Cropper

New Post: New Functionality, and the plugin model.

fearthecowboy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 15:12:52 GMT

Howdy,

First, let me tell you, I really really like this tool. Very Nice.

(sweet first, then the medicine :D )

I have, however found a few glitches that I've begun to fix on my own, and I'll release the changes once I've gone thru the process at work to give out that code (I did my changes on Company time, so ... )

I'm a tad curious about the necessity of having the plugin model. On one hand, I understand it's nice to have the ability to have folks add more plugins without having to modify the core project. On the other hand, it creates a lot of synthetic pain--since all the output modules are loaded as plugins, they all have to live with the limited interface (not too hard... but sometimes changes help, which means modifying the core) and the loading mechanism can be ... brittle:

    - a rogue plugin causes the configuration data to be corrupted
    - a non-plugin assembly in the plugin directory causes a failure to start the app
    - a richer plugin interface could allow for a better user experience

When you have alot of plugins ready, why not just include them in the base package? having to go and get them, and drop them into the plugins directory isn't user friendly either :D.

I've been working on the AVI capture plugin. I've already added in the ability to set the framerate via a config page. I've also cleaned up a bit of how it starts/stops, and changed it so that the overlay doesn't draw (but the rest of the chrome does) during capture... oh and I have the chrome float during capture, regardless of setting.

Since the AVI capture doesn't currently support full screen or window mode, I think that'll be next.

Anyway, I'll see about pushing the changes back if you are interested... but it's pretty busy at work so it might be a few weeks. :(

G

New Post: Support for Vista x64

fearthecowboy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:59:23 GMT

If you compile it up from source, as a 32 bit app, it works perfectly fine in x64.

it's not really necessary at this point to have it act as a native x64 app--it doesn't get any 'better' :D

G

Commented Issue: New Cropper forgets settings

fearthecowboy — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 14:58:12 GMT

Don't know if it is specific to my system (XP SP2), but the new version of cropper forgets my preferences whenever I reboot or start cropper from scratch... The old version did not.

Once Cropper is open and in my tray, there are no problems and it works great. I'm just trying to figure out why the preferences keep getting wiped.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: fearthecowboy **

This happens when there is a plugin that is misbehaving on saving the configuration data.

I removed the 'S3' plugin and my problem went away.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Cropper calling csc on close stopping shutdown on XP

Angarth — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:55:13 GMT

I've got a problem with Cropper stalling Windows shutdown on XP.

When I shutdown I get a message saying "csc.exe - application failed to initialise". From poking around this seems to be due to Cropper trying to save it's XML configuration information which is calling csc.exe.

The problem is described in more detail on this page
http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=419983&SiteID=1

I've tried hacking round this but just succeeded on breaking the settings because I wasn't sure how to handle the plug-ins (additionalTypes argument to CreateSerializer).
Comments: ** Comment from web user: Angarth **

I have this problem too with 3518 and 11009. Unfortunately, I don't know what to change to go about fixing this.

NEW POST: Support for Vista x64

detlevq — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 19:23:42 GMT

I have Windows XP Pro X64 and also had the same problems when installing this software. Could you please explain how you went about doing what you did to make it work as from what you wrote it seems a little outside my current skills without instructions. Regards, Detlev

scgarland wrote:
The problem is the Skybound visuals DLL doesn't support 64bit. I removed the references and all of the code that used this assembly and it at least starts.

The installer also has some 32 vs 64 issues, so I just removed that project. After that a hand installation and using just the clipboard as the output device it works.

Patch Uploaded

jeffreypalermo — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:34:54 GMT

jeffreypalermo has uploaded a patch.

Description:
I discovered that Cropper didn't work on 64bit Windows, so I've created a patch that fixes the problem.
I also went ahead and added a post-build step that allows running Cropper directly from Visual Studio (CTRL+F5).
I have marked all projects to compile to x86 since there are some 32bit APIs in use.

The patch is in SVN diff format. If you find that hard to consume, I'd be happy to commit it if you grant me check-in rights.

