News on wOxxOm's CorelDRAW macros

ALL macros in one archive

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 17:29:00 +0000

So since the recentfiles.netfirms.com site was visited too frequently and thus exceeded the free account quota of 56MB I wait for the hoster's staff resolution, but I don't know if they'll be willing to keep the site free...

That's why I decided to put all the macros in one archive, here it is.

Big options dialogs patch 1.2.1 for CorelDRAW Suite

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 10:07:00 +0000

This patch extends size of 9 dialogs in Options of DRAW & PhotoPAINT 11, 12, X3, X4 and also FontNavigator's font properties and duplicate font finder (NEW!)

• Customization commands & toolbars
• Quickcorrect words list
• Text styles
• Page labels
• Associate & Active file filters
• Warnings & printing compatibility lists
• FontNav's duplicates finder and font properties sampler and character matrix

Download: CDRbigOptions.1.2.1.exe

Documents Ctrl-Tab switching enhancement

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Fri, 22 Feb 2008 01:14:00 +0000

When you switch documents in CorelDRAW v11—X4 with Ctrl-Tab your first mouse click in the new window will be ignored making you think there's something wrong with the pointing device :-), so to select a shape you have to click once more.

I've changed this behaviour to a more comfortable and natural a year ago using AutoHotKey.

And now I've incorporated document InstaSwitch :-) feature into wx_ToggleToolbars which somehow suits its wonderful primary function (toggling of editable nearly fullscreen mode).

So this means that once the macro is installed it intercepts switching of windows sending the naughty additional click — and thus you're able to manage shapes on the very first click, no distractions!

This feature operates in CorelDRAW v12,X3,X4 and does not in v11 (no VBA event hook provided). Of course editable fullscreen toggling works in v11 as well as in v12,X3,X4 but that's the other story.

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Big options dialog [patch] for CorelDRAW / PhotoPAINT 11,12,X3,X4

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 17:43:00 +0000

This patch extends size of some dialogs in DRAW & PhotoPAINT 11, 12, X3, X4 and also FontNavigator

Updated to v1.2, click here

Help files font size override

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 22:31:00 +0000

The CHMFontSize utility makes help files font larger by converting pixel/pt values hardset in internal css into corresponding percentage relative values.

The utility can also apply an additional arbitrary change of the font, see textboxes in the bottom part.

And finally: your help files receive an additional font changing on-the-fly toolbar button!

Download: CHMFontSize.exe

NodeAlign immediate control macros

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:59:00 +0000

NodeAlign.... macros act similar to L,R,C,T,B,E shortcuts, and can work with nodes of multiple selected objects.

wx.NodeAlignLeft, wx.NodeAlignRight, wx.NodeAlignXCenter
wx.NodeAlignTop, wx.NodeAlignBottom, wx.NodeAlignYCenter

Note: DRAW does not allow macros to see which node is selected most recently, so all the alignments are absolute e.g. NodeAlignLeft always aligns to the leftmost node. Solution: align all nodes except the target one, then add the target node to selection and invoke corresponding alignment macro depending on current visual relation of nodes

Installation: run the installer exe, and assign macros to toolbar buttons (in NodeEdit property bar mode preferably) or assign keyboard hotkeys to your taste: • [ 80 sec of online 0.5MB video tutorial ] • [ step-by-step button installation in screenshots ] • [ Macro button installer ]

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Palette window on top hint

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Wed, 13 Feb 2008 19:26:00 +0000

Right side of my screen is occupied by an autopopping applications launch buttons list, so using right-aligned palette isn't desirable for me. Bottom-aligned configuration eats vertical space, makes it harder to work with vertical sheets.

Here's a trick I've 'discovered'.

Undock a palette to make it float, move it to the very top of the screen, change its dimensions to one horizontal row, then find a spot near its left-bottom border that allows dragging the window and move it so that palette's minititle isn't visible.

Now whenever you click palette's dropdown icon you see the whole palette

Pretty nifty

Bitmap Multipage Export [updated for X4]

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 14:53:00 +0000

Updated for compatibility with CorelDRAW X4, specifically TIF export issue in Photoshop CS3

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statusbar DPI for bitmaps in DRAW X4

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 11:04:00 +0000

Currently DRAW X4 does not show DPI for bitmaps in its status bar.

