Mark, Thanks for the idea...but it still doesn't work. I'm thinking maybe I'm approaching this from the wrong direction somehow.
On Feb 24, 2011, at 3:48 PM, Mark Schonewille wrote: > Hi, > > You can't set the imagedata to jpeg data. You can set imagedata only to > imagedata. You want to set the text instead, something like > > Set the text of img x to myJpegData > > -- > Kind regards, > > Mark Schonewille > Economy-x-Talk > Http://economy-x-talk.com > > Share the clipboard of your computer over a local network with Clipboard Link > http://clipboardlink.economy-x-talk.com > > > Op 24 feb. 2011 om 21:14 heeft Tim Ponn <alpt...@orwell.net> het volgende > geschreven: > >> Thanks, but it still doesn't work. >> >> I think I failed to describe exactly what it is that I've got here. >> >> I have a stack with a single empty image object, we'll call it "Test1"... >> and 20 fields. Further, I have a file that contains both binary jpeg image >> data and readable text. Each "record" within the file (about 19,000 >> records) consists of first the jpeg data and then the readable text. On >> startup, I load the entire file into a global. I click a button, respond to >> an ask dialog and it locates the record within the global. The script then >> extracts the chunks of readable data and fills in the 20 fields >> appropriately. Lastly, I am left with the jpeg data which I would like to >> display in the empty image object, :Test1". >> >> I think I have multiple problems... >> >> 1...I must set the rect of the empty image to whatever image I'm trying to >> put there. Jacque, you've confirmed this...now I have to find where the >> image size lurks in the binary data and apply it. >> 2...I load that file into the global using the "URL" method. Maybe it's no >> longer binary and therefore not the correct data type for the image? >> >> If there's an easier way, I could use some help there. Has anyone got some >> code bits to share here? >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> On Feb 24, 2011, at 2:26 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: >> >>> On 2/24/11 12:58 PM, Tim Ponn wrote: >>>> Hello all! >>>> >>>> I've got a file that has many jpg images embedded in it (something >>>> like 19,000 or so). There's other data in there too. I can isolate >>>> a particular record. I can see the binary jpeg data. I can copy >>>> that data, create a new jpg file...then open that file with a jpeg >>>> viewer and all is well. Now comes rev...once again, I can isolate >>>> the image binary data...but when I set the image data to that data, >>>> the image is mostly black with a narrow sliver at the left edge >>>> that's shades of colors. Is this a problem because I don't have the >>>> rect set correctly for my blank image? >>> >>> Yes, that's exactly it. The size of the containing image has to match the >>> source image to the pixel, or the data will become corrupted. >>> >>> You can get around that by putting the source into the container without >>> using the imagedata at all: >>> >>> put img "source image.png" into img "destination.jpg" >>> >>> The receiving image will resize to fit automatically if you have its >>> lockLocation set to false. >>> >>> -- >>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> use-livecode mailing list >>> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >>> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >>> subscription preferences: >>> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode >> >> >> >> >> Best Regards, >> >> Timothy R. Ponn >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> use-livecode mailing list >> use-livecode@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription >> preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode Best Regards, Timothy R. Ponn _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
