POLUtils 0.5.0 Released

[Susurrus]

Tried turning of my Virus scanner (AVG) and it didn't help...:mad:

[Pebbles]

Originally posted by Susurrus
Tried turning of my Virus scanner (AVG) and it didn't help...:mad:

Yes, but did you try to extract the exe and install from the MSI? If so, what error did that give?

[Tidane]

Still having problems with the Audio Playback. The registery value is there, and correct, the Utility just doesn't recognize that it is there.

[Susurrus]

Originally posted by Pebbles
Yes, but did you try to extract the exe and install from the MSI? If so, what error did that give?

Yes, but it gives me the same error when trying to extract. (Tried /c as well).

I've been in an e-mail tech support thing w/ Microsoft for the past few days now.

[GSDragoon]

Is it safe to assume that I have to install the Asian language files to see all the characters in the macro editor? A lot of them show up as a square block. Neat programs, BTW.

[PetriW]

With all the people having problems I just want to say thanks for the release, working great!
Think this is the best tool I've seen made in .net. Granted I haven't used many!

[Pebbles]

Originally posted by Tidane
Still having problems with the Audio Playback. The registery value is there, and correct, the Utility just doesn't recognize that it is there.

I released a new version (0.5.1) today that should resolve the Managed DirectSound issues. With luck, I'll get audio playback to work properly _without_ Managed DirectX in 0.6.0 - it's just too much of a pain.

[Pebbles]

Originally posted by GSDragoon
Is it safe to assume that I have to install the Asian language files to see all the characters in the macro editor? A lot of them show up as a square block. Neat programs, BTW.

I expect so - POLUtils assumes a unicode font.
I may look into including a good full-unicode font with POLUtils, but not really sure if it's worth it given that Windows has decent enough support these days.

[GSDragoon]

Originally posted by Pebbles
I expect so - POLUtils assumes a unicode font.
I may look into including a good full-unicode font with POLUtils, but not really sure if it's worth it given that Windows has decent enough support these days.

hmm, I can read a few more things, not not all.

[Pebbles]

Originally posted by GSDragoon
hmm, I can read a few more things, not not all.

Darn - I stuck with MS Sans Serif specifically because it seemed to have the best Unicode support (more so than Lucida Sans Unicode, for example).
What version of Windows are you using - I only have FFXI installed on XP, so I can only guarantee it works fine there. 2000 will probably be ok as well; NT/9x/Me might have issues I suppose.

This page has zip files with windows fonts; if you don't have xp, try installing the XP fonts (or MS Sans Serif at least).
Maybe post a screenshot (use Alt+PrtSc to just include the POLUtils window and not the entire desktop).

[GSDragoon]

Originally posted by Pebbles
Darn - I stuck with MS Sans Serif specifically because it seemed to have the best Unicode support (more so than Lucida Sans Unicode, for example).
What version of Windows are you using - I only have FFXI installed on XP, so I can only guarantee it works fine there. 2000 will probably be ok as well; NT/9x/Me might have issues I suppose.

This page has zip files with windows fonts; if you don't have xp, try installing the XP fonts (or MS Sans Serif at least).
Maybe post a screenshot (use Alt+PrtSc to just include the POLUtils window and not the entire desktop).

I'm running XP SP2. The custom visual style i'm using uses the Verdana font. So maybe that's why. When I use the menu and go to choose which character to add, they don't all show up. But when I do select it, it then shows up in the text box. So maybe it's the Verdana font that it doesn't like. I'll trying another font now.


EDIT: tried the default VS and the Tahoma font worked fine.

[Pebbles]

Originally posted by GSDragoon
I'm running XP SP2. The custom visual style i'm using uses the Verdana font. So maybe that's why. When I use the menu and go to choose which character to add, they don't all show up. But when I do select it, it then shows up in the text box. So maybe it's the Verdana font that it doesn't like. I'll trying another font now.


EDIT: tried the default VS and the Tahoma font worked fine.

Ahhhh - you meant the insert menu in the macro editor, not the POLUtils app itself. Yes, the menu's font is completely under Windows' control, so using a non-Unicode font can give trouble there. I plan to do away with the menu in the next version, and going for a dialog instead - that should make things look right even with custom settings for the menu fonts.

[Farox]

Hi everyone,

I saw this thread while trying to figure out the problem with the borked dotnetfx set up.
I don't even play FFXI, still I wanted to let you know, what did the trick for me:
Close Firefox, Start IE, download the file again, and run it.

Hope that helps

Farox