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OSDIBMPF - UNABLE TO LOAD BITMAPS AS BACKGROUND WITHOUT REMOVING EAS
11/04/96
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Unable to Load Bitmaps as Background Without Removing EAs
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Please Read Entire Document for Full Explanation of Procedures
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DESCRIPTION
Object Desktop includes 80 bitmap (.BMP) files that can be used as
backgrounds for the OS/2 Desktop. However, when you copy these files to
the \OS2\BITMAP directory, and then open the Properties notebook for
the Desktop and select the Background page, these files are not listed
as available bitmaps for the background.
These same bitmap files work fine on systems formatted with FAT (File
Allocation Table), but not on systems formatted with HPFS (High
Performance Filing System). They also work fine on any filing system
with OS/2 Warp Connect.
RESOLUTION
These files will be listed (and available) as a background if you
remove the Extended Attributes (EAs) for each BMP file.
Remove the extended attributes from each .BMP file you plan to use as
follows:
1. Be sure the \OS2 directory is listed in the PATH statement of
CONFIG.SYS.
2. Change directory (CD) to the directory where your .BMP files reside.
3. For each .BMP file you plan to use, type the following command:
EAUTIL DATAFILE HOLDFILE /S, then press Enter.
where DATAFILE is the name of the .BMP file that you want to remove
the extended attributes from
HOLDFILE is the name of the file that you want to put these
extended attributes into (specifying a holdfile is optional)
/S specifies to "strip" the extended attributes from the
datafile.
For additional help on using the EAUTIL command, type HELP EAUTIL.
4. COPY the modified DATAFILE to the \OS2\BITMAP directory; when you
open the Properties notebook for the Desktop and select the
Background page, the file appears in the list of available bitmaps.
warp4
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