| From: | Rod Schnell |
| Date: | 29 Aug 99 at 22:04:05 |
| Subject: | Re: datatype transparancy |
From: Rod Schnell <rodsch@telusplanet.net>
Hello Allan
On 29-Aug-99, Allan Odgaard wrote:
> From: Allan Odgaard <Duff@DIKU.DK>
>
> On 22-Aug-99, Linus McCabe wrote:
>
>> I'm trying to get a transparent mask from datatypes object, but i must
>> be doing something wrong [...]
>
> Ensure you're using picture.datatype V43+. Then ensure the decoder is not
Especially don't use v45 picture.datatype, that's rumoured to be a virus.
> broken (that is, doesn't have an ak-prefix ;-) )
>
I allways thought it was the other way around, ak-prefix datatypes are better.
Not saying they're perfect (they're not), it just seems to me they're less
prone to crash than most of the alternatives. ;)
Rod