topbanner_forum
  *

avatar image

Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?

Login with username, password and session length
  • Thursday March 28, 2024, 10:10 am
  • Proudly celebrating 15+ years online.
  • Donate now to become a lifetime supporting member of the site and get a non-expiring license key for all of our programs.
  • donate

Author Topic: Cool iris problem  (Read 9372 times)

dazzaa

  • Participant
  • Joined in 2008
  • *
  • default avatar
  • Posts: 21
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Cool iris problem
« on: December 03, 2008, 07:38 AM »
hi, lovely piece of software :)
but it plays havok with java stuff. causing redrawing issues.
as stated before it leaves ghosting when it is hidden.
and having installed the cooliris addonin firefox, circle dock reduces the plugin to a stuttering mess lol
not enough to make me stop running circle dock tho. looking forward to the next update. Will save my ideas/suggestions till then.
Thanks for your app, it's great :)

dazzaa

  • Participant
  • Joined in 2008
  • *
  • default avatar
  • Posts: 21
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Cool iris problem
« Reply #1 on: December 03, 2008, 02:36 PM »
it would be a help if i could disable circle dock from the system tray icon without closing the prog.

VideoInPicture

  • Honorary Member
  • Joined in 2008
  • **
  • Posts: 467
    • View Profile
    • Circle Dock
    • Donate to Member
Re: Cool iris problem
« Reply #2 on: December 06, 2008, 10:04 PM »
Just for information, what OS do you have and what are the specs of your machine?
Author of Circle Dock: http://circledock.wikidot.com
Author of Video In Picture: http://videoinpicture.wikidot.com
Author of Webcam Signature: http://webcamsignature.wikidot.com
Author of Easy Unicode Paster: http://easyunicodepaster.wikidot.com

cmpm

  • Charter Member
  • Joined in 2006
  • ***
  • default avatar
  • Posts: 2,026
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Cool iris problem
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2008, 03:59 PM »
I'd bet CoolIris is the problem.
There have been many complaints since it's recent updates.

Try removing CoolIris and see if it's better.
Then reinstall CoolIris.

dazzaa

  • Participant
  • Joined in 2008
  • *
  • default avatar
  • Posts: 21
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Cool iris problem
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2008, 07:03 AM »
hi, xp sp3, 2.5gb mem, ati x1300. it's an old acer 5620 laptop, so could well be my hardware :)
it's cooliris that breaks, so removing it wont fix cooliris hehe. i run the x-mouse button thing so i disable middlemouse for firefox, sketchup, xnview, etc.
closing cirlcle dock b4 running cooliris fixed it. hiding it doesn't, if that helps.
Cooliris is only fullscreen, i don't like that :(
The redrawing issues i have are java webpages such as the streaming monitor on www.advfn.com (unfortunately u need to register to go there) and software is sketchup
Not really much of a problem. i'd rather run circle dock with problems than not have it at all :)
Thanks for getting back to me, i use java update 11 for firefox (same problem with 10).
i did send an email to cooliris chaps and they said it's probably a fight for the topmost graphics layer.
All in all it's no biggie, i don't use cooliris all that often and i can just bring up circle dock and hide it in a corner of the screen where it wont conflict with other things.
cheers,
dazzaa.

YetAnotherUser

  • Participant
  • Joined in 2008
  • *
  • Posts: 7
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Cool iris problem
« Reply #5 on: December 11, 2008, 08:02 AM »
dazzaa, take a look here: https://www.donation....msg141435#msg141435
I've had the same problem and dealt with it by writing an Autohotkey script that REALLY hides Circle dock, but I do hope future CD releases would somehow fix it.

YetAnotherUser

  • Participant
  • Joined in 2008
  • *
  • Posts: 7
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Cool iris problem
« Reply #6 on: January 05, 2009, 07:04 AM »
Here is the beginning of the script:


GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a ; this is just my list - here you should list and put all the elements of your CD as it might not work with my list. This is the sickest part of the script - I found their ahk_class through launching http://www.autohotke...nimizeToTrayMenu.ahk script, then hiding all elements using it, then rewriting all the classes from the script's tray (printscreen and OCR will do fine as well) here. I bet there should be an easier way, but I don't know it, and this might also cause you problems if you add new elements...
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 2b04c8
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a c0444
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 2603a0
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 130474
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 11035a
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 23064c
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 60d3e
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 160376
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 2503a6
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 66067c
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 24039c
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 33056a
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a ld0438
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 507cc
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 80cc2
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 40d52
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 40d4a
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 2907a8
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 3705f2
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 507b4
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a lf07ba
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 5079e
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 507ae
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 40d02
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 60778
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 40d22
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 14059a
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 507c4
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 21045e
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a e0ce4
GroupAdd, Dock, ahk_class WindowsForms10.Window.88.app.0.378734a 37052e

F13:: ;put your hotkey for launching the script here
if OnOff != 1
{
WinHide, ahk_group Dock
OnOff := 1
}
else
{
WinShow, ahk_group Dock
WinActivate, ahk_group Dock
OnOff := 0
}
return

#IfWinActive ahk_group Dock ;this part tells the dock to hide when left-mouse is clicked
LButton::
Click
Sleep, 50
if OnOff != 1
{
WinHide, ahk_group Dock
OnOff := 1
}
return


DRAWBACKS: This is the script itself, but you ALSO must turn off the option "auto hide CD when application is launched or folder is opened" - that is, we disable CD's auto-hiding mechanism which is independent of OUR ahk-script - so, if you lose your CD and it won't toggle, it could have auto-hidden itself... In case it's lost, just exit the CD and AHK and relaunch them. It also goes without saying that you need to have Autohotkey installed on your machine. And also note that you will have to exit the script if you are going to drag-drop something as otherwise it will be hidden by the AHK-script... Yes, I know it's SICK, but the redrawing issues are even worse.

dazzaa

  • Participant
  • Joined in 2008
  • *
  • default avatar
  • Posts: 21
    • View Profile
    • Donate to Member
Re: Cool iris problem
« Reply #7 on: January 05, 2009, 10:07 AM »
thanks for the guide, appreciate it. :)