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#ASL 2.0?

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#162810From: Paul J. PollastroApr 4, 1995 1:13 PM
Hi Brian, I worked around the other problem, but I have seemed to stumble across another. After installing the program I have developed with VB and ASL 2.0 I tried to execute the program, I receive and INVALID FILE FORMAT message. When looking at the original animation the size is approx 5 meg. After the distribution disks install the file the animation is only 3 meg. Somehow when the file is compressed and then split the limit is reached at 3 meg and will not handle all 5 meg. I had this problem with AVI files and the new version of the setup wizard solved the problem. I'm not sure how to handle this third party product. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance… -Paul
#163031From: Brian Rudolph [Adesk]Apr 5, 1995 12:17 PM
Paul, Whatever 3rd party products you are using should have no bearing at all on the setup wizard. When the wizard is working, your .VBX's and other stuff are just files to be compressed. It does not differentiate between original VB files and files from other vendors. I would definitely go ask this question on the Visual Basic forum. (I think it is GO MSBASIC to get there. Not sure) This definitely sounds like the setup Wizard is messing things up. -Brian
#163091From: Paul J. PollastroApr 5, 1995 4:54 PM
Brian, What could be different with this particular animation file that would cause this problem? I have used this same exact program with several different animation files as a test, and all work but this one. This particular animation file is not corrupt. It works within Animator Pro, AAPlay and any other applications that can read .FLC & .FLI files. Any other suggestions? Thank You Much -Paul
#163280From: Brian Rudolph [Adesk]Apr 6, 1995 12:32 PM
<<What could be different with this particular animation file that would cause this problem? I have used this same exact program with several different animation files as a test, and all work but this one.>> I am not sure, but we could try to recreate the file and see if that helps. Use the NUMPIC feature of AAPRO (or use the DTA.ZIP utility from here on the forum) to turn the animation into a series of sequential TGA files, and then recombine the TGA files into a new FLC with a different name. Try using this new file and see if the problem persists. -Brian