On 10 January 2013 06:00, <dia-list-requ...@gnome.org> wrote:

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>    1. Re: object-type errors - update! blank image (Michael Ross)
>    2. Re: object-type errors - update! blank image (Marchand Eric)
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> From: Michael Ross <michael.e.r...@gmail.com>
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> Date: Wed, 9 Jan 2013 19:24:42 -0500
> Subject: Re: object-type errors - update! blank image
> Have patience, sometimes it take a week for the busier gurus to get around
> to things.
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> On Wed, Jan 9, 2013 at 6:49 PM, tpkyteroo luebeck <tp.gam...@gmail.com>wrote:
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>> Last email from me until I get a response:  This is the steps I did this
>> time.
>> 1) reinstalled Dia.
>> 2) used a clean folder with only the png pictures in it, (and no .shape
>> images as I deleted those).
>>  3) put that folder in dia's shape folder, inside a folder named alchemy.
>> 4) made a new sheet called alchemy and put it in dia's sheet folder.
>> 5) I opened the png in dia. exported it to .shape.
>> 6) I used sheets-objects option to put .shape on sheet, navigating to the
>> file in the alchemy folder, thats in the shape folder.
>> 7) I apply, and then close.
>> 8) I close Dia and reopen dia. The image picture is on the tab, for the
>> alchemy sheet, but when I put that image in my new diagram, the image is
>> blank.
>> Note: I still get the error message that says too many objects named 1a
>> exists.
>> Thanks!
>> .ps I love the program. I love that I can make the background colour fit
>> my needs. And with this, I will bequiet  as I might have found a bug
>> perhaps, or I'm doing something very wrong and don't know it. lol
>>
>>
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> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
> From: Marchand Eric <rico...@free.fr>
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> Date: Thu, 10 Jan 2013 09:26:44 +0100
> Subject: Re: object-type errors - update! blank image
> Hi,
> I think that you should give the same name into your sheet and your
> shapes, for example :
>
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <shape 
> xmlns="http://www.daa.com.au/~**james/dia-shape-ns<http://www.daa.com.au/~james/dia-shape-ns>"
> xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/**2000/svg <http://www.w3.org/2000/svg>">
>   <name>shape - 1a</name>
>   <icon>1a.png</icon>
>   <connections/>
>   <aspectratio type="fixed"/>
>   <svg:svg>
>     <svg:image x="0" y="0" width="1.4" height="3.1"
> xlink:href="file:///C:/Users/**Kyteroo/Desktop/Alchemy/**
> Individual%20Items/Alchemy%**20Items/Alchemy%20Items/shape/**1a.png"/>
>   </svg:svg>
> </shape>
>
> is named "shape - 1a"
>
> and in your sheet there is not shape named "shape - 1a"
> I see :
>
>    <object name="1a_cucurbita">
>   <description>cucurbita</**description></object>
>
> You can edit all your shapes and modify their names.
>
> And I think that you should not put absolutes links for your images :
> C:/Users/Kyteroo/Desktop/**Alchemy/Individual%20Items/**
> Alchemy%20Items/Alchemy%**20Items/shape/1a.png
>
> but a relative one :
> 1a.png
>
> Kind Regards
>
> Eric
>
> PS : Sorry for my poor english
>
>
Thanks! That should do the trick. Your English is very good, actually, and
is much better than my German (small vocabulary).
About my multiple postings: I wasn't being impatient. I was just simply
trying out new things, and finding new things that didn't work in my hope
of finding the solution so I could post that help wasn't needed. lol I
failed, of course.

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TPKyteroo jaunting off to the Galactic Trig...

http://www.allergicvegetarian.com (Recipes for those with all sorts of
different Food Allergies. Not all recipes will be suitable for Vegetarians,
but many will be.)
http://www.tpgames.net (The Tomorrow People Themed)
http://www.tpgames.net/gaming/lotr/2/game.html (Lord of the Rings Themed)
http://betterhealthylivingforlife.blogspot.com<http://allergicvegetarian.blogspot.com>

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