The Case Of The Unreadable File

[Ken Ray]

I'd also look to see if it's possible if the disk that the images are being
read from is corrupt. -36 is a file I/O error, which is usually generated
when trying to read or write a file to/from a bad block on a disk.

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: <Yennie at aol.com>
To: <metacard at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 04, 2003 6:10 PM
Subject: Re: The Case Of The Unreadable File


> FWIW, -36 is a file system error (as opposed to an image-related or
Quicktime
> error).
>
> Thus I would see if there is anything odd about the files by using the
> files() function and looking at things such as the listed size of the
file.
>
> You may also want to check out this tip from Ken Ray's tips & tricks
section:
>
> http://www.sonsothunder.com/devres/metacard/tips/imag006.htm
>
> This will allow you to read the height and width of a valid JPEG, and
> hopefully tip you off if it is not valid.
>
> HTH
> Brian
>