MenuItem problem

>...
> D6 changed the way it handles menu images from passing in a bitmap in
> D5 to using a callback in D6. IMO, the D6 approach is more flexible,
> but it does mean that the view needs to be able to locate your menu ...
> which it can not in your example.
> ...
> The drawing happens in View>>wmDrawItem:wParam:lParam: and
> View>>onDrawMenuItem:, which are sent as a result of D6 setting
> HBMMENU_CALLBACK in MENUITEMINFOV5>>commandMenuItem:.
>

> "Steve Alan Waring" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
> news:[hidden email]...
>>...
>> D6 changed the way it handles menu images from passing in a bitmap in
>> D5 to using a callback in D6. IMO, the D6 approach is more flexible,
>> but it does mean that the view needs to be able to locate your menu ...
>> which it can not in your example.
>> ...
>> The drawing happens in View>>wmDrawItem:wParam:lParam: and
>> View>>onDrawMenuItem:, which are sent as a result of D6 setting
>> HBMMENU_CALLBACK in MENUITEMINFOV5>>commandMenuItem:.
>>
>
> Correct. This was introduced in order to draw properly "grayed" images for
> disabled commands (you may have noticed that the menu item images in D5
> did not "gray").
>
> Unfortunately this implementation may need to be changed, since
> HBMMENU_CALLBACK currrently works rather poorly on Vista;  it causes the
> menus to be "downgraded" to old-style menus that don't look like Vista

> "Andreas Wacknitz" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
> news:[hidden email]...
>>...
>> Does Dolphin X6 already work on Windows Vista? I didn't manage to get it
>> working.
>> Neither in 32 Bit Vista nor in 64 Bit Vista. I got always some error like
>> "illegal memory access"
>> (I Don't remember the exact error message).
>
> Yes. We haven't tried on 64-bit Vista, but 6.02 installs and runs fine on

>
> "Support at Object Arts" <[hidden email]> schrieb im
> Newsbeitrag news:[hidden email]...
>> "Andreas Wacknitz" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
>> news:[hidden email]...
>>>...
>>> Does Dolphin X6 already work on Windows Vista? I didn't manage to get it
>>> working.
>>> Neither in 32 Bit Vista nor in 64 Bit Vista. I got always some error
>>> like "illegal memory access"
>>> (I Don't remember the exact error message).
>>
>> Yes. We haven't tried on 64-bit Vista, but 6.02 installs and runs fine on
> OK, I have re-installed Windows Vista RC1 64 Bit and can confirm that
> Dolphin X6 runs.
> What does not work is running "fresh install", thus I am only able to use
> an existing image.
>

> "Andreas Wacknitz" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
> news:[hidden email]...
>>
>> "Support at Object Arts" <[hidden email]> schrieb im
>> Newsbeitrag news:[hidden email]...
>>> "Andreas Wacknitz" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
>>> news:[hidden email]...
>>>>...
>>>> Does Dolphin X6 already work on Windows Vista? I didn't manage to get
>>>> it working.
>>>> Neither in 32 Bit Vista nor in 64 Bit Vista. I got always some error
>>>> like "illegal memory access"
>>>> (I Don't remember the exact error message).
>>>
>>> Yes. We haven't tried on 64-bit Vista, but 6.02 installs and runs fine
>>> on
>> OK, I have re-installed Windows Vista RC1 64 Bit and can confirm that
>> Dolphin X6 runs.
>> What does not work is running "fresh install", thus I am only able to use
>> an existing image.
>>
>
> That should work as well. Are you using the latest download?

> Andreas,
>
>> > That should work as well. Are you using the latest download?
>> Yes, 6.02 Professional.
>
> There's no reason you should realize this, but there is a newer
> download. The *installer* (not the image) is marked as 6.02.3 and it
> was uploaded on September 14th. This is basically a "rebuild" of 6.02
> so is virtually identical to the original but was intended to fix some
> problems where people found some methods were left corrupted after the
> unlock process. At the same time we thought we would try to address the
> "Fresh Install" issue under Vista.
>
> So, please try downloading the current setup and try installing under

> Andreas,
>
>> > So, please try downloading the current setup and try installing
>> > under
>
>> I cannot see a new download on the "My Dolphin" page. The latest is
>> dated January 27th.
>
> Because this was meant to be a "hidden" update we didn't change the
> date on the download link. We didn't really want loads of people
> downloading it and then asking what's different because virtually
> nothing has changed. Trust me.. download the current file and check
> that when you install the Setup program announces itself as
> 2006.6.02.3. Then see if it unlocks correctly on Vista; I think it
> should.

>
> "Andy Bower" <[hidden email]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:[hidden email]...
>> Andreas,
>>
>>> > So, please try downloading the current setup and try installing
>>> > under
>>
>>> I cannot see a new download on the "My Dolphin" page. The latest is
>>> dated January 27th.
>>
>> Because this was meant to be a "hidden" update we didn't change the
>> date on the download link. We didn't really want loads of people
>> downloading it and then asking what's different because virtually
>> nothing has changed. Trust me.. download the current file and check
>> that when you install the Setup program announces itself as
>> 2006.6.02.3. Then see if it unlocks correctly on Vista; I think it
>> should.
> OK, I have downloaded and installed the new version. In the meantime I
> have updated Vista to Build 5728.
> Dolphin installation did fine, as the old installer did, too.
> Running "Fresh Install" still gives an error. But the new Vista Build does
> not tell about the cause.
> Just a message box "Dolphin Smalltalk Launcher does not work anymore"
> (translated).
> I guess it's the same error I had with Build 5600: illegal memory access.
> Within the message box I have the possibility to send debug information to
> Microsoft.
> I did this when I had the first crash some days ago.

> "Andreas Wacknitz" <[hidden email]> wrote in message
> news:[hidden email]...
>>
>> "Andy Bower" <[hidden email]> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:[hidden email]...
>>> Andreas,
>>>
>>>> > So, please try downloading the current setup and try installing
>>>> > under
>>>
>>>> I cannot see a new download on the "My Dolphin" page. The latest is
>>>> dated January 27th.
>>>
>>> Because this was meant to be a "hidden" update we didn't change the
>>> date on the download link. We didn't really want loads of people
>>> downloading it and then asking what's different because virtually
>>> nothing has changed. Trust me.. download the current file and check
>>> that when you install the Setup program announces itself as
>>> 2006.6.02.3. Then see if it unlocks correctly on Vista; I think it
>>> should.
>> OK, I have downloaded and installed the new version. In the meantime I
>> have updated Vista to Build 5728.
>> Dolphin installation did fine, as the old installer did, too.
>> Running "Fresh Install" still gives an error. But the new Vista Build
>> does not tell about the cause.
>> Just a message box "Dolphin Smalltalk Launcher does not work anymore"
>> (translated).
>> I guess it's the same error I had with Build 5600: illegal memory access.
>> Within the message box I have the possibility to send debug information
>> to Microsoft.
>> I did this when I had the first crash some days ago.
>
> I hate to say this, but "It works for me" (on x86, that is 32-bit, 5600,
> running on a dual core machine).