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Yes turn on debugapplication in the config

I also know there is an issue after 1803 update that made network browsing slow for mapped drives. Maybe applying them will help, so will post the fix in a minute. Run "Regedit" Find Key: HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\LanmanWorkstation\Parameters add or change the following values: DirectoryCacheLifetime Dword = 0 FileInfoCacheLifetime Dword = 0 FileNotFoundCacheLifetime Dword = 0 And reboot the PC.

Thanks for the info and all your testing, much appreciated [emoji1303][emoji1303]

Also to add to this make sure your network card on each computer doesn’t not go to sleep and is running full performance then there should be no delay in accessing the network.

Just one report of it happening and it’s here at my school with one person. And yes it’s down to the saving on a network drive. Even more so if your saves and backup files are both on network locations. Also it seems to only happen with those that are quick typists, others that are slower won’t notice. The only way to be 100% is to save them on the hard disk. The autobackups are not affected in the same way as the autosaves because it’s running on a separate threaded timer so effectively runs that process in the background away from the main UI thread. I’m currently looking into doing both methods are background worker processes and will likely be ready after the exam season. At the same time I’m also working on EWP3 with a new framework control supplied free from a third party so I’m currently doing a juggling act with both being actively developed.

We use ActivePresenter as a portable app over our network. https://atomisystems.com/activepresenter/

%homedrive% is resolved/converted to H: anyway so it is the same as using H:\

I have now removed the function call to “OpenXML” when printing, as it was not needed any more, so that should get you passed that bit. To not the printer dialogue will take longer to appear the more text and text styling you have. As it runs through each single character to verify what styling is applied and apply it to the hidden print window. Call it a series of pre printer checks. Again because its an old extended richtext control from 2010, I have to fudge it a little bit, hence why realistically I need to buy into a third party control set so that future builds will stand the test of time and will reduce the lines of code, where I have had to create a work around. Thanks for testing so far...[emoji1303]

Install a pdf printer and print it that way to PDF. I use primoPDF. I’m thinking of allowing a built conversion to PDF but it’s for future versions.

Thanks for this, because I don’t get the error when I test it on my network it’s difficult to understand problems without details this you supplied. What is interesting is why is it calling the OpenXML function to load the a file from a backup location. I will have to check this as it shouldn’t load anything and take text from the richtextbox and the details from stored variables. I do know that when attempting to print EWP should generate a backup file just in case the printing goes titsup but this isn’t necessary as the file is saved before printing. So I don’t need both happening if you see what I mean. I think moving forward with EWP3 which is currently under consideration and development I will actively be going through the whole codebase and taking out unnecessary calls and checks. Thus streamlining the whole app. The only issue I will have is the spellchecker so I might have to move from WinForms to WPF in order to use the native spellcheck within WPF rich text editing. Long term with EWP4 I’m hoping it will move over to .NET Core 3 thus making it cross platform on macOS and Linux, sometime in 2021 and hopefully using a different framework for rich text editing that will allow basically a clone of Microsoft Word functionality. Without your help and support I couldn’t have got this to where it is today! Big big thank you [emoji1][emoji1303]

If you have spell as you type on so it underlines spelling mistakes, when you right click on the word and select the correct spelling, it reverts to single line spacing. I cannot do anything about this at the moment. Hence why I suggested to disable spell as you type. You might get better results in terms of stability and speed.

Thanks

Have you disabled spell as you type? Then the user will have to click on spell check each time. This could narrow it down to a specific feature.

If you change the options or add your own then coversheet will not work as it is hard coded text. I will change it next time so that any non-standard board will use the JCQ coversheet.

Not seen this before and what is interesting is that the boxes are all empty. You cannot print until the boxes are filled in, until all the boxes are filled the print dialogue window will not appear.

How to get the latest version? 1) Check for updates from within EWP if you have v2.5 or higher 2) Download Link: https://sheldnet.co.uk/examwritepad/ExamWritePad_2600.zip Changelog and information CHANGED: Backup file names with naming convention like actual file saves, no problem. FIXED: Centre name can now be blank as before v2.5 and will not throw up an error if using a JCQ exam board. FIXED: When 'DisableWinKeys' was enabled it stopped the down arrow key from working and the zoom out key combination. ADDED: New config options 'SpellCheck_DisableSuggestionsContextMenu' and 'SpellCheck_DisableSpellAsYouTypeUnderline' have been added to aid speeding up the spell checking process and for those that may be experiencing issues with the right-click context menu in general. The whole spell check function is from a third party built in 2010, so I can only do limited things with it. 'SpellCheck_DisableSuggestionsContextMenu' will disable any suggestions from being displayed on the right-click context menu. 'SpellCheck_DisableSpellAsYouTypeUnderline' will completely disable the spelling context menu and spell check as you type (red underline). Just to give you an idea of speed/timings: a 10,000 word EWP file with 100 spelling mistakes take around 40 seconds to load the spell check window. 5,000 words and 50 spelling mistakes takes 8 seconds. Using an Intel Core i5-8250U (1.6GHz) Quad-Core Processor, 8GB RAM, SSD Disk. ADDED: 'DisableClock' config option to stop the clock from showing/running. If you don’t need it, then disable it so that in future I will know or have a better idea if the status bar disappearing is related to the clock or not. ADDED: 'DisableCharacterCounts' and 'DisableWordCounts' can now be disabled via config option. They will do as their name suggests. ADDED: Inserting Images - Basic version now implemented on the mini toolbar only, this is disabled by default via config option 'DisableInsertingImages' and value set to 1. When inserting images, please note that when using double line spacing, the line height of the line after the image is the same height as the image. This is by design of the double line spacing method using PInvoke Win32 API calls and cannot be altered. KNOWN ISSUE: The information on the status bar disappears and replaced with a red box. I think the issue is related to the clock. (Only few reported incidents) KNOWN ISSUE: After clicking on start new exam and candidate window not appearing, I cannot replicate using the supplied config file from the single reported incident. This is marked as an ongoing incident. NOT IMPLEMENTED: Tables - No chance, doesn’t work well with rich textboxes even with the right RTF specification. Text goes outside the cell boxes and can resize grid after creation, totally not workable. This may appear in later builds using a different framework.

OK everyone, I'm back home now from holidays and will get round to sorting out all the issues listed in this forum. Bare with me, I don't expect them to be sorted before the finish of the exam season but will try!! :-)

which PDF printer are you using? I test EWP with PrimoPDF and always works for me...

Yes I think I made a little boo boo there, JCQ exam boards do not need an exam centre name so I will fix this weekend. For now just put anything in the config file more than two characters long.

Yes it does

Backup file names with naming convention like actual file saves, no problem. The ‘DefaultAppMenuFontSize ‘ is only for the main menu bar only and nothing else is effected.

FreeCAD is as it suggests but might be too much for younger pupils. https://www.freecadweb.org

We went CPOMS, does anything and everything, get them in for a demo like we did.

Ok thanks, As soon as I’m back from Crete, this Friday, I will investigate.

Ok thanks for the config. Few questions, Does the splash screen appear as the first screen? Then what happens after you click on start new exam? Are you running EWP from network or local disk? Windows version?