2003.05.06 14:54 "Decode Message : Help/", by Harring Figueiredo

Folks,

I created a TIFF file using a java program that I wrote. The image I created is based on another TIFF file. When I try to load the image on gqview, I get the follwoing error. (Gimp also gives the same type of errors - see below)

gqview Error Messages:

Fax4Decode: har.tiff: Bad code word at scanline 1 (x 55).
Fax4Decode: Warning, har.tiff: Premature EOL at scanline 1 (got 55, expected 1864).

Gimp Error MEssages

gimp: har.tiff: Premature EOL at scanline 8 (got 1863, expected 1864)
gimp: har.tiff: Line length mismatch at scanline 13 (got 1865, expected 1864)
gimp: har.tiff: Bad code word at scanline 17 (x 1863)
gimp: har.tiff: Premature EOL at scanline 17 (got 1863, expected 1864)
gimp: har.tiff: Line length mismatch at scanline 20 (got 2265, expected 1864)
gimp: har.tiff: Line length mismatch at scanline 21 (got 1870, expected 1864)
...... [ More messages imiliar to the above line ]...

What does that mean? ( I can load the original file OK. )

NOTE: The original file is TIFF little endian, and the one I create is TIFF Big Endian. (Perhaps will help someone spot the problem)

Here is a tiffdump of the Files:

ORIGINAL FILE (Loads on on gqview)

Magic: 0x4949 <little-endian> Version: 0x2a
Directory 0: offset 11552 (0x2d20) next 0 (0)
ImageWidth (256) SHORT (3) 1 <1864>
ImageLength (257) SHORT (3) 1 <728>
Compression (259) SHORT (3) 1 <4>
Photometric (262) SHORT (3) 1 <0>
StripOffsets (273) LONG (4) 1 <8>
Orientation (274) SHORT (3) 1 <1>
RowsPerStrip (278) SHORT (3) 1 <728>
StripByteCounts (279) LONG (4) 1 <11544>
XResolution (282) RATIONAL (5) 1 <>
YResolution (283) RATIONAL (5) 1 <>
PlanarConfig (284) SHORT (3) 1 <1>

BAD IMAGE ( created by me)

Magic: 0x4d4d <big-endian> Version: 0x2a
Directory 0: offset 8 (0x8) next 0 (0)
ImageWidth (256) SHORT (3) 1 <1864>
ImageLength (257) SHORT (3) 1 <728>
Compression (259) SHORT (3) 1 <4>
Photometric (262) SHORT (3) 1 <0>
StripOffsets (273) LONG (4) 1 <146>
Orientation (274) SHORT (3) 1 <1>
RowsPerStrip (278) SHORT (3) 1 <728>
StripByteCounts (279) LONG (4) 1 <11544>
XResolution (282) RATIONAL (5) 1 <>
YResolution (283) RATIONAL (5) 1 <>
PlanarConfig (284) SHORT (3) 1 <1>

When I am copying the STRIPS (in this case, nly 1 (one), I basically do a mem copy from the original file to the file I am creating. ( I do not have to convert to Big endian, do I? )

I can send the images if anyone is interested.

Thank you SO MUCH for any help.

Harring Figueiredo.