On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 07:42:15AM +0200, Pawe?? Jackowski wrote:
Look at CTAN:macros/latex/contrib/oberdiek/bmpsize.pdf. Here I have implemented some parsing of binary image file types.
Ah, now I see what was the exact reason for \pdffiledump -) My
Yes, that was my intention.
understanding is that those macros are supposed to be used exclusively with pdf(la)TeX working in DVI mode, right? If not, what is the profit in PDF mode?
Hans wanted to have a possibility to check images before
using \pdfximage to avoid errors on unsupported image types.
The method used in bmpsize provides a method to do so.
The other method discussed so far is \pdfcheckimage.
What about \pdfximage that doesn't abort, but print a warning
and \pdfxlastimage returns zero for an invalid image?
Yours sincerely
Heiko