AMIGBN/CHOP
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Mike,
Your problem with Aterm5 chopping the picture file too short can be
kludged after-the-fact as follows: Type the command:
copy * to nulls
and enter a few nulls from the keyboard (Ctrl-@) followed by one ctrl-\ to end
the file. You now have a file with nothing but nulls in it, and can use the
JOIN command to join your picture to the nulls, resulting in a proper length
file. For example:
join this.pic nulls as newthis.pic
The reason this works is that Aterm5 only chops nulls from a file (the ctrl-Z
chopping hasn't been fixed yet(?)), so you can be assured that adding nulls is
the right thing to do. Further, you don't need to worry about adding too many
nulls, because IFF programs don't care if the IFF files are too long. They
just ignore the extra characters.
–Wayne
Wayne,
I've downloaded IFF format .pic files before and they allway have needed to
be the right length. I've tried loading OVERlength files and it just don't
work! are you SURE about IFF not caring about file excess length??
Doug
* Reply:
11249
I guess it depends on the program used to display the IFF files. Do you use
Dpaint or Images? I generally use DPslide, and it couldn't possibly care less
if the file is too long. I thot that the IFF format was more forgiving, but it
appears that I assumed too much from my experience.
–Wayne
* RR 11212
Wayne,
Thank you for the assist with the IFF chop problem. I read the messages
between you and Doug Albins, but you were correct. I looked at the files with
FileZa.exe and the last byte in 5 of the 6 I looked at was a 00 byte so adding
nulls would work fine. In the one that didn't end with a 00 adding a null
slightly changed the appearance of the last line of the picture. In either case
the file was then loadable with DPaint, while when one byte short it complained
about wrong format. DPSlid worked with the file too short or too long but I
can't get it to work with MAND.exe pictures until after re-saving them with
DPaint (but that's another story). I was able to get around the first problem
by using Maxicomm and then using Trunc on the file but your method is easier
because it saves having to reboot with the protected disk etc. Again, Thank
you.
– Mike Geier