Kneeboard Builder (windows app)

[MAXsenna]

I have most authorized planes and as far as I know, I do  not have any user mod planes.  I guess I am just lucky.
 

Guess you are!
I had to test mine, same crash, all modules. But I do have some community modules as well.
Reason I asked is maybe you don't have the newest modules that crashes it. Do have the F-15E, MB-339, Mirage F1 and the Apache. That's the last four modules according to my recollection. And I think I remember it came and update for the Apache. I could be wrong.

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[sobe]

I do not have the MB-339.  I have the rest.

[MAXsenna]

I do not have the MB-339.  I have the rest.

Guess you are lucky then!

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[hotstick]

I have the F-15E, the Mirage F1 and the Apache and it crashes.
I don't have the MB-339.

I also removed all the mods I had and it continues to crash.

[sobe]

I know that I had an issue when I moved DCS from one drive to another.  But after several months, it just started working again.  As the old saying goes, "don't f__K with mother nature."  So as long as it is working, for whatever reason, I am happy.

[Rudel_chw]

On 2/22/2024 at 6:44 PM, Rudel_chw said:

I get the error too:

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I will ping @AlaskanGrizzly just in case, but he hasn't been on the Forum since November   ... pity, as this is a Utility that I employ very often.

 

On 3/1/2024 at 4:04 PM, sobe said:

My copy is still working in Win11.  I have no idea why that is.

 

Hello all,

Today I tested this issue in detail, and I found that the aircraft that KB can't handle, is the SA342 Gazelle. I uninstalled it, and the utility started working again ... I imagine that this is in addition to the MB.339 but can't confirm as I don't have that aircraft yet:

 

 

So, I will leave the Gazelle out of service for now, as at this moment maintaining my KB is more important to me.

 

[mondaysoff]

On 3/6/2024 at 3:49 PM, Rudel_chw said:

 

 

Hello all,

Today I tested this issue in detail, and I found that the aircraft that KB can't handle, is the SA342 Gazelle. I uninstalled it, and the utility started working again ... I imagine that this is in addition to the MB.339 but can't confirm as I don't have that aircraft yet:

 

 

So, I will leave the Gazelle out of service for now, as at this moment maintaining my KB is more important to me.

 

I can confirm this. I have recently updated my 10 year old system, replacing all components apart from the PSU and case, also gone to Windows 11 from 10. Thinking maybe the new Win 11 might have been the problem with KB. Thanks Rudel_chw for testing this, I'll be watching this space for any updates before installing the Gazelle again.

[GoNgO_83]

Yup, Gazelle was the culprit. Thx Rudel_chw

[chasseneige]

Hi all it seems that since the merge of the OB and the official version Kneebord builder is not wortking anymore. 

I have this error . Anybody get idea ??

 

Bye

 

[Rudel_chw]

48 minutes ago, chasseneige said:

I have this error . Anybody get idea ??

 

Do you own the MB-339 or the Gazelle modules?  Those are not compatible with KB.

[hotstick]

I had both versions of DCS installed.
I haven't updated one of them and pointing OpenKneeboard to the one that hasn't been updated, OpenKneeboard works normally.
It would certainly be possible to isolate the files necessary for OpenKneeboard so that it works on a "Fake" of DCS.

[Rudel_chw]

28 minutes ago, hotstick said:

I had both versions of DCS installed.
I haven't updated one of them and pointing OpenKneeboard to the one that hasn't been updated, OpenKneeboard works normally.
It would certainly be possible to isolate the files necessary for OpenKneeboard so that it works on a "Fake" of DCS.

This thread is about Kneeboard Builder, not OpenKneeboard 

[heloguy]

So, I do not have the MB339, and I've uninstalled the Gazelle, as well as all of my mods, and I still can't get the app to open.

 

Disregard.  Not sure why, but all of my Kneeboard folders in the main install\mods\terrains were not named correctly, even after a repair.  I fixed the names, and was able to get the builder open.

Edited April 14, 2024 by heloguy

[AlaskanGrizzly]

Kneeboard Builder Update to Version 1.9.1.0

After a catastrophic loss of my dev machine and a very long while trying to get motived to get things rebuilt, I have finally put together an update that will hopefully fix most (I can only hope all) of the crashes you all have been experiencing.  I apologize for the long absence.

This update should also restore the auto-update feature but you will need to manually install this update by downloading the full Kneeboard Builder app from the website at: https://dcskneeboardbuilder.com/download.html and copy just the KneeboardBuilder.exe from the .zip file to your Kneeboard Builder folder, replacing the existing .exe. 

