Eric,
Thanks for the explanation. However, none of my images were created
on a Mac (I've never used a Mac). Maybe it's important - that project was
last time accessed with CW R4.
Can you explain what direct bits are?
Regards
Bozidar
> Bozidar, et. al,
>
> My apologies for not getting this out sooner, but I was on Thanksgiving
> vacation and my ISP wasn't cooperating with sending mail...
>
> Anyway, as Chris suggested, opening the images with Constructor,
> modifying a
> pixel, and saving will fix the problem. The root of the problem is that
> your images were probably originally created on a Macintosh. The Windows
> version of Constructor does not generate direct bits. There
> should be code
> to support direct bits in the future. We started the process of removing
> the Altura porting library from the post linker and this is a
> side effect of
> the change. We concentrated on getting the modes that could be generated
> from the PC first.
>
> I apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused, but in
> the long run,
> this will be to all our advantage.
>
> -E
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bozidar Benc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 30, 1999 2:09 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: RE: DirectBits not supported
> >
> >
> > Thanks a lot! That helped.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Bozidar
> >
> >
> > > In constructor, open each bitmap that you are using and change
> > > something in
> > > it (like one pixel). Then save the bitmap and force constructor
> > > to rebuild
> > > the resource. You problem will vanish...
> > >
> > > /// Chris Terwilliger
> > > /// Motorola - iDEN Software Development
> > > /// office: 954-723-5318
> > > /// mobile: 954-325-0345
> > > /// [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > /// http://www.idendev.com
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Bozidar Benc [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > Sent: Thursday, November 25, 1999 5:35 PM
> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Subject: DirectBits not supported
> > >
> > >
> > > After a long time I opened one of my old projects with CW R6 Lite.
> > > Converting the project went without problems, it compiles correctly,
> > > but I'm getting the "DirectBits not supported" linker error message.
> > >
> > > What does that error mean?
> > >
> > > TiA
> > >
> > > Bozidar
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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