Re: Re: Fw: [ql-users] camera (was Lynx 282)
First thing I tried. The product doesn't exist on their website, which presumably means that only the current version of the software exists, so there's no need to put it on the site as there's no updates. It's just occurred to me - they wouldn't deal with me on the helpline because I wasn't the purchaser or owner of the product and I couldn't provide the postcode of the registered owner. My son is too young to be a registered owner, my father is partially disabled (stroke victim, he is even less happy on phones now than he was before) - could he now (noth that he or I would want to) sue them under the disability discrimination act as it had been delegated to me but the company wouldn't deal with me? It's always so pathetically the same, as Roy Wood said in his email. Product doesn't work or cannot reasonably be made to work without some specialist knowledge when problems crop up. Customer services seem either unwilling or incapable of helping, you go away feeling like you've been treated like scum. Will most likely give up and get a refund once I've been to see dad to get the receipt and never buy anything from this company again - another lost customer as they say. I've been in this situation enough times to know that the course of action is, RTM, try the company's website for advice, FAQs and updated software, ask others, ask the company (and email is often far better than some faceless call centre) and there comes a point when any further effort is wasted time and money, just take the satisfaction that you will never darken their doors again. Companies in this country complain about businesses being hampered by red tape etc. If they'd behaved themselves and been good little companies treating their staff and customers right, all the red tape might not be necessary, as it is I think we'll almost have to drastically change attitudes and regulation (i.e more regulation) before we get anywhere. I'm on low seratonin levels (as Per put it) so far this year thanks to a select band of people and companies. Dilwyn Jones From: David Tubbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 2005/01/10 Mon AM 02:38:35 GMT To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Fw: [ql-users] camera (was Lynx 282) If its a USB web-cam you probably need the drivers for any O/S. It's not. But I've heard from one other person with exactly the same problem as me with this, it seems there is a fault on the CD they distribute with it but they won't admit to it. It works on some PCs and not on others. There's a memory card driver (which can be provided by Windows XP and that works on both Win98SE and WinXP) and the camera-specific driver which is either missing from the CD or at least fails to install on some systems. Refund it is then. Why not download driver from their website ? PS, 2 emails on camera came without new content ! ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282
P Witte wrote: Marcel: Presumably, there is no 36 character limit on www paths under the TCP etc devices? Right, this is a character device. So couldnt the DOS device (easily) be made to work the same under TCP? Eg: No, DOS is a directory device. Marcel The whole situation regarding name lengths is difficult. Going back to the qlynx.zip, presumably Jonathan zipped it with a non-QDOS ZIP or the uQLx file system allowed QDOS zip to put these long path names in. When it comes to URLs, I have yet to run into name length problems, so I don't know what the physical limits will be, whether Marcel's TCP/IP system allows access to long names (presumably it does as it passes it all to the underlying Windows system), but when it's programmable by us mere mortals, will we be limited by OPEN#3,TCP_(very long URL name) or whatever the syntax will be - i.e. will any QL name length restrictions apply? I always thought that a non-directory device was not subject to the same name length limitation as a filename, or is any name qualifier on a non-directory device subject to same limitations as a filename? Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] Lynx runtime
I've put a minimal runtime-only Lynx 2.8.2. onto my website as per the email I sent last night. I've been asked to make clear that it should be installed in win1_L_ (i.e. directory called letter L in lower case rather than the number 1, which might not be clear from some character sets). Dilwyn Jones ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] PFF
Hi all, I've put the latest version of the PFF device etc on my wbsite: Comments welcome. Wolfgang www.scp-paulet-lenerz.com ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] good superbasic book?
