Dogs: Cannot View Images Outside of Dogs (132497)



The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Dogs for Windows 1.0

This article was previously published under Q132497

SYMPTOMS

You are unable to view Microsoft Dogs images outside of the program.

CAUSE

Microsoft Dogs uses Device Independent Bitmap (.dib) files to provide articles and pictures. The Dogs CD-ROM contains these .dib files in a compressed format.

RESOLUTION

To view these files, use the Windows Expand.exe program to decompress the files. Then, use a graphics application such as Microsoft Windows PaintBrush or Microsoft Windows 95/98 Paint to open and view the file.

For example, to expand ABCS00aa.DIB from the Dogs CD to the root directory on Drive C, do the following:
  1. Locate Expand.exe on your hard drive. If you cannot find it, copy Expand.exe from the Windows Setup disk to the Windows subdirectory on your hard drive. For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.

    Location of Expand.exe on Windows Setup disks:
       Operating System        1.44-MB 3.5-Inch Disk    1.2-MB 5.25-Inch Disk
       ----------------        ---------------------    ---------------------
    
       Windows 3.1                   Disk 3                      Disk 3
       Windows 3.11                  Disk 4                      Disk 5
       Windows for Workgroups 3.1    Disk 6                      Disk 8
       Windows for Workgroups 3.11   Disk 6                      Disk 6
    						
  2. At an MS-DOS command prompt, change to the Windows subdirectory on Drive C. For more information about how to perform this task in Windows, see your Windows printed documentation or online Help.
  3. With the Dogs CD-ROM in the CD-ROM drive, type the following at the MS-DOS command prompt and press ENTER

    expand d:\data\art_atoa\abcs\abcs00aa.dib c:\

    where D is the CD-ROM drive and C:\ is where you want to expand the file.
The DIB file is decompressed and ready to open in a graphics program that supports the .dib format.

Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/11/1999
Keywords:kbenv kbgraphic kbmm kbprb KB132497