QTR-Quadtone RIP

Well, I have finally solved the problem (sort of), so just in case 
anybody else encounters it, here is the fix.

I now have installed 2.5.1.8, and the same problem occurred as in my 
original post: the four little system icons didn't work. I have lived 
with that, since I could exit via the file menu.

So recently I decided to reinstall and see what would happen. Still 
broken, but my preferences (curve blending, etc.) were intact. So I 
wne looking for preference files, and finally found the file 
"QTRgui.ini" in C:\Documents and Settings\...\Application 
Data\QuadToneRIP. So I moved that file to a different location as a 
backup and then reinstalled 2.5.1.8 again. As expected, my 
preferences were gone, but (Halleluya!!!) the system icons now worked.

So next, I carefully edited the new QTRgui.ini (in NotePad) to add in 
only those lines that clearly specified my preferences. This worked, 
and I now have my preferences back, too.

Clearly something in the ".ini" file was screwing up the gui, but I 
can't tell exactly what. But in general, backing up and moving an 
".ini" file before reinstalling is a good thing to try if you have 
weird behavior. I should have tried this earlier, but I had forgotten 
similar occurrences with other software in the past.

So now I am once again a completely happy camper with QuadToneRIP 
(which is printing away even as I write this.)

-- Eric

--- In QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com, "Stephen Billard" <stephenb@...> 
wrote:
>
>  So far, you are the only one reporting this issue. I really don't 
know why the
> Icons wouldn't work.
>  
> -Stephen
>  www.sbillard.org/Stephen
>  
> 
> 
> ________________________________
> 
> 	From: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com 
[mailto:QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com]
> On Behalf Of e.myrv
> 	Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2007 1:46 PM
> 	To: QuadtoneRIP@yahoogroups.com
> 	Subject: [QuadtoneRIP] Re: Problem with System Icons on 
2.5.1.2
> 	
> 	
> 
> 	I've just updated to 2.5.1.5 and the behavior is just the 
same. 
> 	Nothing on the title bar responds to a mouse click, but all 
buttons 
> 	(including the one to the left of the title) respond (color 
change) 
> 	when the mouse cursor rolls over them. What is the button to 
the 
> 	left 
> 	of the title supposed to do? 
> 	
> 	This does seem like a strange bug in the applic. env. 
runtime; all 
> 	menus and dropdowns everywhere else work fine. This didn't 
happen 
> 	with my previous version of QTRGui (I think it was 
2.4.something), 
> 	which didn't have any buttons except for the traditional 
minimize 
> 	and 
> 	close. 
> 	
> 	As I said before, this is an inconvenience rather than a 
major 
> 	issue, 
> 	since all else works fine. The improvements (such as three 
curves, 
> 	with Split Tone Curve Blending, etc.) are great.
> 	
> 	-Eric
>