OSDIBMPF - UNABLE TO LOAD BITMAPS AS BACKGROUND WITHOUT REMOVING EAS
11/04/96
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      Unable to Load Bitmaps as Background Without Removing EAs
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DESCRIPTION

Object Desktop includes 80 bitmap (.BMP) files that can be used as 
backgrounds for the OS/2 Desktop. However, when you copy these files to 
the \OS2\BITMAP directory, and then open the Properties notebook for 
the Desktop and select the Background page, these files are not listed 
as available bitmaps for the background.

These same bitmap files work fine on systems formatted with FAT (File 
Allocation Table), but not on systems formatted with HPFS (High 
Performance Filing System). They also work fine on any filing system 
with OS/2 Warp Connect. 

RESOLUTION

These files will be listed (and available) as a background if you 
remove the Extended Attributes (EAs) for each BMP file.

Remove the extended attributes from each .BMP file you plan to use as 
follows:

1. Be sure the \OS2 directory is listed in the PATH statement of 
   CONFIG.SYS.

2. Change directory (CD) to the directory where your .BMP files reside.

3. For each .BMP file you plan to use, type the following command:

   EAUTIL DATAFILE HOLDFILE /S, then press Enter.

   where  DATAFILE is the name of the .BMP file that you want to remove 
          the extended attributes from

          HOLDFILE is the name of the file that you want to put these
          extended attributes into (specifying a holdfile is optional)

          /S specifies to "strip" the extended attributes from the 
          datafile.

   For additional help on using the EAUTIL command, type HELP EAUTIL.

4. COPY the modified DATAFILE to the \OS2\BITMAP directory; when you
   open the Properties notebook for the Desktop and select the 
   Background page, the file appears in the list of available bitmaps.



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