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NOTE: The CorelDraw ver. 4.0 was compiled by Bill Gray, a contributor on the
Corel Draw Forum on CompuServe during the month of June 1993. CorelDraw has
since announced that an update for ver. 4.0 will be completed by the end of
August 1993. If you purchased ver. 4.0, be sure to contact Corel to make sure
you get the update.
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13-Jul-93 20:15 CDT
Sb: UPLOAD: BUGSALL.TXT
Fm: Bill Grey [71041,2703]
Updated CorelDRAW 4.0 Problem Index
Compiled 7-13-1993
By Bill Grey 71041, 2703
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NEW ADDITIONS (submitted after 6-19)
BEGIN WITH PROBLEM #24
This is a compilation of messages in reply to the "COREL 4 BUG INDEX" message
thread of 6-13 thru 6-26-1993, but is not a complete rundown of all problems
found to date. Corel Corporation has not necessarily acknowledged these as
legitimate bugs (AND WHETHER THESE ARE ALL BUGS REMAINS TO BE DIS-
COVERED).
But,
as users, we appreciate attention being called to potential problem areas.
I have included the name/address of the contributor underneath each message (or
message group), so that E-Mail / Forum messages can be sent to "compare notes".
I confess I also "scooped" a few messages that I thought were important and
included them here. Some clarify what, heretofore, appeared to be
problems.....'got to be fair here (g). After all, our friends at Corel are an
important resource and deserve to be treated as such.
CORELDRAW . . . . . . (the draw program)
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Problem #1
CGM Export images are flipped, top to bottom.
Fm: Jim Dornbos 72167,213
Problem #2
Printing with All Fonts Resident checked causes Corel 4.0 to print files that
ignore both the kerning values from the font metrics *and* and manual kerning
values applied in the files.
Fm: David Makulec 70524,716
Problem #3
Artistic text when filled with certain textures doesn't print correctly to
PostScript printers. Instead, you get the first character of the string,
followed by a "nocurrentpoint" error from the PostScript interpreter.
Corel is aware of this bug.
Possible workaround: convert to curves before printing. Since each curve will
be treated as an independent object, this should fix it, but as yet, I've not
tested to see if it works.
Fm: Steve Rindsberg 70711,55
Problem #4
Speed . . . throughout . . . though I suppose this is not a legitimate bug.
It seems CD4 is just slower than CD3.
Problem #5
Very simple objects (created in CD 3.0 Trace and work fine in 3.0) imported
via trace or TIFF (the original scanned image) show up fine in 4.0, but upon
printing to either HPLJIIID or WPS driver do not show up in the "print
preview" or print out. If the image is exported as a WMF, it causes
Pagemaker 4.0 to crash upon printing.
Corel has not acknowledged this bug, and a phone call to support one week
ago has not yet been returned (after talking to them for almost 30
minutes). I was told that my Swapfile needed to be set to a large
temporary file. That did *not* solve the problem. Another user has also
seen this problem.
Fm: Rych Withers 73700,476
Problem #6
Besides some serious postscript output problems, my pet peeve has to do with
line spacing problems. If you use Artistic or Paragraph text to any degree,
you will notice the problems. If not, then no problem. However, if you
would like to see the bug in action execute the following steps exactly.
1. Open a new file
2. do not zoom in
3. Set a default font to 12 points - Futura Bk demos good!
4. Type 1 thru 10 with a return after each number. ~~~~
5. Click the Pick tool
6. Now zoom in on the numbers column.
7. Open the Text Roll Up, but make no adjustments.
8. Watch the number 10 and click the apply tool.
The line spacing in the column will shrink. Now zoom back out and type a
similar column right next to the old one. It will definitely appear longer,
even though you have not changed the line spacing. Click Pick and then the
Text Apply button. It doesn't change. Zoom in - and click apply. It does
change.
With this sort'a bug, text layout becomes very precarious!
Fm: Phil Williams 71121,2054
Problem #7
Corel forces a write to the HD when copying or cutting an object. This write is
not intercepted by
SmartDrv. The hit on speed is ridiculous.
Fm: Oliver Griswold 76060,3044
UPDATE:
Problem #7 is a problem, but my explanation is incorrect. Apparently Windows
directly writes to the TEMP directory without caching in order to keep
everything in synch (I was straightenned out on this by Jack L. Chalker
72205,613).
However, there appears to most definitely be a speed problem when copying or
cutting. A general consensus seems to be arising that it has something to do
with OLE2 and that it is Microsoft's problem. I think I saw mention of a
possible late July fix.
Fm: Oliver Griswold 76060,3044
Problem #8
Loading PhotoShop JPEG-files into PhotoPaint doesn't work.
You end up with a distorted picture. Example: load PORTRAIT.JPG and you find
the nose of the poor child under her right eye (or was it
her left eye).
Problem #9
When you try to change some settings in the PrePress Control Windows, not all
changed settings are accepted. Example select the Black Point setting and type
another value. When you use the TAB key to jump to another field, the old value
is restored (most of the time, not always).
Problem #10
Select in the PrePress Control Window the Calibrate button. Click on a color
and change the settings Red/Gree/Blue. The new color does noet appear in the
Color/Solid field. Selecting OK makes clear that the new (not visible) color is
recognized by CorelDraw.
Problem #11
Saving an SMT file takes too long. This routine should be re-written.
Problem #12
There is no standard SMT-file for printing to a colorprinter like the Tektronix
Phaser III Pxi, which has it's own color re-coding scheme to (almost perfect)
match Offset printing colors. Now the printer tries to correct corrected
collors, which results in weak collors.
Fm: Miriam van der Have 100030,427
Problem #13
I use CD to create drawings of shapes in a visual language. Each drawing has 6
layers, two of which alternative for printing it as seen by the user, and as
seen by the developer. There are currently about 50 of these drawings, and
periodically I go through them to assure consistency and distribute changes to
common elements.
CD has always (3.0AB) tended to leak memory. This shows up in CD4 at about
the
fifth drawing, when response slows down and symptoms such as errors in the
palette begin to occur. If work continues, it will result in a GPF eventually.
With CD3, exiting and restarting CD when the going began to get sticky usually
solved the problem.
Today with CD4 I got a message, "CORELDRW caused an illegal instruction in
module UNIDRV.DLL at 0007:00CB." This was followed by a GPF in
CORELDRW.EXE at
0023:1B5E. A hardware reset was required to clear the system, with some loss of
data in other open applications.
I have 16 MByte of memory, plus a permanent swap file, with over 20 MByte free
on the (uncompressed) drive that I use for temporary files, so do not believe
that raw memory is a problem. When CD is running, I have over 50% of the
resources free, as reported by Norton DFW.
I can supply more information if someone from Corel will identify what they
want to know specifically.
Fm: Karl Balke 71555,1502
Problem #14
Opening a V3 file in V4 causes objects with Paragraph
Text to shift vertically. Amount of movement depends on V3
Inter-Line Spacing (100% = none).
Problem #15
Paragraph Text using % of Char. Height Spacing moves
vertically depending on Zoom percentage. Spacing set to Points
seems to work OK.
Problem #16
Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black always appear as Print
Separation colors, even w