"Image format is not supported"

john26

Gideros seems to object to one of my bitmaps giving this error:

main.lua:1486: noedit.png: Image format is not supported.

I can't see anything wrong with the PNG file "noedit.png". I made it in MS Paint and other programs accept and display it. Eg Windows Picture and Fax Viewer shows it as does MS Paint. Corona also accepts this PNG.

The code is at line 1486 is
editbutton=Sprite.new()
editbutton:addChild(Bitmap.new(Texture.new("noedit.png")))

Any ideas?

atilim

Can you attach your noedit.png?

GregBUG

off-topic: hey @atilim who is your avatar ?

atilim

@GregBUG here is the story: http://giderosmobile.com/forum/discussion/1413/happy-catz-is-now-live-on-android-play-thread-hijacked-please-read#Item_17

He is Sean Connery from the movie Zardoz.

techdojo

No - that's @Scouser from his "personal" collection!

john26

Here it is. And thanks very much for your help!

atilim

In fact this image is BMP:

$ file noedit.png noedit.png: PC bitmap, Windows 3.x format, 40 x 30 x 24

You should save it as PNG file.

atilim

No - that's @Scouser from his "personal" collection!

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john26

I just had a look at the file and indeed it doesn't seem to be a PNG. So maybe ignore this! I think it might be a bitmap disguised as a PNG. ">

I opened the file in Paint and saved again as a PNG and it works fine in Gideros. Seems the other programs silently recognised it as a BMP and displayed.

techdojo

A lot of windows apps will actually try and detect the file type from the data as opposed to just the extension, sometimes this "being helpful" can get in the way

john26

Thanks for being so understanding! I feel really silly. ">

BTW it's great the level of support you get here. Direct response from the programmer within hours. Certainly wouldn't get that in certain other places...

techdojo

No worries - even monkey's fall out of tree's (some more often than others - me included)