Short: Windows BMP datatype V45.7 Author: oliver@futaura.co.uk (Oliver Roberts) Uploader: oliver futaura co uk (Oliver Roberts) Type: util/dtype Version: 45.7 Requires: OS 3.0+,picture.datatype v43+ Architecture: m68k-amigaos; ppc-amigaos; ppc-warpup; ppc-morphos Changes since previous Aminet release: - Added workaround for a bug in OS4 which can cause a crash when a requester is opened (bug fixed in intuition.library 53.32). - Fixed (VBCC fix) potential system lockup when calling the GM_RENDER method in the WarpOS version (e.g. when using Multiview with the AfA OS picture.datatype). - Added AmiUpdate support. - Updated Spanish installer strings. FEATURES - Supports common BMP file types, including both Windows and OS/2 BMP formats. These include BMP images with a bit depth of 1, 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32, both uncompressed and RLE compressed - Highly optimized datatype dispatch engine and BMP decoder, resulting in a very efficient, compact and quick BMP datatype - Asynchronous file i/o and double buffering techniques (WarpOS only), which speeds up image decoding - Optimized versions for 68020, 030, 040 and 060 - PowerPC support with native OS4, WarpOS and MorphOS versions - Alter the pen allocation precision when images are remapped to an 8-bit display - Specific support for the AmigaOS picture.datatype v44+, when available - The dithering feature of the AmigaOS picture.datatype v44+ can be configured to your liking (e.g. disabled for 15/16-bit displays) REQUIREMENTS This datatype needs the following in order to work: - Kickstart 3.0 or higher - picture.datatype v43 or higher (i.e. either of the ones supplied with AmigaOS 3.5+, P96 or CGraphX) 68k version - 68020 processor or higher (optimized versions included) WarpOS version - PPC accelerator card + 68040/060 - WarpUp Release 5.0 or higher OS4 version - PPC accelerator card / AmigaOne / SAM - AmigaOS 4.0 or higher MorphOS version - PPC accelerator card / Pegasos / Efika - MorphOS 1.4 or higher Note that a graphics card is not necessary.