Re: savebitmap error

["bergy50us" <forthprgrmr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Keith, that seems to work. I've only got the extra step of
converting the .emf files to .bmp files to work with the movie creator
program. (all of which can be automated)
Thanks again.
Gary
--- In femm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Keith Gregory <k.gregory@xxxx> wrote:
> Gary,
> 
> Just a suggestion, but try saving the image as a metafile. If that
works 
> you can convert it to a bitmap for animation afterwards. It might
work well 
> enough to at least do what you want.
> 
> Keith.
> 
> At 01:24 11/03/2003 +0000, you wrote:
> >--- In femm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, David Meeker <dmeeker@xxxx> wrote:
> > > bergy50us wrote:
> > >
> > > > Like a message thread from last year, I'm getting errors
trying to use
> > > > savebitmap. I'm using it in the post-processor. I'm trying to
> > > > automate the generation of a number of bitmaps, so I'm running
LUA as
> > > > both a pre- and a post- processor. I've not tried saving in the
> > > > preprocessor.
> > > >
> > > > The commands I entered in the postprocessor were:
> > > >
> > > > showdensityplot(0,0,2,0,"mag")
> > > > savebitmap("movie0.bmp")
> > > >
> > > > which then gave me a pop-up window saying:
> > > >
> > > > ! Critical error on getting bmp info, possible page fault ahoy
> > > >
> > > > Anyone know what this means, or how to fix it?
> > > >
> > > > Gary
> > > >
> > > This is sort of a "known problem" that I still haven't gotten
around to
> > > figuring out yet. This only appears on some installations. I
get this
> > > error when I try to do hte savebitmap Lua command on the my old
win98
> > > machine, but I don't get in on my other machines that run XP.
> > >
> > > Dave.
> > >
> >
> >I've tried a '95 system and a '98 system, both with the same response.
> > I've tried turning off all accelerations, but to no avail. The
> >source for LUA includes this identical error message at least 5 or 6
> >times, so I can't narrow it down, and I don't have the capability to
> >recompile.
> >I'll keep watching to see if it changes, since I'l love to make movies
> >of the varying fields of my solenoid. I doubt, though, that I'll
> >"upgrade" my OS to get around this.
> >
> >Gary
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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