Author: Lenard Spencer
Date: 06:31:47 12/01/00
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On December 01, 2000 at 07:08:35, john watson wrote: >On December 01, 2000 at 02:23:47, john watson wrote: > >>On editing the chess java viewer for my website I encountered the following >>problem. In Windows 98, .bmp is not a registered file type and it's not possible >>to open a .bmp file by clicking on it in the windows explorer. >>I tried to register the .bmp type by: folder options>file types>new type but >>.bmp files won't open by Internet explorer like .gif files do. >>I will need to use the regedit application but I don't know how to set the >>key/string. Does anybody know a simpler way to register / open .bmp files ? >> >>Thanks, >> >>John > >PS How to open .bmp files with another application apart from paint.exe, I mean. >I just want to view the pieces/chess sets, not draw them over. My suggestion would be to convert them to either .GIF or .JPEG files. Both formats are compressed, so they take up FAR less space than .BMP, which is not compressed. There is s shareware program by Alchemy Mindworks called Graphics Workshop which converts them quite nicely. Hope this helps.
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