cursorfx beta3

Thursday, January 10, 2008 by leobull | Discussion: CursorFX

i was just notified by sdc that an update was available and let it install and let the system reboot. and as mentioned already i noticed my cursor going under everything. i found that resetting the cursor to windows default and then reseting to the cursor i want solved the problem. you will probably also have to redo your effects settings. 
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killajosh
Reply #41 Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:00 PM
That explaination is a lil easier to grasp. Thanks for clarifying for me, ALMonty.....I tend to get carried away when it comes to technical explainations.....

I blame it on my parents. My mother was an English teacher and my father was a structural engineer..... I was cursed from the start!  

killajosh
Reply #42 Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:06 PM
A Z-order of one puts it on the level of your desktop/wallpaper. Z-order of two means it would appear above the open windows. If you have an open window and choose a drop-down menu, that menu has a z-order of three. I'm going to assume that's where the issue lies. CFX seems to have a Z-order of two, because it only happens with drop-down menus and rightclick....

And I edit reply #s 31 and 33. I haven't been on my PC much this week, so I just started noticing the same issues involed with the Z-order.

ALMonty
Reply #43 Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:06 PM
I think it got confusing with the x-and y-axis. I know what you meant  

ALMonty
Reply #44 Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:13 PM
My cursor was going underneath dropdown menus,Object Dock,taskbar,titlebar and start menu. I don't know what orders they are(I could figure it out).But it did stay on top of windows, so I'm assuming that would put it at layer 3 if the desktop was layer 1 and the window was layer 2.  

killajosh
Reply #45 Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:24 PM
Wierd. Mine is a little different. It appears above OD+ but below the start menu....

Nimbin
Reply #46 Saturday, January 12, 2008 3:29 PM
i had the same problem with the beta 3 release, changing back to windows default cursor and then reapplying a different one only fixed the problem until you used another program then the cursor would start disappearing under the task bar, RC etc etc, got so sick of having to do that that i restored the previous CFX within SDC. i'll wait until an update fixes the problem before i consider updating again. and yes i have the plus version

mrtee
Reply #47 Saturday, January 12, 2008 5:25 PM
Same issues with CFX 1.94[b].024 as in the previous posts. Using XP Pro SP2.


killajosh
Reply #48 Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:51 PM
Nimbin, I'm not so lucky. When I dl'd the first CFX beta, I clicked on the link within an email I had recieved from SD (had my registration number in it, too). The last update I did came from SDC, but it won't auto-archive a program that wasn't originally installed throught it.......sucks!

killajosh
Reply #49 Saturday, January 12, 2008 6:53 PM
vell, thank you for zat. i always thought everyzing should be in z proper order.


Ya know, I just took time to actually read that...pretty funny, leobull!

leobull
Reply #50 Saturday, January 12, 2008 7:24 PM
killajosh - thankyou. i was wondering if someone would get it. im getting old(hell, i am old). keeping my sense of humor alive and being able to laugh at myself keeps me going.

killajosh
Reply #51 Saturday, January 12, 2008 7:46 PM
reminds me of Col. Klink from Hogan's Heroes......

leobull
Reply #52 Sunday, January 13, 2008 10:43 AM
one last time. clinton explanation of the z order: it all depends on how you define what iz iz.

killajosh
Reply #53 Sunday, January 13, 2008 10:49 AM
  

Dizplaced
Reply #54 Monday, January 14, 2008 5:59 PM
Here's another good one that happened to me today... I have a laptop and use the touch pad mostly. The cursor actualy came back to the top when I activated the drag function (double tap and hold) and stayed there after the drag was completed until I again neaded a context menu. So it seams that on my PC at least the cusor stays ontop until I use the right mouse click. Not sure if that helps. Win Vista Ultimate 32bit with all service packs and patches.

Dizplaced
Reply #55 Wednesday, January 16, 2008 4:36 PM
A little update to this. You know how you only notice things that don't work because they are annoying... Well this problem seems to be gone now, on my system at least. I updated my WB to 6.02.024 yesterday and since then my z order issue seems to be gone with CursorFX but I'll keep an eye on that for a while before I uncross my fingers. Of course it has a downside as I had to post a problem that occurs on my machine with said WB update not skinning all opened windows first time... Jon

Richard Mohler
Reply #56 Thursday, January 17, 2008 2:43 PM
I think if you unload windowblinds you'll see CursorFX  acts normally ontop of everything. With windowblinds running it goes behind also on dx widgets..Just a suggestion..  Maybe someday they'll fix them so they both work right...

RomanDA
Reply #57 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:19 PM
I have the same "UNDER" issue, as well as having some problems with the main program screen not redrawing correctly.

Is there not a way to pull up the config window without having to go thru my start menu?
Is there a tray icon? or a hot key? maybe i missed it.

ZubaZ
Reply #58 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:23 PM
I have the same "UNDER" issue, as well as having some problems with the main program screen not redrawing correctly.
I had the same issues.  I uninstalled everything (cursorFX and CursorXP) ran a regclean, rebooted, reinstalled and all my CursorFX issues were resolved.  I think previous versions were leaving files behind.

The joyus of beta software. 

Richard Mohler
Reply #59 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:23 PM
If there is a tray icon or hot key I missed it too..

RomanDA
Reply #60 Thursday, January 17, 2008 3:27 PM
I uninstalled everything (cursorFX and CursorXP) ran a regclean, rebooted, reinstalled and all my CursorFX issues were resolved


i understand beta.. but hell thats too much work for any software. Just not worth the effort. Time to remove it.. and just give up

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