TPD can't import multiple images anymore??
DHawthorne
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I am working on a new project and I have a few folders of images set aside that I include in every panel ... channel cons, weather images, etc. I generally just control-a on the import page and bring them al in at once, but the latest rev. of TPD4 won't allow it. I am not about to import several hundred images one at a time ... what is up with this? I miss something, some shortcut, or am I going to have to join the ranks of those downgrading to the last release?
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I have seen a dialog come up when importing a lot of images at once into some types of projects, most notably R4, saying that it is too many at once for the device. For a while, I was importing in smaller batches, but testing showed that despite the warning, all the selected files did in fact import.
EDIT: Actually, I think the dialog said the "filename" was too long for the device, which might mean it is reviewing the import string of all the names, and judging it to be illegal. Which is irrelevant, they seem to import anyway. This might explain why some select "Devices" throw this warning while others don't.
So I would try it... your mileage may vary.
FYI, Win7/64bit, same result on Win7/32 and Vista/32
I've burned a lot of daylight with this particular installer error.
Any AMX people paying attention here? You going to pay me for the hours I've wasted on this, plus the time it's going to take me to import 300+ images one by one (well, OK, I'm not going there, I'm going to either take this home and do it on my Win7 machine or install an older version)? The deal is, a third party app is NEVER supposed to link to msvcrt.dll. It's OS specific. You're supposed to link to the version specific to the Visual C++ library rev. you are using (msvcrt100.dll for 10.0, etc.). This is a major screwup and needs to be fixed. I called it in to tech support the day after this version of TPD was released. That was weeks ago ... what's the deal? It's trivial to fix in the installer compiler, so why no maintenance release?
The only reason everyone isn't having problems is because,like I mentioned, msvcrt.dll is OS specific. So if it happens that the version TPD drops in your system is compatible with your OS, you are fine. If you work around the installer error like I did, you wind up with a gimped TPD.
There is a workaround for the image import problem though ... if you have another panel file with the images in it already, you can use Resource Manager to copy them to the new file.
Are they supporting Windows 7?
- There is no note to that effect on the AMX website next to the application download
- There is no information to that effect in AMX PI
- AMX is still shipping an installer that will kill customers' computers over 5 months since this problem was identified
That is not only poor form, it's negligent. Lift your game AMX.
I know this is no help but . . . c'mon, Vista sucked. And FYI - I'm having good luck with the Win 8 developer preview as far as AMX programs go, including IREdit.
Yes. The tech I talked too thought it was in the Readme, but while on the phone with him I confirmed it was not. In the end, that was my solution. I just upgraded from Vista to Win7.
OK, now I'm seriously p'ed and there are multiple people at AMX that need an *** kicking.
I sent an email around to all our developers telling them to avoid the latest TPD4 after the feedback on this forum. Of course someone installed it yesterday after forgetting about my earlier email and bricked their computer (Win XP 32bit SP2 or 3). Hard drive had to be pulled out, mounted on another machine and have msvcrt.dll copied over from another machine.
So, this has nothing to do with TPD4 not supporting Vista, it is a dangerous installer which overwrites critical system files on any machine potentially bricking them.
AMX has been made aware as noted above. WHY HAS THIS VERSION NOT BEEN PULLED FROM THE WEBSITE?
I do not have direct access to AMX's own tech support as I am located outside the US, but will be doing some serious head kicking via the local distributor today.
This lack of response to a serious issue is not good enough in any way, shape or form.
I doubt we'll see anything until next year.
Hmmm. Haven't seen this ever yet, I use TPD4 daily on Win7/64, and until very recently also on Vista/32. Your panel project itself may be internally corrupted (and this can spread to co-opened other projects). I had this happen 2 years back in the older version, got really weird crashes and failure to navigate. No way to fix a file, I had to recreate it pasting in one page at a time. Fun with nearly 200 pages.
I am really unhappy about how some fonts render differently in the new TPD4. Among the worst: AMX Icon (all of them!). They don't stay on the baseline, and spaces render as boxes.... etc. I sent screenshots and projects to AMX to document it.