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Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

killwill — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:56:40 GMT

that was simply a mistype

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

Hugh Johnson — Tue, 08 May 2012 18:10:24 GMT

killwill:

p.s. I re-associated cpt in CorelPaint and rebooted... edit bitmap grayed out in both X3, X5

Try associating cpt to Corel PhotoPaint not CorelPaint...

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

killwill — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:51:29 GMT

p.s. I re-associated cpt in CorelPaint and rebooted... edit bitmap grayed out in both X3, X5

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

killwill — Tue, 08 May 2012 17:37:46 GMT

I'm sorry to chime in here only to make matters worse...

This problem has been going on for many, many years!

No one has ever identified the true root of the problem, only the workarounds... either Windows or CorelDraw/Paint is rewriting the association for the bitmaps.

I have X3 & X5 installed, when I installed X6 trial all Draw versions edited in PP X6, when trial expired they still opened in PP X6 but wouldn't save changed.

Sooo I uninstalled X6 ............ then the edit bitmap opened Windows Paint, (this has happened to many others) the real question here is how can Windows Paint view the file when you can't open a cpt directly in Paint, and which program made the change, something must be being written into an ini or other control file, eh?

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

capitalsimon — Tue, 17 Apr 2012 20:27:32 GMT

Anybody find a solution? This is really frustrating...

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

L_G_D — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 18:29:44 GMT

harryLondon:

Try closing and re-opening CorelDraw after you have done all of the above. It seems to decide at startup whether there is an available bitmap editor, so any change you make subsequently will not re-enable the edit capability.

Tried that, no amount of opening Draw makes it work. I just did a repair on X5, now it can connect to Paint X5 no problem, but the link between Draw X6 and Paint X6 no longer works (edit bitmap option grayed out). I wouldn't care if Draw X5 used Paint X6, but when it can't use anything, it's a pain. Should be an easy fix for this, like, I don't know, a selection in the options dialog to pick a bitmap editor maybe?

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

harryLondon — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:53:42 GMT

Try closing and re-opening CorelDraw after you have done all of the above. It seems to decide at startup whether there is an available bitmap editor, so any change you make subsequently will not re-enable the edit capability.

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

L_G_D — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 17:31:24 GMT

I don't know, I've tried everything. I have .CPT associated with paint X5 in the options dialog, unchecked the association in paint X6, right clicked a CPT file and used windows to set the default program to paint X5. Nothing. None of these let me edit a bitmap in Draw X5, the option is grayed out. Same for Draw 12 which I still have on hand. No edit bitmap option. I don't care what it uses to edit the bitmap, if it's paint X6, fine, but I need the option available. I even looked through the registry, tried a few tricks that worked before but none of them helped.

Anyone have any idea how I can get the draw X5 edit bitmap option back again?

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

Lars Forslin — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:40:28 GMT

Tony Severenuk:

FWIW, this is the way that it works.....the apps use the Windows clipboard to send info back and forth. Windows remembers one (main) application for a given file extension (in this case, CPT). Which ever version opens when you double click a file in windows explorer, will be the same version that Windows launches when DRAW puts a .CPT file on the clipboard and tells windows to give it to PHOTO-PAINT.

T.

I suppose it works that way, if the "Edit bitmap" menu isn't greyed out (X5). Which it is. I fixed ith though by resetting the global filter options for .ctp-files in PP5.

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

L_G_D — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 19:00:19 GMT

I'd also like to get some input on this. I need to use X5 for a little bit until I get my macros for X6 sorted and working. I just did a repair on X6 even though it's only a day or two old. The bitmap edit linking in X5 doesn't work, option grayed out. Bitmap editing in X6 works fine, goes to Paint X6 and back no problem. I just want Draw X5 to be able to edit a bitmap, don't care what program it uses. I do recall a registry hack, if I can find it, I'll post it here, in the meantime, any other suggestions besides "Do a repair on X6 install" which I already did to no avail?

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

Tony Severenuk — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 15:35:20 GMT

FWIW, this is the way that it works.....the apps use the Windows clipboard to send info back and forth. Windows remembers one (main) application for a given file extension (in this case, CPT). Which ever version opens when you double click a file in windows explorer, will be the same version that Windows launches when DRAW puts a .CPT file on the clipboard and tells windows to give it to PHOTO-PAINT.

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

harryLondon — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:06:23 GMT

Lars Forslin:
If they opened in PPX6 from Draw X5,

That's the way it works here.

I had X4. I installed X6 (trial). Haven't done anything special. Bitmaps in X4 and X6 both open in photopaint X6. I'd imagine that would have happened in X5 too, provided that all previous versions were installed with standard options and X6 was the last to be installed.

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

Lars Forslin — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 11:23:00 GMT

Hugh Johnson:

The interaction between DRAW and PhotoPaint, is dependent upon the last version that was installed or repaired. Ergo, when you repaired the X5 version, all *.CPT files from either X5 or X6, end up being edited in X5 PP.

If you perform a repair with the X6 installation, any file in either version of DRAW that you invoke to edit the bitmap, will be done only in X6 PP.

Frankly, I would use X6 PP over X5, as it is an improvement and has a few X5 PP bugs squashed.

Hugh, it seems to behave like you say, except for one thing: when you "fix" one version, you break the other. So when you install X6, you seem to break the "Edit bitmap" link from inside Draw. It will simply be greyed out. If they opened in PPX6 from Draw X5, I would be happy, but this is not good, it breaks the X5 installation, quite contrary to what everybody says, that you can have both installed so they can coexist without interfering.

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

Stefan Lindblad — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:33:23 GMT

cactus2002:

I discover another « problem » : I cannot choose a scanner or scan from CDX6 or PPX6 !

You only see this with 64 bit version of X6.
Its because of scanner manufacturers not supplying full 64 bitdrivers. Now Corel is aware o fthis and said they will fix it with a WIA.

GOOD is that there is a solution durin gthe transition period: Read & get solution here http://coreldraw.com/forums/t/32038.aspx

As well as here http://stefanlindblad-english.blogspot.se/2012/03/scanning-coreldraw-x6-64-bit-macro-from.html

Re: Newly installed X6 creates a problem in X5

Hugh Johnson — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:16:29 GMT

cactus2002:

If you « repair » the X5 installation, you'll get the opposite !

PPX5 will work from CDX5 but PPX6 won't work from CDX6…

I discover another « problem » : I cannot choose a scanner or scan from CDX6 or PPX6 !

The scanner problem that you are experiencing is due to the fact that you have the 64 bit CGS X6 installed and it is looking for a true 64 bit TWAIN interface, which is about as common as a passenger flight to Mars. I suggest that you use your X5 to scan a document and save the file then open it in X6 or install the 32 bit version of X6, if you are that heavily reliant upon your scanner.

Like you, when I use X6 and I have to scan something into DRAW or PP, I first scan it into either X5 or into Irfan and then bring that result into my 64 bit X6 CGS.

There will probably be a fix for the 64 bit CGS to 32 bit TWAIN interface in the first Service Pack, as Corel is aware of this problem and is working on a solution.