Skinstudio-free: "The parameter is incorrect"

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Sorry about this crosspost.  I posted the first version of this requst under the wrong forum topic

I have been tinkering with the latest trial versions of Windowblinds and Skinstudio.  When I attempt to change the skin defined system fonts on most of the older WB skins and even some of the newer ones, I get an error window conatining "The parameter is incorrect".  When this occurs, the Change Fonts window shows no defined fonts in the left half of the window and the fonts on the right side of the window are all set to "OSDefault".  Any attempt to define a font or select a font to change cause the same error window to pop up. 

Is this a bug, or are these older skins no longer supported by skinstudio?  If the latter, is there some way I can alter the skin file so that Skinstudio will accept a system font change for these skins?  Thanks to any who can offer a workable suggestion!

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Reply #1 from WinCustomize Forums Top

What version of SkinStudio do you have installed?

Also can you list any skins that this happens with?

Reply #2 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Neil,

I should corrrect my post to read many (not most) of the older skins and a just a few (not some) of the newer ones are afffected by this bug. I am running Skindstudio-free 6.3 and Windowblinds-trial 6.3 on a Windows XP Pro SP3 based machine with all the latest updates.  I have a 2.8 ghz AMD Athlon Dual Processor with 4gb RAM, nVidia 8500 x 2 (SLI) video cards, and 4 gb RAM with all current hardware driver updates.

Skins I have found affected by bug:

Ares

Aura

Beacon

BluNite

Beacon

Caffeine

Cyclops

GT3wb5

DogmaX2a

Dynyx

Lithium

M13 Code Grey

Mizar

Retro

Skinplant

Hallows Eve XPV

Souluna

StealthOS

TanGreen

TriAX

XP Corona

Arrow

Airlock

Cougar

Longhorn Slate 4051

Soft Crystal

Windows XP Style

 

Thanks for looking into this for me!

idigweeds

Star Control: Origins
Reply #3 from WinCustomize Forums Top

(Bump)

 

Niel,

Has your developement team been able to confirm my bug report? 

idigweeds

Reply #4 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Yes.  The problem has been reproduced and resolved for the next update.

For now you can ignore that error.  It happens when the skin has no defined system fonts.  If you add a font then it will stop happening.

Reply #5 from WinCustomize Forums Top

Thanks Neil!  I'll give that workaround a try.

idigweeds