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Q132497: Dogs: Cannot View Images Outside of Dogs

Article: Q132497
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): WINDOWS:1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbenv kbgraphic kbmm win31kbfaq
Last Modified: 11-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Dogs for Windows, version 1.0 
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SYMPTOMS
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You are unable to view Microsoft Dogs images outside of the program.

CAUSE
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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
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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:

1. 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

2. 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.

3. 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:\ " (without the quotation
  marks)

  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

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Keywords          : kbenv kbgraphic kbmm win31 kbfaq
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch kbDogs100
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Issue type        : kbprb

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