Re: Custom shape problem

[Alan Horkan <horkana maths tcd ie>]

On Tue, 8 Mar 2005, Victor Kirk wrote:

> Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2005 09:22:14 -0000
> From: Victor Kirk <Victor Kirk serco com>
> Reply-To: discussions about usage and development of dia
>     <dia-list gnome org>
> To: "'dia-list gnome org'" <dia-list gnome org>
> Subject: Custom shape problem
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm running Dia 0.94 on Windows 2000, I used the installer
> from dia-installer.sourceforge.net
>
> I seem to be having problems creating some custom
> shapes.  I've created a couple of shapes and a sheet,
> but when I try dropping one of the new shapes I get
> a windows error dialog and Dia crashes.  The error
> looks due to an invalid pointer, i.e. an attempt to
> write to a very low memory address.

Please provide a copy of the error message.


> I don't know anything about windows debugging but the
> error seems to come from a method called get_paper_tmargin
> in libdia.
>
> I've tried copying an existing shape and adding it to
> the sheet (changing it's name) and I get the same error
> when I try to add that.
>
> Am I missing something, should I be doing something else
> beside creating a sheet, the shapes and icon images?
> Otherwise if anyone could be kind enough to check this
> with their installation I can email the files.

Please create a bug report in bugzilla and attach the file and I will try
to take a look at it.

Sincerely

Alan Horkan
http://advogato.org/person/AlanHorkan/

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