ExamWritePad

[ass17]

Ok folks,

 

BIG UPDATE NEWS!!

 

I’ve been beavering away solid for the last month and I’m pleased to say that if all goes well, I’m releasing EWP3 on September 1st.

 

But before I can do that I need some beta testers to put themselves forward to have a play with it, try and break it, provide as much feedback as you can.

 

If you want to beta test then drop me an email to [email protected] with subject beta or beta test, so I can filter them easily. Any suggestions or bugs please email them as well. Do not post them here as this thread is massive as it is :-)

 

Thanks

[Cthulhu]

When will the beta tests be taking place?

 

I can have a play with it at work, however will be leaving in a few weeks so don't have much time.

[ass17]

From tomorrow onwards, just drop me an email [emoji1303]

[ass17]

Just got to finish up writing up the documentation as most of the config options have changed.

[ass17]

Breaking News!!

 

EWP 3 will be released in September. The finishing touches have all but finished, beta testing complete. Just the config editor to finish off then release is imminent.

 

I’m hoping you will enjoy it as much as I have had designing/building it.

[ass17]

Quick update:

 

Release date confirmed as 16th September.

 

Those using 2.2 or higher should be able to use the built in cure I got updates to get it, otherwise you can go to https://www.sheldnet.co.uk/examwritepad/

[ass17]

Hi All,

 

Thanks for the ccontinued support over the last two years, its been a real pleasure to deliver something that was only ever supposed to be a one off. Well I'm pleased to announce the release of EWP v3 as of today and what a massive update it is.....

 

First important point is: (I had no choice as there was a bug in 4.7 that caused limited users to have GUI issues)

 

Prerequisites: .net Framework 4.8 - https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/thank-you/net48-offline

 

and

 

v2 configs will not work with v3, so please migrate your custom settings to the new options in the sample config

 

So whats new?

What’s new, changed, removed from previous versions: ( Quite a lot 😊 )

EWP in now x64 only, 32bit has been dropped due to associated libraries now used.

· Complete style redesign

· New Menu bar in a Ribbon style

· AutoSave Timer running a separate background thread from main UI thread

· AutoBackup Timer running a separate background thread from main UI thread

· Date/Time Clock now runs in a separate background thread from main UI thread

· Battery Power Status now runs in a separate background thread from main UI thread

· Command Line redesign to allow coversheet, number of copies and batch printing

· Restore previous version from splash screen

· View documentation from splash screen

· Ability to disable most buttons on the ribbon bar to customise what is available to the end user

· Candidate Information window has been condensed to make it less confusing

· A popup ‘Quick Formatting’ bar like in Microsoft Word

· New button: Uppercase

· New Button: Lowercase

· New button: Page Rotation (Landscape/Portrait)

· New Button: Remove Formatting

· New Button: Tables

· New Button: Date & Time

· New Button: List - Bullets

· New Button: List – Numbers

· New Button: Line Numbers (GDI+ drawn so use sparingly because of performance issues, use as a reference point and turn off when not required)

· New Button: Ruler (to control margins and alignment of objects/text)

· New Button: Word Count (Pages, Paragraphs, Lines, Words, Characters with/without spaces)

· New Button: Page width/Zoom controls

· New Button: Full Screen Mode

· Application now runs in a standard resizable window as default

· Find & Replace - New

· Spelling Control - New

· Information to tell you when the last autobackup/autosave was completed

· Toggle the ribbon visibility

· Context Menu: Formatting of tables, images and paragraphs

· More shortcut keys available

· Custom Printing Function

· New right-click context menu: Undo, Redo, Select All, Cut, Copy, Paste, Format Image, Table Properties, Paragraph Formatting, List Formatting, Text Highlighting and Insert Symbol.

· More features for 37% less lines (EWP2 was 10,000 EWP3 now 6,287 at time of release)

· More customisable (enable/disable) objects with EWP to suit your needs

 

This is not the full list but the main things you needs to know.

 

 

How do I get it?

 

via: https://sheldnet.co.uk/examwritepad and click on 'download' at the top.

 

or for those with v2.2 or higher use the check for updates..

 

 

What if I find an Issue?

 

You can now report bugs and issues via: https://sheldnet.co.uk/examwritepad and click on 'Bug Tracker' at the top. You can continue to post them here @ edugeek but it will be better for me to keep them all in one place.

 

 

Hope you enjoy!!

