IrfanPaint Support Thread

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

As you can see from the attachment, there's a slight problem when working with white text.

[MItaly]

Language file template

If somebody has time to translate, this is the template (note: it does not work on the current beta, you'll have to wait the next one); it may change a little, but there will be only minor modifications (maybe a pair of lines more).
Here the naming convention for the language files.
You can send at the usual address the translated file.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

I got an exception error while using the clone brush on a modest sized PNG image (662 x 374 Pixels). The problem seems to happen at higher zoom levels. I have sent you the details to the address on the error message dialogue.

[MItaly]

Updated language file

Updated the language file for the new version that will come this evening or tomorrow.

[MItaly]

IrfanPaint b0.4.11.60 released

The new IrfanPaint beta release includes the following changes:

• fixed a bug of the masked tools that could lead to stack corruption, heap corruption and IV crash;
• fixed a bug in the clone tool UI that led to difficult tool usage;
• now the clone tool behave correctly if you set a source point, scroll the image and start drawing;
• fixed some Windows NT 4.0 compatibility issues;
• reduced color depth of many icons and added low-color depth version for IrfanPaint logo icon to enhance Windows NT 4.0 compatibility;
• now the text dialog is shown away from the text insertion point
• better mask reusing/deleting in the masked tools (to avoid recreating continuously the mask or keeping useless big mask); this results in faster clone tool and color replacer tool with less memory usage;
• new internal language file managment;
• changed a little the structure of the language file;
• added a [FileInfo] section to the language file with info about the translator, the language name and the target IrfanPaint version; the first two infos are displayed in the "About IrfanPaint" box;
• more debug informations in BWDibSection class errors;
• better event handling for the "Hold to preview" button;
• little modifications of some dialogs;
• updated credits;
• added unificated number textboxes validating code;
• added/edited some strings;
• created the internal tool IPLFGen to generate quickly the language file templates.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

I now get a language file not found error.

Edit: OK, saw your earlier post now.

[Sam_Zen]

Updated. Language file error confirmed.

Nice work. And I just discovered the 'tolerance' dialog when using Fill Flood. Great.

[matera]

That tolerance goodie is awesome.

[Bhikkhu Pesala]

Yes. Life is much better if we have tolerance, but we do need to adjust it sometimes.

[MItaly]

Problem confirmed, I forgot to test the dll without the language file.
Just released a fixed version that also fixes another bug in the language file managment and adds the support for the * in the version field. Now if you write

[FileInfo]
;...
TargetVersion=0.4.11.*

the language file will be accepted by any release whose version number begins with "0.4.11."; note that only the first asterisk is considered, since it marks the point where the comparison between the target version and the dll version stops. The comparison is just a string comparison, so if you write TargetVersion=0.4.11* will be accepted 0.4.11.61 as well as 0.4.110.512 or 0.4.11111111111.5; so it's better to put the asterisk always after a dot to avoid this kind of problems. Another tip: you should use the asterisk only for the last number, since I will never change resource IDs without changing the revision number (the number before the last).
Thus:

1. TargetVersion=0.4.11.61      <== good and foolproof, but you need to change it for every new release
2. TargetVersion=0.4.11.*       <== good, it's guaranteed to work fine (if I don't forget to change the release number :D )
3. TargetVersion=0.4.*          <== bad, I may change resource IDs when I change the release number
4. TargetVersion=0.4.11*        <== bad, this may rise the problem I described before
5. TargetVersion=*              <== very bad (no need to explain why)
6. TargetVersion=0.4.*.1        <== bad and the ".1" is useless; it is exactly the same as the 3.

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[Bhikkhu Pesala]

That's better. It seems to be working nicely now.

[Sam_Zen]

Confirmed. Using 61.

[MItaly]

Confirmed that works fine or that the bug is still there?

[matera]

I haven't had that clone/zoom problem (I tried), but I notice an improvement in the clone in the new beta -- it used to not start painting until a second left click; now it goes right away. Good job (all of it). I don't know how I ever lived without it

[Sam_Zen]

2 MItaly
Confirmed Bhikkhu's latest report.