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- From: BAETZLER@IRAV17.ira.uka.de (T.Baetzler)
- Subject: Printing in OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Aug21.083341.8562@rz.uni-karlsruhe.de>
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- Organization: University of Karlsruhe (FRG)
- Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1992 08:33:41 GMT
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- Please consider the following problem: I would like to print a color graphics
- screen. Unfortunately, this is not a presentation space, but some lobotomized
- construct which was constructed by HALO calls. The device context thing is
- definitely not the solution I'm after.
-
- However, I can save the screen in *.pcx format. What I would like to do is to
- convert this to a *.pif file, and then print it using the PicPrint() call.
-
- Now for the real problem: What is this mysterious *.pif? Yes, HELP tells me
- that it spells Picture Interchange Format, and all the PIF Index entries refer
- me to some factoid that tells me essentially the things I know already, but
- ther is nowhere a format description of that mysterious PIF Format.
-
- Could anybody please point me to a description of this format, or suggest a
- better method for printing a HALO screen via PM (i.e., an undocumented
- DoHardCopy Call ;-) )
-
- Any help greatly appreciated!
-
- Thomas
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- Thomas B\"atzler // BAETZLER@IRAV17.IRA.UKA.DE // ``Yes, it's an Amiga!''
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