[elsiegee40]

Moved to software forum

[msi_school]

I am getting a bad gate way when I try to download version 3

[ass17]

I am getting a bad gate way when I try to download version 3

 

will check it out now

[ass17]

link all sorted!!

[ass17]

The main reason for changing the look and feel was down to the fact that the exam boards do state in their guidence that it should be 'the normal way of working', so based on this, I've replicated it as best I can to what Microsoft Word looks like so it fullfills the exam boards requirements.

 

I will say it now before someone asks.. :-)

[Garacesh]

The main reason for changing the look and feel was down to the fact that the exam boards do state in their guidence that it should be 'the normal way of working', so based on this, I've replicated it as best I can to what Microsoft Word looks like so it fullfills the exam boards requirements.

 

I will say it now before someone asks.. :-)

 

It does make sense. This has been our excuse when a certain department want to give all their kids laptops and screen readers because they think it'll magically get them better marks

So the closer it is, the better.

[BlueScreen]

Thanks for this. I'll be showing this to our exams officer on Monday to get their approval.

 

A couple of points I've noticed. Setting the Default paths in the config with %HomeDrive%\Documents doesn't seem to expand the %HomeDrive%, it creates a new folder in the start in location (using a shortcut with a start in location of %HomeDrive%%HomePath%) with the folder name '%HomeDrive%'.

 

Also does ctrl + left or right arrow work to jump to the beginning of the previous / next word?

 

Thanks again for this.

[ass17]

Thanks for this. I'll be showing this to our exams officer on Monday to get their approval.

 

A couple of points I've noticed. Setting the Default paths in the config with %HomeDrive%\Documents doesn't seem to expand the %HomeDrive%, it creates a new folder in the start in location (using a shortcut with a start in location of %HomeDrive%%HomePath%) with the folder name '%HomeDrive%'.

 

Also does ctrl + left or right arrow work to jump to the beginning of the previous / next word?

 

Thanks again for this.

 

Thanks for reporting these issues, I have placed them in the bug tracker on the EWP website. I will go ahead and fix them asap, so that I can release a new build of EWP in the first week of October.

[robyholmes]

Hi Mate,

 

I'm trying to log a bug on your website but your site seems to think I'm a spam bot. As far as I know I'm not. I mean, what a way to find out...

 

Cheers, Rob

[ass17]

Hi Mate,

 

I'm trying to log a bug on your website but your site seems to think I'm a spam bot. As far as I know I'm not. I mean, what a way to find out...

 

Cheers, Rob

 

Post it here for now rob while I investigate.

[ass17]

Hi All,

 

Is anyone using EWP on an RM network successfully? I have on school that is struggling to run it on there network even with full domain admin access.

 

Did you have to do anything special to get it to run, please share your knowledge[emoji1]

 

Thanks

[ass17]

Hi Mate,

 

I'm trying to log a bug on your website but your site seems to think I'm a spam bot. As far as I know I'm not. I mean, what a way to find out...

 

Cheers, Rob

 

Fixed now, please post on EWP bug tracker

[k9mjl]

.Net 4.8 installed and logged in as administrator, EWP will not launch.

 

Using v3

 

Back in the IT office, we can launch it.

[ass17]

.Net 4.8 installed and logged in as administrator, EWP will not launch.

 

Using v3

 

Back in the IT office, we can launch it.

 

Do you have AppLocker policies on your network? If so make sure you have allowed EWP to run.

 

Especially if you apply the hashing rule, thus you would need to re-hash the exe file.

 

What we do here is allow all execution from a specified folder, saves in hazing all the time etc.... it just works

Edited October 1, 2019 by ass17

[ass17]

Do you have AppLocker policies on your network? If so make sure you have allowed EWP to run.

 

We run it fine on a heavily restricted pupil user account for exams and never had an issue.

[ass17]

If the issue is something else completely different then please run ProccessMon to see what is thrown up that might be stopping EWP from loading.

 

Also what might be interesting to know is if you download the older 2.6 version from the website, does that still run?

 

If so then, the .Net4.8 is not the issue. Look closer to GPO restrictions for the answer.

[k9mjl]

Its not app locker - don't use it. previous version was fine. .Net 3.5 and 4.8 installed. launched on the server prompts for 4.72?

Never had a problem before.

[ass17]

Its not app locker - don't use it. previous version was fine. .Net 3.5 and 4.8 installed. launched on the server prompts for 4.72?

Never had a problem before.

 

How very strange. What if you you install 4.7.2 then 4.8 afterwards, does that fix the issue? Its worth a try....