X3 Button Designer options grayed out

Greg58 · Post by **Greg58** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:41 am

Hi,

I have recently installed Photoimpact X3 on a Toshiba Notebook (details below). When i did my evaluation I used PI-12 and was impressed with the button designer. However when I purchased PI-X3 had been released so naturally that was the one I purchased.

However I cannot get the button designer to work. The menu options "Any Shape..." and "Rectangular..." are always greyed out. Can anyone help?

Notebook configuration:
Operating System: Windows Vista™ Ultimate (6.0, Build 6000) (6000.vista_gdr.071023-1545)
Language: English (Regional Setting: English)
System Manufacturer: TOSHIBA
System Model: Satellite P200
BIOS: Ver 1.00PARTTBL
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU T7700 @ 2.40GHz (2 CPUs), ~2.4GHz
Memory: 2046MB RAM
Page File: 1862MB used, 2447MB available
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Display Devices
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Card name: ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
Manufacturer: ATI Technologies Inc.
Chip type: ATI Radeon Graphics Processor (0x9581)
DAC type: Internal DAC(400MHz)
Device Key: Enum\PCI\VEN_1002&DEV_9581&SUBSYS_FF011179&REV_00
Display Memory: 1268 MB
Dedicated Memory: 501 MB
Shared Memory: 767 MB
Current Mode: 1440 x 900 (32 bit) (60Hz)
Monitor: Generic PnP Monitor
Driver Name: atiumdag.dll,atiumdva.dat,atitmmxx.dll
Driver Version: 7.14.0010.0523 (English)
DDI Version: 9Ex
Driver Attributes: Final Retail
Driver Date/Size: 9/21/2007 02:29:46, 3021312 bytes
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Disk & DVD/CD-ROM Drives
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Drive: C:
Free Space: 100.7 GB
Total Space: 145.6 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: TOSHIBA MK1637GSX

Drive: D:
Free Space: 152.5 GB
Total Space: 152.6 GB
File System: NTFS
Model: TOSHIBA MK1637GSX

Drive: E:
Model: TOSHIBA DVDW/HD TS-L802A ATA Device
Driver: c:\windows\system32\drivers\cdrom.sys, 6.00.6000.16386 (English), 11/2/2006 18:51:44, 67072 bytes

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 12:49 am

Welcome to the forums,

Do you have a project started? (Didn't say if you did or not, and it is not enabled until then). You need to have an object selected to enable that function, do you have an object selected?

Greg58 · Post by **Greg58** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:35 am

I feel a little stupid, you have no idea how long I tried to figure that out. Searched help, google etc. I must have done it accidently with the evaluation version.

Many thanks for both your help and your quick response.

Post by **Ron P.** » Sat Feb 16, 2008 2:57 am

No need to feel that way, it's the simplest things that trip us up.

Glad to help..