Targa.svobject

  © 1994 by Andreas R. Kleinert.

  FREEWARE. All rights reserved.

  Version      : 2.2
  Release Date : 22.05.1994


  Requirements
  ~~~~~~~~~~~~
  - OS V2.04+ (V37)+ and its libraries
  - superviewsupport.library V1+


  Description
  ~~~~~~~~~~~
  Targa.svobject is an external Library-Module for the superview.library V2+.

  It contains SVDriver-Support for the superview.library V3+, and
  needs any SVDriver with Bitplane-Support.

  It supports reading of Targa (TGA) Files.
  In detail these are :

  Reading :

   - Targa with 256 Colors (8 Bit)
   - Targa 24 Bit-Files

  Writing :

   (not supported yet)


  Remarks
  ~~~~~~~
   - Currently files with Colorbits other than 8 or 24 (1, 16, 32)
     are not supported yet. Also RLE-encoded files are rejected yet.
     This might be fixed in future versions.
   - The flags for "mirroring" Images vertically and/or horizontally
     are currently ignored : it seems that they are written always
     right, anyway ! Nevertheless these flags are checked when the
     file is read and will be reported via SVL_FileInfoRequest().


  Author
  ~~~~~~
  Andreas R. Kleinert
  Grube Hohe Grethe 23
  D-57074 Siegen
  Germany


  History
  ~~~~~~~
  V2.2 (22.05.1994) :

   - removed some unused debugging code : this was accidentally called
     always, when a picture has been loaded.
     This did not crash the program, but always caused a requester, which
     had to be confirmed by the User.


  V2.1 (22.05.1994) :

   - first version


  Literature
  ~~~~~~~~~~
  [1] "Bitmapped Graphics", 2nd Edition, Steve Rimmer, Windcrest/McGraw-Hill,
       © 1993 by Windcrest Books (registered Trademark of TAB Books).
       ISBN 0-8306-4209-9
  [2] "Supercharged Bitmapped Graphics", Steve Rimmer, Windcrest/McGraw-Hill,
       © 1992 by Windcrest Books (registered Trademark of TAB Books).
       ISBN 0-8306-3788-5
  [3] (there was more literature, but I didn't actually need it ;-)


  Copyrights
  ~~~~~~~~~~
  Some of the mentioned names or products above may be copyrighted by
  companies or trademarks of companies.