Here's the macro that displays a separate small horizontal info bar when the bitmap is selected.

The macro info window can be moved by mouse, I think it's best to put the window right over the object details status bar section.

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TIF export fix - DRAW X4 to Photoshop CS3

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 10:55:00 +0000

Current (initial) version of DRAW X4 export routine creates TIF files that won't open in Photoshop CS3. This macro automatically fixes the bug.

Install it & forget it.
The only required condition for the macro to work, which is set in the macro installer by default: Tools->Options->VBA->DelayLoadVBA = OFF

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[hint] CorelDRAW's Desktop menu launcher

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 16:37:00 +0000

You can customize a menu that appears on rightclicking of CorelDRAW Desktop area even when no documents are opened.

RecentFiles Nov30 - a fix of Nov21 :-)

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 11:06:00 +0000

Last version of RecentFiles macro (Nov21) was locking bitmap image files (except CPT) being previewed, so external writing to them was prohibited. Nov30 version fixes this.

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wx_TOOLS :: BitmapsResizer

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 16:47:00 +0000

Added:

wx.BitmapsResizer - to change (all/page/selected) bitmaps' dimensions proportionally (or force the values entered, if both X,Y are non-zero), optionally processes powerclipped contents

[general] Registry optimization tip

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 07:30:00 +0000

Windows Registry contains a lot of orphaned and superfluous information after a few months of usage: recently used files for many apps, not more existing SharedDlls, etc - which is cleaned by many registry cleaning tools.

Yet I've seen no tool to care about:

Orphaned HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\Interface records
sometimes there may exist a lot - check an AHK script to enumerate and delete them
.
Explorer ShellTray notification icons arrangement
as much as 3MB is quite usual :-) check it yourself, run: regedit /e c:\test.reg HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify
then see the size of c:\test.reg file and divide it in two. See the next item for a cure.
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Explorer wallpapers recently used list
mine was 0.5MB, check it by running: regedit /e c:\test.reg HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpaper
.
here's the reg to clean shelltray and wallpapers MRU list. Paste to notepad and save it to "CleanRegTrayAndWallpapers.reg", type it with quotes(!), then double click it and perform a Windows re-login.
REGEDIT4
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\TrayNotify]
[-HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Wallpaper]

After all these clean-ups the Registry contains a lot of interspersed blocks marked as free, which is not good since new data won't necessarily fit in any of those. So a defragmentation is required, here's IMHO the simplest and fastest tool to do it: One Click Windows Registry Optimizer, 140kb portable version (no installation is required)

RecentFiles Nov21 - show image info + PDF pages

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:43:00 +0000

Nov21:

preview bitmap images dimensions, dpi, color mode
PDF mediabox, PDF page count
changed: import of PDF by doubleclick - MultiPage/Groupped question is shown only if PDF file has actually more than 1 page (number of pages is shown on the 'multipage' button)

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DRAW 12/X3 UI adjustment effects customization fix

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Sat, 17 Nov 2007 08:16:00 +0000

CorelDRAW 12/X3 options' customization doesn't provide some of color adjustment effects for shortcut assignment, there are no labels for them, nowhere, even in 'All commands' section, e.g.Contrast Enhancements (aka Levels), etc. - 12 effects from Adjust menu....

I wouldn't be me if I didn't succeed in tweaking it :-) so it's just one-click away

200k autopatcher CDRAdjustmentEffectsCustomizationEnabler.exe

Now becomes true:

wx_PatchDraw [updated]

