XtoILBM3

Short:        DataType pic converter, supports wildcards
Author:       christon.powertech.no (Christopher Naas)
Uploader:     christon powertech no (Christopher Naas)
Type:         gfx/conv
Architecture: m68k-amigaos

XtoILBM 3.0 is a picture converter that uses datatypes to convert ANY
pictureformat to IFF.

XtoILBM  takes  3  arguments,  source,  destination,  and optionally,
DisplayModeID for the converted picture.
XtoILBM  supports  wildcards,  so  there's  no  longer  any  need for
scripts.

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If  you  use wildcards, the destionation argument will be appended to
the names of the converted files.
An example:

 1> CD IFF:
 1> XtoILBM GIF:#?.GIF .IFF

The  above  CD's  to  an assign called IFF:  (great place for storing
IFF's  ;), and calls XtoILBM to convert all the GIF files in the GIF:
assign  to  ILBM files, append .IFF to the filenames and save them in
the IFF:  assign (since that's the current directory).

**

If  you do not use wildcards, the converted file will be saved as the
filename given as the outfile, including path.
An example:

 XtoILBM JPG:Apollo.JPG IFF:Apollo.Ham8

XtoILBM  will  load  the  source  image,  and  save  the  ILBM as the
specified destination file in the specified destination directory.

**

If  you  want, you can define a DisplayModeID for the converted image
to use.
An example:

 XtoILBM JPG:Apollo.JPG IFF:Apollo.Ham8 ID 692229

This saves the converted image as a DBLPAL HighRes Laced image.

**

XtoILBM  is  especially  usefull  for people who haven't got a lot of
memory, or just need to make speedy conversions.  The wildcard option
is  great  for  converting  a  lot  of  files at once, using only one
command :)


XtoILBM  was programmed in SAS/C 6.51, and tested on an A4000/040/14.
It should work on any Amiga with the datatypes.library installed.


If  you  use  this  program, you have to let me know.  You can either
send  me  a  postcard, or just EMail me.  But either way, you have to
let me know you are using it ;)

Contact me,

 Christopher Naas
 Solv. 3a
 1533 Moss
 Norway

 TLF:   +47 6925 1264
 BBS:   +47 6925 6117
 EMail: christon@powertech.no (Christ on Powertechno)


History:
        01.09.94  Received a bug report from Ralph Seichter, who
        claimed XtoILBM gave two enforcerhits when started with
        no arguments. As I was unable to reproduce this myself,
        I rewrote the argumentparsing, and the result was a much
        emproved XtoILBM2, 338 bytes smaller executable :)
        Thanks, Ralph!

        27.05.95  Added wildcard support, the DisplayModeID
        argument and more detailed error messages.