A simple question to the corel experts...because I go through all the help files, no matter how I search, I do not find the answer, and I guess it is very simple.
How/where can I change the default path for user color palettes and/or for all palettes?
What do I have to do, that on "save" and on "open palettes" this path is really used in both cases?
Peter
Hi pewe86,
I'm not sure if this an answer to your question, but if you right click on the right side boarder of the color (colour in your part of the world... I'm originally from Hull in Yorkshire) palette your using and select "Set as Default" it will be the defaut palette from then on. It also makes it the default pallette for the fountain fill dialog.
Hope that answers what you were asking!
Rob
Hi thanks for the immediate response...
but it is not my problem" to set the palettes to be loaded on start-up.
When I create a colour palette from a drawing/graphic, there is the option to save this palette.
When I want to open a colour palette, the programme opens a default file path.
This is the one I wnat to change...in previous versions thsi was possible.
In Corel 13 I do not find how to di this.
Thanks agian for your help.
Just another thought... on X4 and maybe earlier versions, one can click on "Window" at the top, then "Color palettes". Navigate to the palette you would like. Right click on that pallette, choose customize, choose "color palettes menu", click "reset to default".
Just another way to do it.
Sub MakePaletteFromSel() On Error Resume Next If ActiveShape Is Nothing _ Then Palettes.CreateFromDocument "1", "d:\Osman\Pal1.cpl", True _ Else Palettes.CreateFromSelection "1", "d:\Osman\Pal1.cpl", True End Sub
Oops, I posted that last one before I read your latest. See if I'm getting close with this answer. I'm wondering if your having trouble finding your saved custom palettes when starting a new drawing. My custom palettes save by default to "User custom data/ palettes. You can access this from the "Color palette browser"... pops right up.
Hope this is a better answer
Hey, that sounds cool, Os! I'll try it.
Great that's it...that "saved by default" (and opened by default) I want to change this "default" which is somewhere available, as it was in previous versions.
How to make one/two/three palettes the default palette when starting the programme is not the challenge here.
As I have for nearly every task a own colour palette, I store my palettes to a specific file path ... but I everytime have to enter this path manually, again, and again, and again as the programme by it's predefined default file path setting goes to a different directory, when I want to open or cloes a colour palette.
...and the joke is, thecorel programmes go to one (pre defined) directory when you save a palette and goes to another file path when you want to open/load a colour palette.
Normally you can change this in the option/customize area of a programme, but I do not find this for the Corel 13 Suite/Programmes.
Sub MyPal1()Palettes.Open "d:\myDocPalette1.cpl"End Sub
Hi,
guess the macor is a great idea...
as I do not use marcos (up to now) I would have 100 more questions.
Tried the macro...as I have no experience with it, did not get it to work...
...I will spend some more time on this new challenge.
so up to now ... I still want to change this "....." default file path.
Super idea, thanks, merci
Progress (!) , got it to run from visual basic, but not from inside Corel Draw...
yes I am in that Editor
thanks for the good hint...will check out that forum
merci, danke ...
Hi there,
I am now far away from setting the default path for the open or save color palette window... but as I want ot learn about the macros, I went to the recommended forum and follwed the first example.
The editor steps work fine, but I do not find in Corel Draw 13 under "Customization" the option for "macros".
"Now you need to do a bit of customization to assign this macro a shortcut key. Back in Draw, Tools>Customisation>Macros(from the dropdown)"
In CorelDraw 13, under "Customization" there are a number of items listed (like the existing Corel commands, command bar, color palettes and application) but no entry for macros.
Through the help I found also explanation for "keyboard shortcuts", but not linked with the subject of macros, again only with the existing Corel commands.