the next maintenance release.
The release is scheduled to be posted this afternoon....
I appreciate all of your input on these little gotchas' If you have others, please let me know and I will look into them straight away!
Sincerely,
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TroyRiegle
USA
49 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2006 : 12:09:17
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Hello Everyone,
I just published maintenance update 8.01.03!
This version of the software resolves the issues discussed in this thread.
- Shortcut Clicks do not reset the drawmode
- Fixed the problem with the Phantom Stitch in rotate or flip
- Quin's issue with the strange line in PDF output is resolved
To get the latest version, just start PCStitch Pro on your own computer, and choose the "Check for Updates" option from the help menu. The update will automatically be downloaded to your computer and installed. (This update is FREE to all PCStitch Pro users)
I liked this exercise. If other's out there have issues, the message board is a great place to post them so that we know about them and can work resolutions...
Keep the feedback coming!!!
Sincerely,
Troy Riegle
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Dragonlair
USA
2937 Posts |
Posted - 04/28/2006 : 12:30:42
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THANK YOU!!!!!
You can be sure, we'll keep posting. You have made us very happy today. Now I need to load the program so I can download the upgrade!
Diane
There is no such thing as a stupid question |
Edited by - Dragonlair on 04/28/2006 12:32:37 |
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catia
Canada
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Posted - 04/28/2006 : 13:50:32
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Ok Troy, you asked for it,
Everytime I try to delete bead stitches, the window pops-up to ask if I'm sure and I press ok, but nothing happens! I have to delete them one by one!
another thing is I opened Version 7 patterns with beads on them and Pro version made them into french knots.
Since the update where you changed the appearance of the beads, I've been having some problems in some charts. Once I delete the bead color, the shape of the bead goes into other "normal" colors (I'm not sure if I made myself clear on this one).
I'll let you know if I find anything else.
Have fun!!
Catia Dias
www.catiacrafts.com |
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Jack
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Posted - 05/05/2006 : 23:48:18
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First, I love PCStitch Pro. I can't wait for my wife to ask me for another pattern. My only irritation with it is I lose the toolbars frequently.
I right-click the toolbar area at the top of the window and turn on all the toolbars. If I exit the software, the next time I run it, the following toolbars are no longer visible: Text, Browser, Stitched Fonts and Note Format.
Using the dropdown menus also causes toolbars to disappear. For example, I click the Enhancements dropdown and click Open a Library. I click on the first library (in my case, Animals.plb), click OK, and the Text and Stitched Fonts toolbars disappear.
I did send an email to tech support a while ago, and I've installed the latest build, but I'm still experiencing the problem. To me this is only a minor problem, but I'd still like to get it resolved. |
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Mark
USA
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Posted - 05/09/2006 : 10:00:15
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Jack,
Some of these toolbars aren't supposed to be visible unless you are in an area where you could use them. For example, the stitched font toolbar shouldn't be visible unless you are in text mode. I think the bug here may be in that you can turn them on with the right click.
Mark Miller
M&R Technologies |
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Fun - Most Irritating MINOR bug!
