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From: rq02+@andrew.cmu.edu (Richard Quadrel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.apps
Subject: Giffer 1.08 hassle
Message-ID: <cbRXiLu00WB8A9d0NS@andrew.cmu.edu>
Date: 24 Dec 90 17:32:07 GMT
Organization: Architecture, Carnegie Mellon, Pittsburgh, PA
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Giffer 1.08 is supposed to be able to display StartUpScreen files
(files that have a PICT resource with id=0).  Unfortunately, I've
noticed that these files don't appear in Giffer 1.08's "Open"
dialog - even when I specifically choose "Startup Screen" from
the dialog's pop-up menu.

What's really bizarre is that if I open a GIF file, then save it
as a StartUpScreen, Giffer *still* does not show the file in the
"Open" dialog (even though it has Giffer's "signature": TYPE=SCRN,
Creator=Bozo).  If I double-click on the StartUpScreen file, however,
Giffer *will* open it and display the image.
Is there something wrong with Giffer 1.08 because it does not list
these files in its "Open" dialog?  Or am I doing something terribly
wrong?  Any help is appreciated.

Rich Quadrel
rquadrel@cad.cs.cmu.edu