On 21 Apr 00 at 11:32, Glenn McCorkle wrote:
>>On Thu, 20 Apr 2000 20:54:39, Dale Mentzer wrote:
>>
>>> So what happens when Arachne tries to convert filename.jpg (which is
>>> really filename.png, but incorrectly named)? A red box? I see this on the
>>> my custom Snap.com page at FreeWWWeb as well as other sites.
>>
>> Yes, exactly.
>>This is because Arachne is then looking for the .bmp to display in that box.
>>Since no .bmp is found, the box is turned to red so that we will know that
>>something is wrong. If Arachne simply left the box blank (as it was before
>>the graphic was D/Led), we would then assume that the graphic had not been
>>received.
I guess we need conversion programs sophisticated enough to check for
format before converting.
Regards,
Dale Mentzer
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