BUG: Display.Canvas.SaveImage does not include movies or buttons [35352]

This article applies to:

E-Prime 3.0

E-Prime 2.0

Symptoms

Display.Canvas.SaveImage does not include SlideMovies, SlideChoices, SlideSliders, SlideButtons, or MovieDisplays.

Detail

This bug occurs when attampting to save a Canvas with movies or buttons.

Workaround

In E-Pirme 3.0, SlideChoice, SlideSlider, and SlideButton can be saved with the following workaround.

'Place this in an InLine after your Slide object.
'Replace the object names as needed.
Dim theCanvasPrimary As Canvas
Set theCanvasPrimary = CCanvas(Rte.GetObject("DisplayPrimaryCanvas"))
theCanvasPrimary.SaveImage "FullscreenImage.bmp"

NOTE: The workaround only works for SlideButtons, SlideChoices, and SlideSliders. This workround does not apply to SlideMovies and MovieDisplays (for which there is no current workaround).

See Also:

RELEASE INFO: Known Issues in E-Prime 3.0 Update 2 (3.0.3.80) [27789]

RELEASE INFO: Known issues in E-Prime 2.0 [19406]