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Re: IDL 6.1 released
| Re: IDL 6.1 released [message #40500 is a reply to message #40393] |
Mon, 09 August 2004 12:25  |
Liam E. Gumley
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Registered: January 2000
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Mike Chinander wrote:
> Has GIF reading and writing as well as LZW compression for TIFF files been
> restored since the Unisys patents have expired? I didn't see any mention
> of it after a quick look at the What's New in 6.1 pdf but was under the
> impression that this functionality would be added in 6.1 according to:
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> http://www.rsinc.com/services/techtip.asp?ttid=3543
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> While I don't plan to use these file formats for creating new files, I
> have received TIFF image files w/ LZW compression from collaborators and
> it would be nice to be able to read them directly into IDL w/o having to
> convert them with another program first.
If you have an IDL maintenance agreement in place, I believe RSI will
generate a new license file for you which activates LZW compression for
GIF and TIFF. We just did this for our IDL 5.5 and 6.0 installations. A
permission slip from Unisys is no longer required.
Cheers,
Liam.
Practical IDL Programming
http://www.gumley.com/
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