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Z80 Screendump(.scr) association
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 12:16 pm
by Golfareninsweden
Hello!
Beeing a ZX Spectrum fan I use XnView to view Z80 Screendumps (.scr)
Looking in associations menu under options i can't associate '.scr' files with XnView. I know that Windows screensaver has the same extension and that it could be a conflict.
I would like to be able to do that.
More information about the .scr format can be found here.
http://www.sinclairfaq.com/cssfaq/refer ... ts.htm#SCR
Cheers
Christian
P.S
I would also like to be able to save as .scr format
but thats another question.
Re: Z80 Screendump(.scr) association
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:02 pm
by xnview
Golfareninsweden wrote:Hello!
Beeing a ZX Spectrum fan I use XnView to view Z80 Screendumps (.scr)
Looking in associations menu under options i can't associate '.scr' files with XnView. I know that Windows screensaver has the same extension and that it could be a conflict.
I would like to be able to do that.
More information about the .scr format can be found here.
http://www.sinclairfaq.com/cssfaq/refer ... ts.htm#SCR
Cheers
Christian
P.S
I would also like to be able to save as .scr format
but thats another question.
Yes, you can't associate .scr under windows
Posted: Fri Jan 20, 2006 1:53 pm
by Xyzzy
Not-a-bug. Windows feature.
Closed.
X.
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 1:58 am
by Splinter
I've already download the last windows version of this program... and I can´t associate the .scr extension...
Posted: Tue Jun 20, 2006 4:41 am
by ckit
Splinter wrote:I've already download the last windows version of this program... and I can´t associate the .scr extension...
Pierre has already stated that you can't associate SCR files under Windows.
Posted: Sat Aug 19, 2006 8:56 pm
by moroz1999
no, you can.
open my computer->folder options->file types->new
set file association=SCR
click advanced
select void action (top of list)
click ok
set xnview in "change" for "opens with"
so thats all
question is: why isn't this format supported by the latest version of xnview? I was quite surprised when I downloaded the latest version and it couldn't open SCR
Posted: Mon Aug 21, 2006 7:47 am
by xnview
moroz1999 wrote:
question is: why isn't this format supported by the latest version of xnview? I was quite surprised when I downloaded the latest version and it couldn't open SCR
Do you have enabled option/general/startup/Use all formats?
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 12:22 pm
by Guest
Sorry to drag up an old topic, but I'm always told that this is better ettiquette than starting a new one.
I've just installed the latest XNView on my shiny new desktop machine (running Windows XP Pro), and tried it out by browsing the \spectrum folder of one of my old hard drives (which of course I've installed in the new machine -- I don't want to lose 12 years' work). I was disappointed that XNView no longer seems to support .scr (and yes, I've read this thread and tried the suggestions here).
Am I overlooking anything? After all, although .scr was a bad choice of extension (almost as dumb as Wavefront choosing .obj for 3D objects), it isn't too difficult for a program to determine if a .scr is a Spectrum screen dump; if it's exactly 6912 bytes then it almost certainly is (and it's very unlikely that any Windows screen saver would be anywhere near that small). Likewise, if it's exactly 12288 bytes then it's very likely a Timex hi-colour screen dump, and if it's exactly 12288 bytes then it's almost certainly a Timex hi-res screen.
Incidentally, the URL posted at the start of this thread is now obsolete due to being grabbed by a domain-theft company; the current URL is:
http://www.worldofspectrum.org/faq/refe ... ts.htm#SCR
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2008 5:05 am
by splinter
xnview wrote:moroz1999 wrote:
question is: why isn't this format supported by the latest version of xnview? I was quite surprised when I downloaded the latest version and it couldn't open SCR
Do you have enabled option/general/startup/Use all formats?
thanks... now working...
great work...