As I stated in my last post long ago, I appreciate the feedback and bug reports.  I may not respond to all of them in a timely fashion,if at all, but they do help me track down the issues and put together a fix.  My kids and career haven't slowed down at all, but now that my dev machine is up and going again I am hoping that it will be easier to get motivated to stay on top of any bugs that popup after future DCS updates.  

Thanks again for the patience and support.

--Alaskan Grizzly

Edited August 22, 2024 by AlaskanGrizzly

[Rudel_chw]

1 hour ago, AlaskanGrizzly said:

Kneeboard Builder Update to Version 1.9.0.1

Hello, and thanks a lot for not giving up with your truly useful utility, I will try it out tonight and then let you know how it went 
cheers,

 

Eduardo

[Rudel_chw]

8 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

I will try it out tonight and then let you know how it went 

 

Hi,

KB does not crash anymore, but I do get this error when attempting to import a PDF file:

 

 

hopefully it can be fixed without too much trouble.

 

 

Eduardo

[AlaskanGrizzly]

2 hours ago, Rudel_chw said:

 

Hi,

KB does not crash anymore, but I do get this error when attempting to import a PDF file:

 

 

hopefully it can be fixed without too much trouble.

 

 

Eduardo

That's a new one.  I'll look into it. 

[AlaskanGrizzly]

Kneeboard Builder Update to Version 1.9.1.1

-Fixed Kneeboardbuilder.exe targeting wrong architecture

This fixes the issue with Ghostscript during PDF conversions.  If you have version 1.9.1.0 Kneeboard Builder should auto-update if you have given it permission to do so in the Preferences page or you can just double-click the 'updater.exe'.  If you have an older version of Kneeboard Builder you will need to manually install this update by downloading the full Kneeboard Builder app from the website at: https://dcskneeboardbuilder.com/download.html and copy just the KneeboardBuilder.exe from the .zip file to your Kneeboard Builder folder, replacing the existing .exe. 

I also need to note that Kneeboard Builder is now required to be run as an administrator in order to continue accessing and modifying kneeboards that are stored by DCS within the DCS install directory.  The downside is this disables the drag-and-drop feature due to Windows access control restrictions.  I am all ears if anyone knows a solution to this that is not a security risk.

[Rudel_chw]

2 hours ago, AlaskanGrizzly said:

Kneeboard Builder Update to Version 1.9.1.1

-Fixed Kneeboardbuilder.exe targeting wrong architecture

This fixes the issue with Ghostscript during PDF conversions. 

 

Thank you so much  ... now it works perfectly, even on the MB339 which used to crash the prior version of KB ... excellent now 

 

 

Cheers,

 

Eduardo

[mkel2010]

@AlaskanGrizzly After watching the video on your website about changing and modifying groups, I find that there is no option to deselect individual files like you showed in the video (No checkbox next to each page.) Is there a different method to use for this process?

[AlaskanGrizzly]

45 minutes ago, mkel2010 said:

@AlaskanGrizzly After watching the video on your website about changing and modifying groups, I find that there is no option to deselect individual files like you showed in the video (No checkbox next to each page.) Is there a different method to use for this process?

Yes, those tutorial videos are quite out of date.  Currently you can select and deselect images using CTRL-CLICK and SHIFT-CLICK with your mouse and keyboard.  

[mkel2010]

2 minutes ago, AlaskanGrizzly said:

Yes, those tutorial videos are quite out of date.  Currently you can select and deselect images using CTRL-CLICK and SHIFT-CLICK with your mouse and keyboard.  

For some reason it didn't work for me the first few times, but does now. Thank you.

Do the created kneeboards get pins assigned to them based on the groups in game?

[AlaskanGrizzly]

1 hour ago, mkel2010 said:

For some reason it didn't work for me the first few times, but does now. Thank you.

Do the created kneeboards get pins assigned to them based on the groups in game?

No, I don’t believe so.  I haven’t looked into interfacing with any of the new upgrades they have added to the kneeboard since I first created this program.

[Snacko]

Awesome work Grizz!!    Thanks for your work on this.  

I was trying to setup a default Profile for ALL aircraft.  But when I right-click on the icon in the SysTray, and select my profile, it crashes with this error:

Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: path

 

Also, a question:

1. Once a profile is applied for All aircraft, will it be persistent?  ie. Always be set to that profile between DCS closing and starting again?

2. And do we need to have KB running in the systray while we are flying?

[Rudel_chw]

36 minutes ago, Snacko said:

I was trying to setup a default Profile for ALL aircraft.

 

Seems the profile feature is not working since the time ED updated the DCS Kneeboard to be re-sizable and drag-able.