Now I understand a bit better. An error message and an hint in the documentation will shurely be very welcome.
Thanks for Your explanation. It helps a lot. kind regards Kai-Uwe Am 11.08.04, 16:20 +0200 schrieb Marti Maria: > > Ok, got it. Problem is the usage of _cmsSaveProfileToMem, which > I assumed would be the last operation just before closing the profile. > I really never intended to reuse a profile after it has been saved, so, > since this function was doing side effects, I used a "_" as a mark of > "internal function". > > There are other combinations that doesn't work too. For example, > if you open a disk profile h = cmsOpenProfileFromFile(... etc.) you > cannot save this profile by using _cmsSaveProfile(). It doesn't work > because once you read the profile, some decoding is done in a lousy > way. For example, a profile can store a curve as a single gamma > exponent, say 2.2. Once cmsOpenProfileFromFile() opens it, this > parametric curve is translated to a table, and the information about > the original encoding is lost. The difference between a 2.2 number > and the expanded table may be about 30K, enough to make > embedded profile not suitable at all. v4 profiles makes this problem > even worst. > > Of course this may be regarded as a bug... So, I will try to either > document this behavior, fix it in a way you could reuse the > profile or at least issue a clear error message. There is a lot of room > for improvement in that direction. I guess you want this for embedded > profiles right? But then be careful because any disk based profile > opened by cmsOpenProfileFromFile() will NOT work with > _cmsSaveProfile()/_cmsSaveProfileToMem() Sorry, > but current version does allow to read or to create profiles but not > both at same time. > > > Regards, > Marti Maria > The little cms project > http://www.littlecms.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media > 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 > Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. > http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 > _______________________________________________ > Lcms-user mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user > Mit freundlichen Grüßen Kai-Uwe Behrmann + Bildprogrammierung / Panoramen + Farbmanagement + email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by Shop4tech.com-Lowest price on Blank Media 100pk Sonic DVD-R 4x for only $29 -100pk Sonic DVD+R for only $33 Save 50% off Retail on Ink & Toner - Free Shipping and Free Gift. http://www.shop4tech.com/z/Inkjet_Cartridges/9_108_r285 _______________________________________________ Lcms-user mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/lcms-user
