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30 Jul 2024 18:13:10 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Can't Access Certain Commands in Tools  
From: Patrick Elliott
Date: 29 May 2004 14:37:51
Message: <MPG.1b2286019a99bdf8989a5c@news.povray.org>
In article <web.40b79fbc27c58a6a908e04100@news.povray.org>, nomail@nomail 
says...
> > Hmm. No, I mean that when you click browse, you can't just type the name
> > in and have TMPGEnc know where to find it, it will look in 'its' default
> > folder, not "POVimages". You have to actually click through the file
> > dialog until you are in the right directory and select the file from
> > there. I assume this is likely what you are doing wrong, but I can't be
> > sure. If not, then I haven't a clue. BMPs are one of the default files it
> > should read. I suspect that it is actually incorrectly saying "Invalid
> > Video Source", when it *should* be saying "File Not Found". If you don't
> > see the bmp files in the file list or "POVimages" in the box at the top
> > left, then you are not pointing TMPGEnc to the right place to find them.
> >
> No, after I clicked "browse," I changed the directory in the "Look In" box
> to POVimages and put "clockdemo00.bmp" in the "File Name" box. Still, an
> utter failure.
> 
While I think Thornsten is going overboard a bit... After all, everyone 
has to learn before they become expert enough to do something, he does 
have a point. Are you sure for instance that clockdemo00.bmp is even a 
file in that directory? The last time I ran animations it started with 
01, not 00. Though, that may have changed in the new version of POV-Ray 
for all I know. In any case, you should always *click on* the file in the 
list to select it, just to make sure. That way you know for certain you 
are looking in the right place and that the file you are giving TMPGEnc 
is actually in there.

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void main () {

    call functional_code()
  else
    call crash_windows();
}


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