GameEx + CPWiz Display Focus Issues

[Endaar]

Hi,

I'm using GameEx 18.84 and CPWizard 2.67, which appear to be the latest version of both. CPWizard works fine from the command line.

When GameEx launches CPWizard prior to a game, the screen focus is not switching to the CPWizard window and the panel is therefore not visible. You can ALT+TAB and see that the CPWizard window was created, just never brought to the front.

If I try to display the controls from GameEx (from the game menu, rather than starting the game), the control panel will eventually be made visible after quite a lot of flickering. Exiting CPWizard will however not return focus to GameEx - you have to ALT+TAB back into GameEx.

I believe I have tried every combination of GameEx and CPWizard display settings, but none of these change the behavior. I'm out of ideas and would appreciate any suggestions.

I've attached the GameEx config and log files. 

Thank you!

GameEx.ini log.txt

[Tom Speirs]

I tested CP Wizard a few weeks back. It worked fine. I think there is an option to launch it at startup. Have you tried turning that on?

[Endaar]

Hi Tom - Could you please let me know what version of CPWizard you tested against? After a lot of additional troubleshooting, CPWizard 2.67 (latest version AFAIK) displays the focus issue I am experiencing. I have an old version of CPWizard (2.33) which does not exhibit this behavior; unfortunately it will not properly parse the current MAME XML file format.

I can't seem to find older versions of CPWizard in order to test anything between 2.33 and 2.67.

Just to be clear, without changing any other settings, if I use CPWizard 2.33 within my GameEx config, the panels display properly (just without controls). Changing that to 2.67 (with no other changes to the GameEx config) causes the display focus issue. I have tested literally every display option, combination, etc., in 2.67 and none fix the problem.

Thank you

[Tom Speirs]

When i tested it, I got it from here:

https://www.baker76.com/cpwizard/

[Draco1962]

18 hours ago, Tom Speirs said:

When i tested it, I got it from here:

https://www.baker76.com/cpwizard/

Per the change log, v2.65 is the latest yet the actual version available for download is v2.67:

 

@Endaar - would you mind attaching (no copy & paste please) a copy of the CPWizard.log file? It may provide a clue as to the error condition you are describing for v2.67.

 

[Endaar]

Just to confirm, I am using 2.67 as downloaded from the earlier link.

I've attached cpwizard.log. There are two attempted uses reflected in the log.

The first was launching a game. When doing so, the screen goes black for a bit (which corresponds to the CPWiz timeout) and then eventually loads into MAME. The panel is never brought to the foreground.

The second attempt was simply viewing the controls from the GameEx menu. The screen will go black, return to GameEx after a few seconds, and then  after returning to GameEx, display the panel. Once you dismiss the panel, you end up at the Windows desktop with GameEx minimized.

Any help is greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

CPWizard.log

[Tom Speirs]

Please try 18.85. Available in 10 minutes.

[Tom Speirs]

I can confirm i can duplicate it and its fixed in the latest version. Will be up in a minute.