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:23:00 +0000

New: patch.RenderResolution, on-the-fly change of Render Effects Resolution, dpi
New: patch.AutocenterPowerClipToggle, on-the-fly toggling of "Center new powerclips contents" option
New: patch.NavigatorWindowSize - for X3 & X4, resizes document navigator (50-500, DRAW's default is 150), standard hotkey is "N"
Download test version of the macro
patch.SlowZoomToggle - toggle mousewheel zoom speed (fast, as in X3 default, or slow, as in Draw11). Shift-scrolling speed is also toggled.
patch.ZoomLevelLimitToggle - toggle "Maximum (minimum) zoom level achieved reached" messages.
patch.NodeGlyph2xToggle - toggle double size for nonselected node glyphs in node edit mode. Nodes thus are easier to be seen / work with.
patch.NodeGlyphColoredToggle - toggle node color coding for different types of nodes.
patch.SnapRadiusSet - set userspecified value of gravity of snapping (1..35, default is 10). High value (35) makes it a lot easier to work with guidelines and snap-to-objects
patch.SnapRadiusStd10, SnapRadiusMax35 - 1-click macros to quickly set gravity of snapping to 10 and 35 respectively
patch.CLOLreadToggle - disable reading of ColorStyles from CDR files to speed-up opening
patch.CLOLwriteToggle - disable saving of ColorStyles to CDR files to optimize file size to speed-up saving
patch.CrossHairToggle - fullscreen cross hair mouse pointer
patch.DispImageAntiAliasToggle - antialiasing of bitmaps in enhanced view mode
patch.Setup - configure automatic applying of the settings at startup time. Naturally don't forget to clear the "DelayLoadVBA" checkbox in Tools-Options-VBA - thus actually allowing VBA macros to run at startup.
works with DrawX3sp2 (13.0.0.739)

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RecentFiles Nov11 - important fix

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:59:00 +0000

Nov 11:

Important fix: skip '..' parent folder on (multiple) file delete.
Today I've just deleted 1.5GB of my very valuable data folder, thanx to file restoring software I immediately got it back :-)
SaveAs invoke mode if form was minimized - fixed: wrong control got focus, now it's file name input field

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wx_TOOLS updates: bitmaps, screenscroll, PClipPick

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Tue, 02 Oct 2007 07:53:00 +0000

See also: wx_Tools: previous blog post with package description

Fixed: PClipPick bug with screen redraw when no object under mouse

Added:

wx.ZoomOutBack - to replace F3 hotkey, restores old pre-X3 behaviour
wx.OutlineEqualsFill - makes outline color equal to fill. Useful for trace results in X3 to eliminate faint ghostly 'outline'
wx.BitmapsDownsample - resamples bitmaps if its dpi is larger than specified by 20%. Asks dpi # and processes selected / whole doc, including powerclips. Shows per page statistics
wx.BitmapsSetDPI - changes dpi value for bitmaps without resampling. Asks dpi # and processes selected / whole doc, including powerclips. Shows per page statistics.
wx.BitmapsToPowerclips - puts bitmaps into powerclips. Asks bleed # and processes selected / whole doc. Shows per page statistics.
wx.ScrollScreenDown, ...Up ...Left ...Right ...DownRight ...UpRight ...DownLeft ...UpLeft - Scroll by 80% of screen. Assign e.g. to Ctrl-Alt-Numpad keys (1 to 9)

VectorChannelMixer for CMYK [updated]

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Mon, 01 Oct 2007 09:28:00 +0000

Updated to not show multiple selection marks while processing.

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wx_PatchDraw :: NodeGlyphColoredToggle added

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 11:15:00 +0000

Added new macro to the wx_PatchDraw package.
patch.NodeGlyphColoredToggle - toggle node color coding for different types of nodes.

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X3 BIG customize dialog (EN) [updated2]

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 16:17:00 +0000

See updated post: Big options dialogs patch 1.1

wx_TOOLS macro package

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Tue, 28 Aug 2007 01:55:00 +0000

The package of versatile handy tools I use currently to slipstream my workflow.

