I don't use skin.txt or any other special commands. I simply create a bar and in "properties | bars and menus |" assign the background as sample.bmp. also check "show buttons for tray icons". That is all. Nothing more. Powerpro will automatically extend the small picture to cover the whole appearance of the bar. This causes high CPU utilization.
The workaround is using a large picture, bigger/longer than the bar, to prevent Powerpro.exe from extending the picture. --- In [email protected], "brucexs" <bruc...@...> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "SS" <hypersam.tw@> wrote: > > > > I am not into picture handling. It is hard for me to understand you. > > So I upload the bmp file, > > here > > "http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/ADw7TER9U9GMHE5EUT_wb4YM0WltfZiG2ZqjsaSjNcvBuboZWvOUn5PfpyZHabOI-cM-lSL1b1PtkuQ03JKTV3Kw17j0X0ZV2g/0_TEMP_/sample.bmp"; > > > > my "pixel blend .png" option is disabled. > > > > Are you using the "shape" keyword to get a non-rectangular bar or a bar iwth > holes in it? If yes, then that is the source of the CPU, I would guess. If > not, it is a performance bug in PowerPro (which I am afraid I won't be > fixing). > > If you need a non-rectangular bar, and cannot create a png with transparent > pixels, then I don't have another solution to the CPU issue, I am afraid. >
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