moreland@nic.cerf.net (John Moreland) (08/01/90)
Hi, I've been trying to find an application/utility which I can use to "verify" PICT files. I have "PICT Detective", but it bombs if you try to feed it a bogus PICT file. I need something that is a little bit smarter (smarter than me anyway...) to be able to tell what is wrong with a PICT file. Why would I wish to do this ? I'm writting C code which creates PICT files on a UNIX system. I have the code working to the point that **I** think I'm writing PICT files, but all the Mac programs I try (including PICT Detective) "barf" and insist that it **isn't** a PICT file... I've done countless hex dumps (using the UNIX "od -hv"). I even wrote a HyperCard based PICT interpreter which breaks out the data (with English comments and file offsets) from an octal dump (I call it "ODe to PICT" :^). As far as *I* can tell, everything looks fine. Any suggestions ? Thanks, John morelandj@sdsc.edu