wx.PClipPick - pick a powerclipped shape(s) without entering powerclip editing mode. Works with keyboard assignment only: for example "W" and "Shift-W" (to add to selection). Repeat the macro to pick nested shapes.
wx.InvertSelection - invert shapes selection
wx.ZoomOutBack - to replace F3 hotkey, restores old pre-X3 behaviour
wx.CreateFountain - to quickcreate complex fountain fills - select a few uniformly filled shapes, invoke the macro, pick the target shape which will be painted with a fountain fill consisting of the selected colors.
Updated to preserve angle and space between source swatches
wx.selectComplexCurves - to find shapes with number of nodes greater than specified
wx.selectSameFillColor, wx.selectSameFillAndOutline, wx.selectSameOutline, wx.selectSameDialog - selects ungroupped shapes with same fill/outline colors. Enable keyboard ScrollLock led to specify sensitivity (negative values allow selection inside groups)
wx.transparentEdge - create feathered edges for simple shapes (quirky)
wx.PasteAtMouse - paste the clipboard at mouse position
wx.ForEach - repeat last standard transform (repeatable usually with Ctrl-R) for the selection of multiple shapes individually for each (each repetition creates its 'undo' record)
wx.OutlinesToQ_KillEmpty - converts outlines to curves and deletes original shapes if it has no fill
wx.sizePagetoFIT - resizes page to fit objects + user specified gap
wx.selectSmallObjects - select objects smaller than user specified threshold
wx.outlineBehind - enable outline behind. Shift-click to disable
wx.OutlineIncrease & OutlineDecrease - change selected shapes' outlines width. Each width is changed individually which allows changing of different widths in one selection. I have it on Ctrl-Alt-Up & Down
wx.OutlineEqualsFill - makes outline color equal to fill. Useful for trace results in X3 to eliminate faint ghostly 'outline'
wx.GuideHorizontal, GuideVertical - create guide at mouse cursor. Assign to a hotkey
wx.BlendSplit - splits blend at position under mouse cursor. Invoke via hotkey only
wx.pageNamesAsNumbers - remove page names ("Page #") so that only numbers remain.
wx.dupOnNextPage - quick copying of selection to the next page (no clipboard usage). Layers currently are merged.
wx.TextToCurves - text to curves (also powerclipped) throughout whole document or selection only.
wx.ConvertShapesToCMYK - converts shapes and bitmaps to CMYK (selected/whole doc)
wx.BitmapsDownsample - resamples bitmaps if its dpi is larger than specified by 20%. Asks dpi # and processes selected / whole doc, including powerclips. Shows per page statistics
wx.BitmapsSetDPI - changes dpi value for bitmaps without resampling. Asks dpi # and processes selected / whole doc, including powerclips. Shows per page statistics.
wx.BitmapsToPowerclips - puts bitmaps into powerclips. Asks bleed # and processes selected / whole doc. Shows per page statistics.
wx.BitmapsResizer - to change (all/page/selected) bitmaps' dimensions proportionally (or force the values entered, if both X,Y are non-zero), optionally processes powerclipped contents
wx.ScrollScreenDown, ...Up ...Left ...Right ...DownRight ...UpRight ...DownLeft ...UpLeft - Scroll by 80% of screen. Assign e.g. to Ctrl-Alt-Numpad keys (1 to 9)

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workspace UI storage cleanup

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:25:00 +0000

Test version which helps greatly maintaining large customized UI workspaces.

You need it when it takes too long to open options's customization list (more than 1-2 seconds) which occures usually after a few months of moderate UI customizing.
The macro works from inside of Draw as usual gms do, and optimizes UI .xml storage
c:\Documents and Settings\**XPaccount**\
Application Data\Corel\Graphics13\User Workspace\CorelDRAW\
**WorkspaceName**\DRAWUIConfig.xml
Keeps your custom icons, hotkey assignments, customized names for macros
Removes temporary duplicates of macro definitions which is the real cause of fat XML file.

Usage: run macro, close Draw, backup old XML, rename the optimized file to DRAWUIConfig.xml

Download: wx_UICleanXML

GMStools

noreply@blogger.com (wOxxOm) — Mon, 27 Aug 2007 13:09:00 +0000

I want to facilitate GMS usage and here is the pilot project wx_GMStools.

load a gms from anywhere by just drag'n'drop and make it available for running/editing in this session only
load and copy gms to standard Draw gms folder
rebuild a gms file to reduce its size before distribution. Works better than File->Save and produces files much smaller in case of complex project structure.
create an empty gms without restarting Draw
works with DRAW v12/X3/X4

Download: wx_GMStools