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Hi,

Ever since I installed the latest versions (Scriptographer Mac CS3 2.0.025 or 2.0.024) it causes a problem in Illustrator CS3 (Mac - Power PC).
I don't know if this happens only to me but here are the instructions of how you can try to reproduce this 'bug':

In Ai CS3, after the 'Progress Bar Window' appears, eg. when saving the document or when is necessary to do a complex refresh to a 'Effect' (eg. Gaussian Blur or Drop-Shadow, Feather...), I loose access to the canvas. I click inside the canvas but cannot move or select any vectors or anything inside the canvas anymore... its completely inaccessible... This is exactly what happens when we normally save a document and the 'Progress Bar Window' shows up. During the the saving progress is logical that we cannot access the canvas, but after that the canvas returns to be accessible again (of course!...) What is happening now is the that after the progress bar window has done his job and disappeared I still cannot access the canvas. It's just as if the "Progress bar Window" is still there.. (strange...).

> When this happens I still have access to:

I can click trough the options of the top menu bar (Illustrator | File | Edit ...)
I can access the top right buttons of the canvas main window (close, minimize, maximize)
I can only access and select/move the tabs of the palettes or move the toolbox, but not the tools, they stay inaccessible like the canvas.
I can still change tools by pressing the corresponding key on the keyboard, but cannot select them with the mouse/cursor

>I can manage to get things back to normal and have gain access to the canvas again when I do one of the following actions:

Go to the top Window Menu and reselect/activate a "Workspace" or make a "New View", or make a "New Document" on the File Menu...
Click and select/change to a new tab on the palettes or click to collapse/expand the palettes (Collapse to Icons/Expand Dock).
Quit and restart Illustrator CS3

OR:

take out the Scriptographer folder from the Ai CS3 Plugins folder. ;-)

I also noticed that when I open Ai CS3, the Scriptographer Console window is open by default...

thanks.

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Hi Pedro,

Thanks for the very detailed report. I became aware of this issue but did not manage to reliably reproduce it. Just to be sure: This even happens when you don't use Scriptographer since starting up Illustrator, right?

I just posted about the same problem on a new thread.
This problem occurred to me even if i dont use Scriptographer at all when i work on Illustrator.

It seems like the effects on AI (gaussian blur, drop shadown, ect) are the thing which conflicts with Scriptographer.

Thank you.

Hi Lehni and Simone,

Yep, this problem happens even if I don't use Scriptographer, For the problem to go away I have to take the Scriptographer folder out of the Ai CS3 plugin folder and restart Ai.

I hope it's an easy fix.

I found a fix for this now. It was quite hard to track down, but the final solution is quite simple and seems to work very well. So expect an update soon.

And thanks again for the detailed informations! Bug reports like this one are very appreciated.

I'm glad you found a fix! :-)

I also have run into the same problem in cs3 on an intel mac.

A temporary fix I have found is that when you lose access to the art board, reload scriptographer. For me anyway, this gives me access to the art board until the next time I save or otherwise cause a progress bar to appear.

I'm glad it will be an easy fix, thanks Lehni!

Keegan

The easiest workaround I've found is clicking on one of the palette's popup menus on the right side of the palette windows. These react even when everything else is locked, and for some reason they seem to break the locking.

Thanks Lehni, i've already been using that workaround but its really annoying to use since tha access to the canvas is randomly disabled, so i just unistalled Scriptorgrapher at the moment.

I really hope it will be an easy fix in the next version as you said.
Thanks for the great development.

Just wanted to share that I've been having the same problem with AI CS2 on PPC Mac. Thanks to everyone for sharing their workarounds, and to Lehni in advance for his fix.