Rick Brewster

I have posted a workaround here, http://paintdotnet.12.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?p=17876 . It is a small ZIP file with a new version of the StylusReader DLL that will allow Paint.NET to work.

I usually don't publish a list like this but these issues are big enough to warrant it. 1. Crashes at app startup with Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Symptom: Crashes when launching Paint.NET on any Tablet PC running Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. Explanation: Since I'm now doing my development work on Windows Vista, the compiler took the version stamp from the Microsoft.Ink.dll that comes with that OS and embedded that version requirement into the PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.dll that ships with Beta 1. Now that I know this, it will be simple to fix. Workaround: Download the following file and extract it to where you installed Paint.NET to (usually "C:\Program Files\Paint.NET"): http://www.getpaint.net/misc/StylusReaderBeta1QFE.zip 2. Some plugins, such as "Ed-fects", may not work in non-English Symptom: Crashes after using the plugin Explanation: The resource loader that the the History window is using is not properly handling the icon provided from the effect when the language is not English. Workaround: Set your language to English from the Help->Language menu. This will be fixed for the next release and you will be able to use the language of your preference.

Ok here's my latest work. (Click for full thing) Original image is here: http://www.getpaint.net/images/Camaro800x600 (well, it's a low-res copy of the original photograph anyway). This is the same thing that's on the front page of the website now, http://www.getpaint.net

Well, empirical evidence proves you right, so let's go with that

Ok I've figured out the cause of this. In our code we try to load version 1.7 of Microsoft.Ink.DLL as part of detecting whether ink is available or not. This is the version that is present on Windows XP Tablet PC Edition. However, I've started doing all my development and build work on Windows Vista Ultimate Edition which comes with version 6.0.0.0 of this DLL -- which is why in the crash log you see it complaining about that specific version. So, when Beta 1 was being compiled, it grabbed the versioning information from the MS.Ink.DLL that is present on my system and embedded that requirement into PaintDotNet.SystemLayer.dll. So, in the short term 3.0 Beta 1 just won't work on XP Tablet PC Edition. The next release will.

I believe that checkbox only affects opening the file interactively via Explorer. It shouldn't block programmatic access via the CreateFile() method that programs use.

3.0 has tons of new features. It is time to start stabilizing it. Please stop asking for new features in 3.0 after I've already stated there won't be any more added -- all you're doing is making me exhausted.

Thanks, I've received numerous reports of this and have filed a bug. It will be fixed.

Make sure you are using the correct version of Paint.NET. If Paint.NET cannot load the DLL, it will not place it in the Effects menu. This often happens if you compile for 3.0 and then try to install the plugin on 2.72.

Did you try reading the post at the top of this forum titled, "Are you having trouble installing or uninstalling"

Install-time optimization has nothing to do with the monitor or color correction or anything. It's compiling the application using ngen.exe for faster load time and reduced memory usage.

Please use the search functionality, this has been discussed elsewhere at length on the forum.

Hehe no I'm just making fun of you 8)

No, this won't be implemented. The installer is just fine.

No, 3.0 is feature complete.

That's just an incomplete translation artifact.

Uh I think I can handle that on my own ... I don't know why I'd need a "team". Dropping support for XP is something that's like 5 years down the road. I don't think you have anything to lose sleep over.

One of the mirrors just takes awhile to propogate. It'll be fine in about ... half an hour I'm guessing.

You can get it from the website, http://www.getpaint.net , or via the built-in updater. Changes: * New effect: Clouds * New menu command: Edit->Fill Selection (shortcut key: Backspace). This will fill any selected area with the primary color. * New toolbar item / hotkey: The brush size may be manipulated with +/- buttons in the toolbar. Hotkeys for this are [ and ], and you may hold Ctrl to increment or decrement by 5. * New translations: They are not complete yet, and in fact some have just been started. They are mostly in place right now in order to get the code correct: Chinese (Simplified), French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portugese, and Spanish. You will have the ability to choose one of these languages during installation, and from the Help->Language menu, but the text will still be either mostly or completely English. Complete translations will be finished by February. * Added left-handed shortcut keys for Cut (Shift+Del), Copy (Ctrl+Ins), Paste (Shift+Ins) * Upper-left coordinate of selection is now displayed in the status bar * When moving text with the Text tool, the anchor point coordinate is now displayed in the status bar * Fixed: In high-DPI mode (120dpi), the color swatch would translate the mouse location to the wrong color palette entry * Fixed: Alpha-channel handling for bicubic and super-sampling image resampling methods * Fixed: Very slow download speeds for updates in Vista * Fixed: In Vista, the updater would relaunch Paint.NET with the same administrator privileges that the installer executed in. Now it will relaunch Paint.NET with the pre-elevation user and privilege level. Note that this fix will not be apparent until the next update to Paint.NET. * Fixed some layout and rendering issues with the floating tool windows in Vista * Fixed a rendering issue with the font selection dropdown list * Fixed a performance issue with the font selection dropdown list in Vista * Right-clicking on a color in the palette will now set the secondary color * Palette files now allow comments to be placed after color values * Fixed: If Edit->Paste in to New Image was pasting a bitmap with transparency (from Paint.NET), it would have a white background instead of a transparent background. * Fixed: Right-clicking on a .PDN file in Explorer and then selecting "Print" would not work if Paint.NET was already open * Fixed over 10 user-reported crash bugs * Fixed several out-of-memory crashes * Fixes for many other miscellaneous, mostly minor, bugs

If you rotate it 45 degrees then it looks like ... a mouse ball on an iPod

You're used to the old logo.

I have absolutely no idea why this was posted into the File Format API forum. Completely baffled. Plus, is this question even related to Paint.NET? Moved to General Discussion

No, this is a forum. It is not Paint.NET.

There are definitely no short-term plans to discontinue Windows XP support.

Thanks!