Sorry, that should be ".. the W is as expected (10 inches x 96 dots per inch) but the H should be 750 pixels, not 720.
Seems like a MI bug. > -----Original Message----- > From: SCISOFT [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 28 July 2004 4:10 PM > To: 'Jaromir Svasta'; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: MI-L MB: Save Window command > > Jaromir > I've just tried this with the MapBasic window using the following > statement > - > Save Window FrontWindow() As "C:\test.bmp" > Type "BMP" > Width 10 Units "in" > Height 7.5 Units "in" > > .. without the clause "Resolution 80" because it gave me an error: > "unrecognized command: resolution" - maybe because my MI version is 6.5 > > But the resulting BMP file when opened with Irfanview, shows that it is > indeed 96dpi x 96dpi and of size 960 x 720 pixels - the H is as expected > (10 > inches x 96 dots per inch) but the W should be 750 pixels, not 720. > I confirm that it is the same for a JPEG filetype. > > Ian Thomas > GeoSciSoft - Perth, Australia > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Jaromir Svasta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, 28 July 2004 2:48 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: MI-L MB: Save Window command > > > > Thanks, Ashley, but I am still unable to save a bitmap at the size I > want. > > I changed DPI to 96 as you suggested, with no help. What units of > measure > > should I use in the Save Window command when saving a map? I tried to > use > > "pt" thinking that "points" are the same as "dots", but wrong again... > How > > to save an image at exact size of, let's say, 600X400 pixels? > > > > Thank you! > > > > Jaromir > > > > On Wed, 28 Jul 2004 10:49:01 +0930, Simmonds, Ashley (DTUP) > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > it's to do with your DPI settings. > > > > > > it's been a long time since i learnt all that stuff, but basically DPI > > is > > > irrelevant for images for a display screen, all that matters is the > > > number > > > of pixels. i think MI tries to fudge the figgers based on old-school > > > thinking, but in the end leave your settings at the default 96 DPI and > > > change stuff based on how big you want the image. > > > > > > check out the following page for more info: > > > http://www.nicholsonprints.com/Articles/dpi.htm > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Jaromir Svasta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Tuesday, 27 July 2004 8:26 PM > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Subject: MI-L MB: Save Window command > > > > > > > > > I saved a mapper window into BMP using Save Window command. I > specified > > > the width and height (9.03661 X 5.90332 inch, 100 DPI). Why the > > > dimensions > > > of the resulting bitmap are different (9.14 X 5.97 inch)? Is it a bug > or > > > am I missing something? > > > > > > The command used: > > > > > > Save Window iWinID > > > As sImagePath > > > Type "BMP" > > > Width fWidth Units "in" > > > Height fHeight Units "in" > > > Resolution iDPI > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Message number: 12765 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message number: 12767 --------------------------------------------------------------------- List hosting provided by Directions Magazine | www.directionsmag.com | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Message number: 12768