- Original Message - From: John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 24, 2004 2:59 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] good superbasic book? Tim Why it says Copyright 1989 Quanta I don't know, in fact all the reprints were dated 1989 as no one amended it. The fact remains, copyright is with Jan Jones. If Quanta had bought the copyright there would have been no need to make repeated payments to Jan Jones. In any case I feel this argument is pointless as there are second hand copies available. Rich has got three and doubtless there are many more that could be made available. Quanta has one copy left and, if I remember rightly, has not sold one in the last five years. How many requests have we had? John Taylor JG A late response due to spending Christmas and New Year abroad. I am inclined to accept John Taylor's views on Copyright as he was probably involved with the original agreement with Jan, whereas I have had no need to check the agreement during the last three years. The copy that Quanta currently holds is a second-hand copy recently donated with some other stuff. The one new copy which I inherited was sold soon after I became Treasurer and since then numerous second hand copies have been received and sold on either by myself at workshops or by Rich Mellor (on behalf of Quanta).There is still a market for this book but it looks as though it can be supplied from donations of no longer required items. Quanta is always willing to accept such no longer required items for resale to QLers who need them. Some £1,000 has been credited to Quanta's bank account from such receipts during the last three years. Rich Mellor is kept updated of the items that Quanta has for resale so that he can offer such items along with those that he holds at his own depot. Regards, John Gilpin. Quanta Treasurer. On Friday, December 24, 2004, at 05:55 AM, Timothy Swenson wrote: On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:46:19 +, John Taylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: John You are wrong. Quanta does not own the copyright to the Jan Jones book and never has. Again, I refer my copy of the Quanta reprint sitting in my hot little hands, and it clearly states: Copyright 1989 Quanta This is from the Quanta Reprint Limited Edition of July 1989. If Quanta does not own the copyright, then why did Quanta state that it does, in the book. Tim Swenson ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QWord payment
I was at an Ohio swapmeet in July and there were 400 traders, most with classic bikes. There were 1000 traders. You could not possibly walk it all in a day. The organizers are so happy they have doubled the fee to be a trader. See www.vintagefocus.com to learn something about vintage motorcycle and otherwise events in the US. There is a big yearly vintage show in Germany and Italy (must be one in the UK). I would like to attend them some year. Hopefully there will be a nearby QL show for me to attend at the same time. Back on subject. -- Bill ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QWord payment
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 at 10:46:23, Bill Cable wrote: (ref: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) I was at an Ohio swapmeet in July and there were 400 traders, most with classic bikes. There were 1000 traders. Wow. That is a lot. You could not possibly walk it all in a day. The organizers are so happy they have doubled the fee to be a trader. See www.vintagefocus.com to learn something about vintage motorcycle and otherwise events in the US. There is a big yearly vintage show in Germany and Italy (must be one in the UK). I would like to attend them some year. Hopefully there will be a nearby QL show for me to attend at the same time. Back on subject. Let us know when your favoured European shows are. Often the dates of shows are fairly arbitrary, so arranging one to encourage you to visit seems a worthwhile activity! Tony -- QBBS (QL fido BBS 2:252/67) +44(0)1442-828255 tony@surname.co.uk http://firshman.co.uk Voice: +44(0)1442-828254 Fax: +44(0)1442-828255 TF Services, 29 Longfield Road, TRING, Herts, HP23 4DG ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282
Marcel Kilgus writes: Marcel: Presumably, there is no 36 character limit on www paths under the TCP etc devices? Right, this is a character device. So couldnt the DOS device (easily) be made to work the same under TCP? Eg: No, DOS is a directory device. I knew this was rubbish as I wrote it, but I was too tired to reformulate. Sorry. What I meant to ax was would it be difficult to make a 'hole' through QPC to the Windoze file system via the TCP driver, so that when the driver encounters a /dos/pathname/filename it wouldnt feel obliged to restrict itself to the QL file name conventions? Having thought more carefully through the matter, I realise that there doesnt seem to be much point in doing this, as all it would achieve would be to allow us to browse our PC in Lynx. Cant remember how this was done in uQLx. Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] QL filename length revisited
