My guess is that the developers chose .ABS because at the time of development that was most likely the thumbnail image format of choice.
----- Original Message ----- From: Kevin Toppenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, October 5, 2005 4:54 am Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] VistA Imaging and Image filetypes > Hmmm. Why did someone choose THAT format? > > I don't think I have code that outputs in TGA format. So I think I > will not upload .ABS thumbnails. > > Thanks > Kevin > > On 10/4/05, Roy Gaber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > That would be TGA Kevin. They are TGA derivatives. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf > Of Kevin > > Toppenberg > > Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2005 8:37 PM > > To: Hardhats Sourceforge > > Subject: [Hardhats-members] VistA Imaging and Image filetypes > > > > Does anyone know the image filetype of the thumbnails that are > > automatically generated (I believe by the background processor)? > > > > When I ask for an image from the server, say for a given > document, it > > passes back the name of the file, e.g.: > > ZZ000001.jpg > > and it ALSO passes back the name of a thumbnail (aka abstract), > e.g.:> ZZ000001.ABS > > > > Because I am not going to be running the background processor, I > will> upload these abstract .ABS files myself. But I don't know > what file > > format it should be: jpg? bmp? same as original file? > > > > Also, it appears that records in the IMAGE file (2005) have a field > > that specifies the image type (i.e. movie, text, html, still image). > > But it specifies that the default extension for a STILL IMAGE is > jpg.> I assume this is only a default, and that I can upload any > format I > > want (i.e. .png ), because there is also a field that specifies the > > file's extension. > > > > So my primary question is what the format of the .ABS file is > supposed to > > be. > > > > Thanks > > Kevin > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.Net email is sponsored by: > Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, > discussions,and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: Power Architecture Resource Center: Free content, downloads, discussions, and more. http://solutions.newsforge.com/ibmarch.tmpl _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list Hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
