Odd behavior in Win8-I'm stuck fixing it, Help??

[William Prothero]

Paul:
Thanks, I’m trying it out. Of course, I won’t be able to tell if it solves the problem until the next student has a problem, but it’s a good idea anyway. Unfortunately, due to the way I’ve set up the data plotting, it’s going to be a fairly big job. I rely heavily on screen capture, but it’s most likely worth the modifications.
Regards,
Bill

> On Aug 3, 2015, at 7:42 PM, Paul Hibbert <paul at livecode.org> wrote:
> 
> Bill,
> 
> I’ve done a few tests and it appears to me that "from rect” still relies on the screen output from the computer, whereas “from object” allows LC to render an image of an object independent of the screen hardware.
> 
> Try this:
> 
> Move your stack so the map image is half off the screen, then make the snapshot, the image doesn’t render completely, this suggests to me that the app is accessing a screen representation of the image rather than using LC’s internal rendering, so 'I think' changing the snap routine to make a snap from say a group of the map and it’s associated data may cure the problem.
> 
> eg. export snapshot from group “mapAndData” to image “mapSnap” — then try the test above again.
> 
> Paul
> 
> 
>> On Aug 3, 2015, at 16:22, William Prothero <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Paul:
>> Thanks for the hint. I do use the newer “from” syntax.
>>  export snapshot from rect  snapRect to image "mapSnap"
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> Bill
>> 
>>> On Jul 31, 2015, at 3:35 PM, Paul Hibbert <paul at livecode.org> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Bill,
>>> 
>>> I’ve just read the following explanation from RG relating to another snapshot problem and wondered if it also relates to your student’s problems…
>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> The "from" option renders the object into a new buffer set up just for the snapshot, while the older "of" syntax grabs the object's rect from the composite screen buffer.
>>>> 
>>>> LiveCode renders only the content region of a window but the window itself is rendered by the OS, so it has no choice but to obtain that image from the screen buffer.
>>>> 
>>>> -- 
>>>> Richard Gaskin
>>>> Fourth World Systems
>>>> Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web
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>>> 
>>> When I first read your post I wondered if the problem could be due to low grade or incompatible video cards in the affected machines, if that’s the case then the above explanation would make sense, to me at least.
>>> 
>>> So, the question is, does your "export snapshot" script use the “from” or “of” option?
>>> 
>>> If it’s the “of” option then switching to the “from” option may fix the problem your students are seeing.
>>> 
>>> Just a thought.
>>> 
>>> Paul
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> On Jul 16, 2015, at 14:07, William Prothero <prothero at earthednet.org> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>> Folks:
>>>> I have an application that is being used by a class of Earth Science students and get failure reports from two who use Windows 8. One lives in Australia and one lives in Japan. The app works fine on Macintosh. I’ve also tested it on my own installation of both Windows 8.1 and 7, 32 bit and 64 bit versions. I can’t get the reported pixellation of the map and screen. 
>>>> 
>>>> I’m wondering if it is something related to foreign installations. The symptom is extreme pixellation of images captured with the "export snapshot” command. I live in the US.
>>>> 
>>>> So, I wonder if somebody with Windows 8 would be willing to download the app and try it, and perhaps give me an idea of what might be going on. If it’s a bug in “snapshot”, it would be important to be reported and fixed. Otherwise, I’m pretty stuck on figuring out what is going on. 
>>>> 
>>>> Here are links:
>>>> Windows zip file of the app:  <https://www.dropbox.com/s/lsn087vrhstxvg4/PT_Explorer-Windows.zip?dl=0>
>>>> Pixellated Image sent by a student <https://www.dropbox.com/s/m2frv9i0dg7mxtp/Explorer%20in%20Windows%208.1.pdf?dl=0>
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks for any help or feedback you can give me. 
>>>> 
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Bill
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> William A. Prothero
>>>> http://es.earthednet.org/
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>>> Regards,
>>> 
>>> Paul Hibbert
>>> paul at livecode.org
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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> Paul Hibbert
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