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Feb 27, 2009 at 12:34 PM

v2008 woes: font & file size issues

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Hi,

I started out with (and still use) Xcelsius v4.5. Had it for a number of years, great software, love it. I tried again today, however, to convince myself to migrate to v2008 to get at some of the enhancements / newer features etc. My copy of v2008 is patched up-to-date but I still have a couple of issues with it that really irritate me:

1) The font size of label text objects changes significantly when previewed and / or the .swf is generated. Not good when you're expecting your design environment to be WYSIWYG! When you preview your dashboard in v4.5 you hardly notice any change but with v2008 it's immediately obvious. Am I doing something stupid? (always possible). Have I missed a configuration option somewhere?

2) I have a v4.5 dashboard that generates an swf file size of 385KB. The same dashboard imported into v2008 generates an swf file of 888KB - that's 130% bigger! Just wondered why that would be? I'll admit I haven't tried replicating a v4.5 dashboard in v2008 from the ground up so, is it possible that the swf's weight gain is down to the conversion of the v4.5 model?

3) OK I said a couple but there's a third. v2008 feels so much slower when previewing / generating the swf. I guess this is because the file size is so much bigger 😊

So, for the moment, back to v4.5.......and another morning sort of wasted on v2008....