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- From: Mike@Redrobe.demon.co.uk (Mike)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.programmer
- Subject: Re: Datatype write method?
- Date: 23 Jan 96 14:11:15 +0000
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- >flowerp@ldvgpi26.eikon.e-technik.tu-muenchen.de (CHRISTIAN BUCHNER ) writes:
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- >>Leon Woestenberg (leon@esrac.ele.tue.nl) wrote: > Hello all,
- >>> Datatypes do have a 'write' method, don't they? Why is it that many
- >>> picture datatypes don't feature this? Lazyness?
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- >>No. Not lazyness.
- >>The DTM_WRITE method makes the superclass save the data in Amiga-Native
- >>format, e.g.
- >>8SVX and ILBM.
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- >Any method that is not implemented is passed to the superclass.
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- I still don't see how it could be easily done with multiview....
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- Load GIF ..select save
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- The image is then saved as GIF (if GIF.datatype supports DTM_WRITE) ...
- or IFF (if it doesn't (usual))
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- What It should do IMHO ;) is to present you with a list of formats
- (datatypes that support DTM_WRITE) to save into.
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- >>No chance to make a subclass (e.g. WAVE datatype) save its data in WAVE
- >>format, sigh.
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- >For what reason ?
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- for use on other computers?
- haven't seen many 8svx players on Windoze...
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- >--
- > Michael van Elst
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- >Internet: mlelstv@serpens.rhein.de
- > "A potential Snark may lurk in every tree."
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- Mike
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