startup panel and how to save interface layouts

[Svengali]

After being away for a month I am back to using TVPaint again. But I now have a SIMPLE problem that I can't resolve.

When I call TVPaint it bypasses the startup panel (I don't even see it) and loads into some basic interface layout I never setup, rather than my familiar customized interface layout. Don't really know how I did that...

Since last night I've been trying to reset TVPaint so I have the startup panel appear again - Once inside TVPaint, I've tried setting the Startup Tab's "Starting Project Settings" to Startup Panel, clicking OK and then exiting TVPaint. But when I then run TVPaint again it still bypasses the panel.

So two questions:
1. How do I proceed to regain access to the Startup Panel when opening TVPaint.
2. Can I still recover my previous custom interface layout? If not, how do I store the custom interface layout in the future after I get it set the way I want it to be in case this happens again? I assume I need to do this in the Startup Panel?

If there is some clear explanation of this problem and its solution elsewhere on the forum or in the .PDF help file, could someone just point me there.

Thanks, Sven

[ZigOtto]

hi Sven,

After being away for a month I am back to using TVPaint again.

bad boy ! leaving tvpaint alone when going on holiday ...? unfair ...

... Once inside TVPaint, I've tried setting the Startup Tab's "Starting Project Settings" to Startup Panel, clicking OK and then exiting TVPaint. But when I then run TVPaint again it still bypasses the panel.

weird ... it works fine here ...
have you tried to switch Rooms (Ctrl Pad 6/7/8/9) ? maybe one of these contains your old own lay-out.
(mine, with starting panel, is on Room 3).

how do I store the custom interface layout in the future after I get it set the way I want it to be in case this happens again? I assume I need to do this in the Startup Panel?

your lay-out is supposed to be stored with your current Room,
you can backup the config file containing the 4 rooms, [Room-1], [Room-2], [Room-3] and [Room-4] settings are listed in this order in the config.ini file probably for you at this address :
C:\Documents and Settings\your-ID\Application Data\tvp animation 9 pro\ default\config.ini
You can copy/paste any [Room-x] chapter to make a personal backup (a txt file with any text editor such as wordpad) and store it anywhere you want.

[Svengali]

ZO,

Thank you for the suggestions. I'd tried some of them, and then ended up re-installing twice (though that didn't help)... during which I managed to zap most of my George scripts and plugins and shortcut-key assignments. I'm reloading those from a pre-TVP9 backup.

Anyway, I should have things back the way they were with about an hour's work.

Lessons:
1. Backup more often
2. When something goes wrong, GO SLOW when trying to recover and backup everything first.
3. And something new for me: You can FORCE the loading of the TVPaint startup panel by holding down the Ctrl key when you click the icon. I wished I'd known that from the first.

Still to do:
Learn to save custom interface layouts that can reliably be reloaded.

Sven