Problem with import-bmp.ulp

On 2/4/2011 11:20 AM, Arley Jackson wrote:

I'm running Eagle 5.11.0 on a 64 bit Windows 7 machine, and am having

problems importing a bitmap. I've reduced the colors in the bitmap to 2

(monochrome / black and white), and reduced the size of the bitmap to

575x240 pixels. When running the import-bmp.ulp, I get the message

"Bitmap file contains more than 256 colors, reduce colors before use".

Have you seen this problem before, and is it related to Win7 64 bit

compatability issues?

 

Thanks

Arley

 

Arley D. Jackson

Softronics

100 35th Street Suite A

Marion, IA 52302

ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Phone 319 721 6778

Fax 1 319 851 4433

Hi Arley,

It's not a Windows 7 issue(for once). Try this procedure:

-Run import-bmp.ulp

-Say ok to the help popup that shows up.

-Find your bitmap file and click open.

-The ULP will now popup a dialog with a pallet of colors and it will

probably tell you that the bitmap is a 256 color file.

-At the bottom of this dialog you'll see a button that says Scan used

colors, click it.

-If your file is truly monochrome then in the next screen with

checkboxes and colors you'll see that black in the upper left and white

in the lower right are checked. Depending on the situation you may want

to uncheck the white. If you find that more colors are selected try

having black checked by itself and uncheck everything else. Click ok.

-This will pullup another dialog where you can select the scaling and

format of the imported bmp. For this test you can leave them alone.

-Click ok.

-It should generate the script, click Run script to get the bmp in.

hth,

Jorge Garcia

On 2/4/2011 11:20 AM, Arley Jackson wrote:

I'm running Eagle 5.11.0 on a 64 bit Windows 7 machine, and am having

problems importing a bitmap. I've reduced the colors in the bitmap to 2

(monochrome / black and white), and reduced the size of the bitmap to

575x240 pixels. When running the import-bmp.ulp, I get the message

"Bitmap file contains more than 256 colors, reduce colors before use".

Have you seen this problem before, and is it related to Win7 64 bit

compatability issues?

 

Thanks

Arley

 

Arley D. Jackson

Softronics

100 35th Street Suite A

Marion, IA 52302

ISO 9001:2008 Certified

Phone 319 721 6778

Fax 1 319 851 4433

Hi Arley,

It's not a Windows 7 issue(for once). Try this procedure:

-Run import-bmp.ulp

-Say ok to the help popup that shows up.

-Find your bitmap file and click open.

-The ULP will now popup a dialog with a pallet of colors and it will

probably tell you that the bitmap is a 256 color file.

-At the bottom of this dialog you'll see a button that says Scan used

colors, click it.

-If your file is truly monochrome then in the next screen with

checkboxes and colors you'll see that black in the upper left and white

in the lower right are checked. Depending on the situation you may want

to uncheck the white. If you find that more colors are selected try

having black checked by itself and uncheck everything else. Click ok.

-This will pullup another dialog where you can select the scaling and

format of the imported bmp. For this test you can leave them alone.

-Click ok.

-It should generate the script, click Run script to get the bmp in.

hth,

Jorge Garcia