[softwarelist] Re: Ovation Pro DDL file weirdness

On 21 Jul at 16:26 David Pilling <flist@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message <uybX6SDzWioGFwE7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> In message <gemini.jlizvd03kg21s0idt.tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tony van der
> Hoff <tony@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes
> > If I save this document in native format, all is well. However, if I
> > save it as DDL, and reload it, I get the effect shown at
> > http://www.vanderhoff.org/tony/frontpage.jpeg, which obviously is
> 
> In other words text does not flow correctly around the C graphic.
> 
> I'd guess this is a bug.
> 
> > stating "Incomplete or corrupt JPEG data". The OPro window then reduces
> > to
> 
> This does not seem to happen on the Windows version. At some point in the
> last year I discovered a bug in the way image data is stored in DDL files.
> Things only went wrong if the file was a multiple of 64 bytes (or
> something) long, so it was a rare occurrence. Anyway I suspect this
> problem is only fixed on the very latest RISC OS version - 2.77 19th March
> 2007.
> 
> 
OK, I've upgraded to 2.77 (19 March 2007), and that indeed appears to have
sorted the graphics problem. Thanks for the pointer.

The text flow problem remains. Will you be in any position to investigate
soon?

Cheers, Tony


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