PNG Images Corrupted in Widgets

ok they will need your system info, CPU, OS version and service pack, Vcard and driver#'s etc as well as what version of DX your using, to start with

screen shot?

are you saving as? or exporting for web?

are you creating your own widget, modifying a widget?

what widget?
what version of DTX?

nvm... here's the answer....


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No more caffeine after 6 pm for you!

I'm so new at this. Have had this less than a week.

Okay, I'm modifying the Fishy widget to try and learn how to make these widgets. So I tried replacing the image with one of my own.

I can't give you a screen shot. Not sure why. I'm running the Aquarium Desktop and neither Corel Capture nor SnagIt will capture anything.

Anyway, I'm using:

DesktopX Version 3.49f[rd].017
Windows XP Professional 2002 Service Pack 2
Intel Core 2 Quad CPU Q6600 @ 2.40 GHz
4GB DDR2 SDRAM 800MHz, Dual Channel DT
256MB NVIDIA GeForce 8600GTS 2DVI

Is this enough info?

Here's the lowdown:

Looks fine:

Oops, hit the enter button.

What looks fine:

images created by others transparent or other
images created by me - no transparency

What is distorted (sometimes no color)

images created by me with transparency, even though they look fine in other apps.

Thanks so much for replying to my post. I sure appreciate your help.

That's an animated widget. In object properties select the states tab. At the bottom select the animation tab. Change frames to 1.

ok, but where is the question for this answer?
or Bichur fun of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy..

Yes, afraid I already did that and it made no difference. This is stumping me.

So, did you remove the script and change the states?

I didn't remove the script because I want to play with the movement part, but good point so I just now created a widget from scratch and the first thing I did was upload a png with transparent background that I created and it is corrupted and distorted.

Next, I uploaded a png with no transparent background and it looked fine.

Is it the software I'm using to create the pngs? Corel Draw X3 and Photoshop 6?

What applications does everybody else use to create pngs with transparent backgrounds?

FIXED!

The problem was this:

To apply transparency to my image, I had to switch to Indexed Color and that made the distorted image.

I reloaded the image into Photoshop and switched it to RGB color and voila! Perfect transparency in a widget.

Gee, am I the only one who's ever had this problem?

Thank you people for all your interest and help!

Glad to hear.

Have never had that problem because I've never used indexed images only True Color. It makes sense though.
Was pretty sure it wasn't a DX issue.

I had no idea what the problem was but would never blame the software unless I was positive. I did think this forum was the place to go though since you all are experienced with DX and I figured someone might have already run into the problem.

This is some great application, isn't it? I mean, it was easy to understand from the get go and is so refreshing not to have to look at the same screen 24/7.

I stumbled on the DX site by going to Microsoft and looking for icon editing software and almost bought Icon Packager but noticed the ad on the sidebar about DesktopX and clicked on it. What luck!

Now all I have to do is learn VBScript. I use a lot of Visual Basic 6 in my work, what pertains to my needs, but now there is something new to learn. Woo hoo!

Glad you are enjoying DX.

It really is a great development platform.  It's easy to understand out of the box but can handle very complex situations.

I look forward to your work.

Yeah, it is the easiest Widget Engine out of the box.



Came it at with basic VBA experience. You should have no problem picking up vbscript. Not to mention being able to use activeX is nice feature.