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Preview Window in the Ace tool is black

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I got a problem with the ace tool. When I change the window to the right in the ace tool to Preview it's black, none of my .bmp files are shown nor the text. In short nothing is shown, just a black background with the size of the gauge.

How can I fix this?
 
I get the same thing. I've found it sometimes works, others not, with identical projects, even the example ones.

I've found (rather oddly) that it's more likely to work if I have two copies of the tool running. I have no idea why.

But basically, I stopped using it because it is either not fit for purpose, or there is something in my system that really screws it up.

I also found it difficult to use when I first started writing xml gauges because the schema is so totally different in FSX to FS9 and every user sample I could find online to help me out uses the old schema. Even 3rd party payware aircraft that have xml gauges use the old schema. So it looks like no-one's adopting the new method or using that tool anyway.

I progressed much quicker when I abandoned the FSX XML SDK and went with the FS9 one. There's just so much more help out there in internet land for it.

Si
 
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