Problems with the Export command

Chipp Walters chipp at chipp.com
Tue Jun 8 23:33:45 EDT 2004


Howard,

I believe this is an engine bug and is scheduled to be fixed (I think it 
already has been) for the next release. Perhaps if Richard gets his way, 
we may have an interim engine release soon;-)

-Chipp

Howard Bornstein wrote:

> I've been running into a problem using the Export command. The TD says 
> "If you use the form export [format] to..., the selected image is 
> exported."
> 
> I select an image in my stack and from the message box execute: export  
> JPEG  to file "mytest2.jpg"
> 
> This should export the image as a JPEG to the defaultfolder. In fact, 
> this file does appear in the default folder, but neither Preview nor 
> PhotoShop can parse the image (Preview says "File Error. Could not open 
> file. It may be corrupt or a file format that Preview doesn't recognize").
> 
> If I use the other format for Export (i.e. export image...) and type in: 
> export  image "imagename"  to file "mytest2.jpg"  as JPEG, it works as 
> expected.
> 
> Any idea why the Export [format] version doesn't seem to be generating a 
> valid JPEG file (I've also tried with PNG with the same results)?
> 
> I'm specifically trying to use this version because I want to use the 
> ExportCard script that Key Ray has posted on his web site.
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Howard Bornstein
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