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.
Dim theDefaultCanvas As Canvas
Set theDefaultCanvas = Display.Canvas
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 [27789]

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