On Friday, Oct 15 1999, Peter Reid wrote:
> Hi
>
> I'm developing a Mac & Win app and I've put a backdrop graphic into a
> common background (a bit like a background graphic in a Web browser).
> Initially, I id this using MC under Win 98. The graphic showed fine
> on my Win 98 laptop, but not on another Win 98 laptop or another Win
> 95 laptop. Furthermore, it wouldn't display on my Mac either!
>
> Then I moved to MC under MacOS, removed the graphic and re-imported
> it. Now it shows fine under MacOS and on my Win 98 laptop.
> Unfortunately, I don't have access to the other laptops, but need to
> send their owners my latest version without knowing whether the
> backdrop graphic will now display OK??
>
> The backdrop file was prepared using PaintShop Pro 6 under Win 98 as
> a GIF file limited to the Web-safe colours (216).
>
> Anyone got any ideas why I'm having this problem?
This kind of problem is very rare, MetaCard usually displays the same images
on any platform without a problem. The only exception is PICT images, which
only display on the Mac and can't be taken cross-platform, but you're not
using those. Different graphic editors with different settings do tend to
produce slightly different images, and very occasionally you may end up with
an image that can be displayed in the original editor, but not reliabliy or
not at all in other applications (including MetaCard). If you have an image
that reliably shows a problem, please send it to your support email address.
My guess is that if you save the image again in another application and
reimport it as you did, you'll be unlikely to see this problem again.
Regards,
Kevin
> Thanks.
>
> Peter
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Cross Worlds Computing, MetaCard Distributors, Custom Development.
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