Microsoft KB Archive/132497

= Dogs: Cannot View Images Outside of Dogs =

Article ID: 132497

Article Last Modified on 12/11/1999

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Dogs

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This article was previously published under Q132497



SYMPTOMS
You are unable to view Microsoft Dogs images outside of the program.



CAUSE
Microsoft Dogs uses Device Independent Bitmap (.dib) files to provide articles and pictures. The Dogs CD-ROM contains these .dib files in a compressed format.



RESOLUTION
To view these files, use the Windows Expand.exe program to decompress the files. Then, use a graphics application such as Microsoft Windows PaintBrush or Microsoft Windows 95/98 Paint to open and view the file.

For example, to expand ABCS00aa.DIB from the Dogs CD to the root directory on Drive C, do the following:   Locate Expand.exe on your hard drive. If you cannot find it, copy Expand.exe from the Windows Setup disk to the Windows subdirectory on your hard drive. For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

Location of Expand.exe on Windows Setup disks:   Operating System        1.44-MB 3.5-Inch Disk    1.2-MB 5.25-Inch Disk -   -

Windows 3.1                  Disk 3                      Disk 3 Windows 3.11                 Disk 4                      Disk 5 Windows for Workgroups 3.1   Disk 6                      Disk 8 Windows for Workgroups 3.11  Disk 6                      Disk 6  At an MS-DOS command prompt, change to the Windows subdirectory on Drive C. For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help. With the Dogs CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER

expand d:\data\art_atoa\abcs\abcs00aa.dib c:\

where D is the CD-ROM drive and C:\ is where you want to expand the file.

The DIB file is decompressed and ready to open in a graphics program that supports the .dib format.

Additional query words: multi media multimedia multi-media paint brush mmtitles kbmm

Keywords: kbenv kbprb kbmm kbfaq kbgraphic KB132497

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