I'm afraid I can't reproduce the problem Maurice Howe reports. I wonder if there is some other software that has his keyboard and mouse "hooked" and the recorder interfered with that in some way. The only application I have running that is watching the keyboard and mouse is HyperSnap DX. My anti-virus is Microsoft Security Essentials and it watches whatever it watches.
Here's what I did: I'm editing this reply as HTML (though I won't post it as HTML). I have started the recorder. I am changing this line to be in Bold. So far I can see in the mouse the little red circle that shows up anytime I click on anything. I have not had any hang-ups so far. I am removing the bold that is from "So …" to here. I notice that there is a security symbol in the little display for the recorder control. That reminds me: I am running as a member of the Administrator group. I don't know if that is a factor. I stopped the recorder successfully. I am changing this message back to plaintext. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 09:38 To: ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org; ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: Demonstrating Issues for Bug Reports I ran the Problem Steps Recorder and noticed the following things: 1. If you want to make comments, you need to do it while the Recorder is running. It asks you to outline a portion of your screen and then enter your comment in a comment dialog that comes up. You can do this any number of times. 2. When the Recorder is stopped, it brings up a Save As ... dialog for saving all of the information in a Zip. The Zip contains a single Problem_<date>_<time>.mht file, a synthetic web page. My little test produced a 4MB Zip containing a 7MB file which has 15 full-screen captures (I am running at 2560 x 1600!), any comments on each capture, and then a summary of additional details of the 15 actions. There are instructions to review all of these to make sure no unwanted private information is disclosed. The MHT also has the option to view the sequence as a slide show. 3. I opened Windows 7 Task Manager and see that the Recorder is listed (by its Windows Title bar) in Applications, and as psr.exe in Processes. I have seen no slowdowns after closing the Recorder. If there is a problem about restarting after crashing with Recorder running, I recommend starting it again and closing it immediately to see if that clears it up. I have not tried running it on Outlook (2010 in my case). I'll see if I can reproduce the experience of Maurice Howe now. - Dennis -----Original Message----- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 08:19 To: ooo-dev@incubator.apache.org; ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: Demonstrating Issues for Bug Reports I'll take a look. You might want to look in the Processes tab of Windows Task Manager to see if there is a noticeable process that is still running. -----Original Message----- From: Maurice Howe [mailto:maur...@stny.rr.com] Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2012 05:50 To: ooo-us...@incubator.apache.org; dennis.hamil...@acm.org; 'OOo-dev Apache Incubator ' Subject: RE: Demonstrating Issues for Bug Reports Whoa, Hoss! That Windows/7 routine has major flaws, at least for me. I couldn't use several OUTLOOK features (such as BOLD). Restarting Outlook didn't help, so I did a Windows restart. That locked everything up solid (couldn't even click START). Finally mashed POWER OFF and restarted the whole thing. Computer is noticeably slower now (even causing letters to drop when typing at normal speed). Have no idea what's happening. It's as if the RECORDING thing is still running, but according to Windows Task Manager, it isn't. Suggestions? Maurice D. Howe General MacArthur Honor Guard Assn 616 Lacey Drive Endwell, NY 13760 607-754-0469 maur...@stny.rr.com -----Original Message----- From: Dennis E. Hamilton [mailto:dennis.hamil...@acm.org] Sent: Wednesday, October 10, 2012 11:30 PM To: OOo-dev Apache Incubator Cc: ooo-users Apache Incubator List Subject: Demonstrating Issues for Bug Reports I had no idea there was this handy tool. It should help with demonstrations of problems in AOO: <http://www.hanselman.com/blog/HelpYourUsersRecordAndReportBugsWithTheProble mStepsRecorder.aspx> - Dennis --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: ooo-users-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: ooo-users-h...@incubator.apache.org --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: ooo-users-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: ooo-users-h...@incubator.apache.org
