Window activate. Why can I not see my window?

[PotterHarry]

Hi I've encountered a bit of a puzzle. I'm using Windows 10.

I'm drawing a line from one point to another. Mouse down / mouse move / mouse up.

In Photoshop this works as I'm able to use Window activate and browse to my Untitled-1 document.

In Corel Painter 2017 however, the current document is not listed when I try to browse to it. I see Corel Painter 2017 in the list, but not the document. It's not hidden. I am unable to draw a line - the mouse goes through the sequence, but nothing gets drawn. I've tried a mouse click on the doc to see if that will activate or gain focus, but no.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

[PotterHarry]

I worked it out! It's a function of the brushes I had selected. Picked another type of brush, and it works ???

[rberq]

Weird.  Did you then change it back to the original brush and see if it fails again?  In other words, see if you can reproduce the error?

[PotterHarry]

Well I made a very simple version of the main failing macro, which again would not draw. I could draw manually but not by use of the macro. Selecting a bigger brush made it work somehow. I'll try again and report back. Thanks!

[PotterHarry]

Hi again rberq.

It's working fully now..

The issue I was having seems to be Corel related .. here's a thread with the same sort of problem. Perhaps my macro was simulating the same scenario somehow. There seems to be no logical explanation why one brush would work and not another.  Lesson learned!

https://www.talkgraphics.com/showthread.php?18647-Corel-Painter-won-t-paint

Thanks again..

 

[rberq]

I figured it was likely a Corel problem.  Really strange though that you could draw manually but not with Macro Express.  Glad you have it working.