Perhaps we should have another bash at finding a solution to our debilitating filename length problem? Actually, there are two separate issues here, one is the name length, the other is the path depth. Personally, Im not too fussed about file or directory names being limited to 36 chars, although ideally it should be more like 255+ chars for compatibility with various advanced barbarian systems. However, were not likely to see a shiny new file system anytime soon, so perhaps we should be looking for a solution that merely increases path depths with a minimum negative impact. One solution might be to replace filenames in the file header and directory files with an index into a filename database (many variations on this solution) Another, which already exists but has not received much support, is to use the non-directory device driver facility to emulate a directory device driver [DDD], similar to what Marcel has done with www addresses in TCP. A third possibility, would be to change the (or create a new, parallel) DDD so that it only stores the name of the /next/ directory in the space reserved for the name. This would allow unlimited path depth, but each link in the path - and the file name itself - could only be 36 chars long. If possible, both systems should operate side by side. All suggestions above would require changes to programs that read the directory structure and to any programs that expect the total name length to be 36 char. To ease the situation in the event of future upgrades or changes to the file system, manipulating the directory should only be done via system calls, ie there should be no need for programs to fool around in the raw directory structure as is the case at present. Let battle commence! Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282
Dilwyn writes: OPEN#3,TCP_(very long URL name) or whatever the syntax will be - i.e. will any QL name length restrictions apply? I always thought that a non-directory device was not subject to the same name length limitation as a filename, or is any name qualifier on a non-directory device subject to same limitations as a filename? As far as the QL-side of things is concerned, non-directory devices should be able to cope with strings up to approx 32k characters, possibly even as a device name, although convention dictates that the device name itself should be short. (I think HISTORY is the longest current device name). The rest of the string would be seen as a parameter by the driver to be interpreted any which way the driver author likes - so there should not be any problems there for a while yet ;) Per ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282
P Witte wrote: What I meant to ax was would it be difficult to make a 'hole' through QPC to the Windoze file system via the TCP driver, so that when the driver encounters a /dos/pathname/filename it wouldnt feel obliged to restrict itself to the QL file name conventions? Could be done, but for what? You couldn't even do a DIR on the device. Unfortunately directories have to be read raw, meaning that the format is limited to 36 characters. If one were to overcome this, one would probably have to create a few new real directory traps. After those are established and used in all the applications one could then think about extending them to allow more characters. But I can already hear the whining but I can't adapt my application to use the new traps as then it wouldn't be QDOS compatible anymore, so I probably just don't bother. Not trying to discourage anybody else, of course, it's just my view of things. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QL shows (was QWord payment)
- Original Message - From: Tony Firshman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 5:29 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] QWord payment On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 at 10:46:23, Bill Cable wrote: There is a big yearly vintage show in Germany and Italy (must be one in the UK). I would like to attend them some year. Hopefully there will be a nearby QL show for me to attend at the same time. Back on subject. Let us know when your favoured European shows are. Often the dates of shows are fairly arbitrary, so arranging one to encourage you to visit seems a worthwhile activity! The current planned major European shows are: April 17th - Quanta AGM - Hove June 18th - Eindhoven - (hopefully we can make this an international!) 22nd/23rd October - Quanta 2 day show. On behalf of Quanta I am co-ordinating the QL show programme details via a rolling list giving actual and provisional dates for a year ahead. This should be published on the internet for anyone to consult later this month. For reasons of good etiquette I am not releasing it until the Dec/Jan Quanta magazine is published, Best wishes, Geoff ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] QL filename length revisited
Actually, there are two separate issues here, one is the name length, the other is the path depth. Personally, Im not too fussed about file or directory names being limited to 36 chars, although ideally it should be more like 255+ chars for compatibility with various advanced barbarian systems. However, were not likely to see a shiny new file system anytime soon, so perhaps we should be looking for a solution that merely increases path depths with a minimum negative impact. Yes, individual path name length elements limited to 36 characters is no great limitation - a 36 character filename in a directory with a name of 36 characters max should be pretty acceptable to most I'd have thought. We've down this road many times before, unless Marcel has new ideas to offer I don't really see the point of raising this again. Just because JRH managed to exceed 36 characters in his zip files! In an indirect way, by defining the pseudo devices like DEV you can work around this to some extent in some circumstances if you are desperate. Setting the base devices for DOS to have longer Windows path names lets me access files in long and deep subdirectories in Windows from QPC2. When you are trying to cope with lengthy Windows network path names to shunt stuff from terminal to terminal at work (which I shouldn't be doing but occasionally need to when I use the office scanner on my colleague's machine and fetch the files using QPC2 on my office machine it's usually the only way because of the path name lengths. Fiddly, time consuming etc but possible if you get desperate. All the suggestions Per made have merits I guess and if we don't debate them we'll never get them. I just don't get the impression that even Marcel The Miracle Maker will get this done soon! -- Dilwyn Jones -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.9 - Release Date: 06/01/2005 ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
[ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
I quick request for help here. I am looking for a way to either convert non-ql formats such as JPG or BMP to _SCR or to display them full screen so that I can do a capture into the _SCR format. Any quick suggestions, other than from GIF (color count is too limited)? Thanks, jim ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
I tried it on QPC but it didn't seem to want to start? Is there something special I need to do with it? jim On Jan 10, 2005, at 3:13 PM, Marcel Kilgus wrote: James Hunkins wrote: I quick request for help here. I am looking for a way to either convert non-ql formats such as JPG or BMP to _SCR or to display them full screen so that I can do a capture into the _SCR format. Photon displays JPG. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 15:12:25 -0800, James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I quick request for help here. I am looking for a way to either convert non-ql formats such as JPG or BMP to _SCR or to display them full screen so that I can do a capture into the _SCR format. Any quick suggestions, other than from GIF (color count is too limited)? Thanks, jim Yes use Phoebus Graphics Convertor (a Windows program) - now if only Pheobus was not on holiday. Don't think he will mind if I send you a copy privately Jim :-) -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 26 Oak Road, Shelfield, Walsall, West Midlands WS4 1RQ http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282
- Original Message - From: Dilwyn Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 09, 2005 9:00 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282 Rich Mellor wrote: Do you want to put together a new zip which we can extract on the QL please Dilwyn... snip Next step is to assemble a Tim-Swenson style ready to go package, which I know will not meet with JRH's approval - I seem to remember a snooty email from JRH when Tim originally put it together. His package includes sources and all sorts of bits and pieces you don't need as a plain browser user. Lynx is GPL license and you should include the source. Perhaps the answer is to unzip on a linux box, change the directory names to shorter ones and zip it up again. ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282
jms1 wrote: Lynx is GPL license and you should include the source. No, binary only is fine. A separate ZIP with the sources or a link to the original combined ZIP is good enough (and even that is not strictly necessary). Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] Lynx 282
On Mon, 10 Jan 2005 23:24:19 -, jms1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: cut Next step is to assemble a Tim-Swenson style ready to go package, which I know will not meet with JRH's approval - I seem to remember a snooty email from JRH when Tim originally put it together. His package includes sources and all sorts of bits and pieces you don't need as a plain browser user. Lynx is GPL license and you should include the source. Perhaps the answer is to unzip on a linux box, change the directory names to shorter ones and zip it up again. The answer is to create two zip files, one with the runtime version and one with the sources etc - we know the second one will not unzip on the QL properly. Then zip these two zip files together - so there is ONE download. The user can unzip on the PC and then access the runtime zip from within QPC2. -- Rich Mellor RWAP Services 26 Oak Road, Shelfield, Walsall, West Midlands WS4 1RQ http://www.rwapservices.co.uk/ ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
Hi Marcel, Tried a new copy, shorten file names, etc. and it still doesn't work on my QPC. The copies I have found so far are from April 2000. I tried it in Aurora color mode and it works there but with the normal 256 color limits. It doesn't start in hi-color mode though so I am wondering if I don't have a current copy. Thanks, jim On Jan 10, 2005, at 3:20 PM, Marcel Kilgus wrote: James Hunkins wrote: I tried it on QPC but it didn't seem to want to start? Is there something special I need to do with it? EX photon;'filename' Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] good superbasic book?
- Original Message - From: john mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ql-users-q-v-d.com@lists.q-v-d.com Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 8:20 PM Subject: Re: [ql-users] good superbasic book? On Thu, 23 Dec 2004 14:46:19 + - John Taylor said - John You are wrong. Quanta does not own the copyright to the Jan Jones book and never has. The agreement was that Quanta had permission to print additional copies in return for a royalty based on the number printed and not on the number sold. Any other form of publication would require a new agreement. It was also stipulated that no correspondence as to the books contents, syntax or understanding was to be considered, neither was the whereabouts or contact details to be divulged to any person who might want to make use of them. This is the second time in as many weeks that you have guessed incorrectly and then stated it as fact. I do not wish to discourage the committee from doing a further reprint but as sales would be limited you ought to show a far better understanding of what you are proposing. If it is of any help, the last reprint Quanta did of the Jan Jones was photo