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PCX Files From Windows Paintbrush Import Into
DocumentID: 602359
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:29:31 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: A PCX graphics file from PC Paintbrush 3.0 is not converting to WordPerfect 5.1 correctly. The figure appears distorted in WP.

Also, PCX graphics files exported from Windows Paintbrush with the Windows display driver set to 256-color import into WordPerfect 5.1 as black and print as a blank box.

Also, some files come into WordPerfect 5.1 garbled; they come in looking like diagonal lines with garbage.

See memo 16611K in the WP51 or WPWIN51 infobase for more information. Solutions: Currently, PCX files generated using Windows 3.0 or 3.1 Paintbrush are not supported because of changes made to how Paintbrush creates/stores these files. This is a known problem and was tracked on the Hotlist for some time. Please see the workaround information given in the Hotlist memo (you can find the memo by searching on 14304 in the WP51 infobase--the memo ID is HOT_101).

WP 5.1 is not reading the 256-color palette in the file correctly. To work around the problem, the user should take the file through GRAPHCNV.EXE with a /C=16 startup option.

Another workaround is to use GRAPHCNV /C=2, /B=8, or /G=16, then retrieve the file into a figure box and select black and white.

This problem does not occur in WordPerfect 6.0 for DOS.

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