CREATED ISSUE: Crashes on startup in 64bit OS

jeffreypalermo — Sat, 17 May 2008 06:34:37 GMT

Complains of not being a 32 bit process

NEW POST: Compiling the v1.9.2 source code.

jlroper — Sun, 11 May 2008 17:51:28 GMT

Can you tell me if there is a specific way to compile the v1.9.2 source code (change set 11009)?

I have Visual Studio 2008 and I'm not sure fully how to build the project. I've tried the batch build, selected all, then built them all at once, but that didn't seem to cut it.

I installed the program through the installer program and now it's saying that there's a 'FileNotFoundException was not handled' error that lists in debug after the OS said it stopped working when trying to start 'cropper.exe'.

This is the run time exception error listing:

Could not load file or assembly 'Cropper.Extensibility, Version=1.9.1.89, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

I really like the program, but just haven't been able to use it fully like I'd like to (nor has version 1.9.2 been released, so I couldn't install it that way).

If you have any ideas on what can be done, I would really appreciate it (others might be having the same problem). By the way it's running on 32-bit Vista Ultimate if that helps.

Thank you.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Auto Hide Option

ad5qa — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:08:34 GMT

It would be nice to have the option to auto-hide the capture window after an image capture.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: ad5qa **

I would agree, this should be one of the first add-ons that should be made. Nothing like not having the product running, features wont work then.

NEW POST: Change Clipboard Resolution

vfabrizzio — Wed, 07 May 2008 15:44:56 GMT

Hello everybody

I often use Cropper to take screenshots and paste in a Lotus Notes mail. I would like to have the screenshot downgraded to 256 colors, so it makes images smaller and not fills my and my recipient's cuota.

Maybe this can be done through a menu similar to the JPG option.

Thanks.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Problem with Help submenu.

sukhoeing — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:15:44 GMT

Hi! :-)

I installed cropper and I found it amazing!
The only thing, that not worked for me (xp sp2, net 2), are help->about and help->how to.
help->home page is working properly.

Greets!!! :-)
Comments: ** Comment from web user: sukhoeing **

And Use RTF as help file format.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Problem with Help submenu.

sukhoeing — Wed, 07 May 2008 09:15:21 GMT

I think we can add a summary tutorial in the main UI as a TAB or something.

CREATED ISSUE: Add single instance option of the Application.

sukhoeing — Wed, 07 May 2008 08:22:14 GMT

Multiple instances of the same application does not make any sense. I think.

NEW POST: Support for Vista x64

scgarland — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 03:28:53 GMT

The problem is the Skybound visuals DLL doesn't support 64bit. I removed the references and all of the code that used this assembly and it at least starts.

The installer also has some 32 vs 64 issues, so I just removed that project. After that a hand installation and using just the clipboard as the output device it works.

Source code checked in

BrhineScot — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 23:34:10 GMT

Upgraded solution and projects to VS2008. Starting active developement again.

NEW POST: Support for Vista x64

grummerx — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 14:47:26 GMT

I'm having the same issue. I've used Cropper for ages on various other systems, but I get the same error as John when trying it on Vista 64.

COMMENTED ISSUE: Auto Hide Option

BrhineScot — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:42:08 GMT

It would be nice to have the option to auto-hide the capture window after an image capture.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: BrhineScot **

I'll get that added to the list. Thanks!

COMMENTED ISSUE: Max Crop Width 1172px

BrhineScot — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 17:40:45 GMT

I have a need to crop screen with a larger resolution then 1172, the cropper window will not exceed this width.
Comments: ** Comment from web user: BrhineScot **

That is a known limitation of how the window is drawn. It is not a specific size limitation, rather the visible are is a few pixels smaller on all sides than your resolution. A newer version will use a different rendering method that will allow larger window sizes.

CREATED ISSUE: Auto Hide Option

kherzog — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:10:59 GMT

It would be nice to have the option to auto-hide the capture window after an image capture.

Patch Uploaded

TerryHughes — Sun, 17 Feb 2008 20:38:00 GMT

TerryHughes has uploaded a patch.

Description:
Added a call to close the help dialog if any are visible when hiding the main form.