copied and ring bound for less than £7.00, with little or no profit to Quanta as a later committee reduced the selling price. A far better approach would be for Quanta to reprint copies of Rich Mellors manual which includes far more and is readily available as I believe Rich, or the printer, still has the files. John Taylor John It is not me who is wrong - John Taylor would have been more right if he had taken care to look at the Copyright page of his copy of QL SuperBASIC - QUANTA LIMITED EDITION printed in July 1989 before he wrote rather than relied on his memory - but see below for yourselves - John Mason The Copyright Page from QL Superbasic - QUANTA LIMITED EDITION July 1989 Published by QUANTA. - The Independent QL User Group 15 Grosvenor Crescent GRIMSBY South Humberside England British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Jones, Jan QL SuperBASIC : the definitive handbook. 1. Sinclair QL (Computer) Programming 2. SuperBASIC (Computer program language) I. Title 001.64'24 QA76.8.S625 ISBN 0-07-084784-3 Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Jones, Jan QL SuperBASIC. Includes index 1. Sinclair QL (Computer) - Programming. 2. BASIC (Computer program language) I. Title. II. Title: QL SuperBASIC. III. Title: QL SuperBASIC. QA76.8.S6216J66 1985 001.64'2 84-26173 ISBN 0-07-084784-3 This QUANTA LIMITED EDITION printed in July 1989 Copyright 1989 QUANTA . All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any other means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without prior written permission of QUANTA, or of the original copyright owner. JG In my copy there is a preface to the second edition dated 19th July 1989 and at the foot of that page there is a Copyright Notice As of December 1987 all rights in this book reverted to Jan Jones. No portion of this book may be reproduced without her written permission. Does this mean that by 'reproducing' these extracts, we are contravening the copyright? The interesting thing is that the copy which Quanta has for resale does not have this page in it but in all other respects the two of them look identical. John Gilpin.(Individual) ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
James Hunkins wrote: Tried a new copy, shorten file names, etc. and it still doesn't work on my QPC. Just tried it. It works, but not with every picture I've tried. If all else fails, convert to PNG and use my sprite converter, then display sprite on screen. Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Roy, if you are on line, I think you told me how to display a full screen image before and capture it? I was using the Print Screen Function in Windows which worked even though QPC2 was running full screen. Don't know how you would do this on a MAC. -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
Hi Roy, I think my question got translated :) What I am looking for is a way to get a capture of an image into a _scr format so that I can load it as a BGIMAGE for wallpaper. Assuming I have something like a BMP or JPG image at my proper screen resolution, is there a way to convert it directly to the SCR format or, I think this is what I used to do, display that graphics image on QPC full screen and then use one of the capture programs such as snatch to save it as a SCR image. Jim On Jan 10, 2005, at 4:47 PM, Roy wood wrote: In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes SNIP Roy, if you are on line, I think you told me how to display a full screen image before and capture it? I was using the Print Screen Function in Windows which worked even though QPC2 was running full screen. Don't know how you would do this on a MAC. -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
James Hunkins wrote: Assuming I have something like a BMP or JPG image at my proper screen resolution, is there a way to convert it directly to the SCR format or, sbytes win1_shot,scr_base,scr_llen*scr_ylim Marcel ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], James Hunkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes Hi Roy, I think my question got translated :) What I am looking for is a way to get a capture of an image into a _scr format so that I can load it as a BGIMAGE for wallpaper. Assuming I have something like a BMP or JPG image at my proper screen resolution, is there a way to convert it directly to the SCR format or, I think this is what I used to do, display that graphics image on QPC full screen and then use one of the capture programs such as snatch to save it as a SCR image. There is a Jonathan Hudson program that does something like this I think but the resolution is not great. Most of the screen snatch programs fro the QL seem to fall over in GD2. I am off to bed now - I know its early Marcel! -- Roy Wood Q Branch. 20 Locks Hill, Portslade, Sussex.BN41 2LB Tel: +44 (0) 1273 386030fax: +44 (0) 1273 430501 web : www.qbranch.demon.co.uk ___ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
Re: [ql-users] display or convert non _scr formats to _scr
On 10 Jan 2005 at 16:52, James Hunkins wrote:
Hi Roy,
I think my question got translated :)
What I am looking for is a way to get a capture of an image into a _scr
format so that I can load it as a BGIMAGE for wallpaper.
Assuming I have something like a BMP or JPG image at my proper screen
resolution, is there a way to convert it directly to the SCR format or,
I think this is what I used to do, display that graphics image on QPC
full screen and then use one of the capture programs such as snatch to
save it as a SCR image.
Jim
I wrote some extensions for this quite some time ago.
You might want to check my download site and get the bmp converter
prog for this!
Alternatively, use the enclosed keywords.
Wolfgang
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