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<font size=3>Greetings all. <br><br>
I have a few minutes to breathe here in Aylmer, Ontario, Canada It is a
holiday up here. I will make a brief attempt at solving this
situation. It is complex and I may oversimplify for "some
techy types" but it is at the heart of the problems SW-L List
members are experiencing when trying to deal with graphics. Please read
below the quote.<br><br>
At 09:58 AM 8/2/2004, you wrote:<br>
</font><blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Hi
Val and list members, <br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">I can read and
understand ;-)) your sw-email - but as soon as I get offline there
are only red squares with the words .. ;-(( <br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">I am working with
Microsoft - Outlook 2000 <br>
</font><font size=3> <br>
</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Has anybody got an idea
how to solve this problem? <br>
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</font><font face="arial" size=2 color="#0000FF">Stefan
;-))</font></blockquote><br>
The specific reference above is related to sending an email message
written in HTML. Before you start jumping up and down, denying YOU wrote
a message in HTML, the original message was sent from the PUDL site. The
Site encodes messages in HTML<br><br>
If you are reading an email in SignWriting from the PUDL Site you are
basically reading an HTML Document (Web Page) in your mail reader. In the
situation above Outlook 2000. This mail reader is capable of reading
(decoding HTML) and what you are seeing in the email is NOT really what's
written there. What you see is really a translation of the HTML code.
<br><br>
This is what was really written in the message referenced by
Stephan:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite=""><TABLE cellPadding=10
border=1><br>
<TBODY><br>
<TR><br>
<TD
vAlign=top><br>
<CENTER><IMG alt=me <br>
src="<a href="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/SGN-US/dict/sl/me.png" eudora="autourl">http://signbank.org/signpuddle/SGN-US/dict/sl/me.png</a>"
<br>
align=middle border=0 NOSEND="1"> </blockquote><br>
The second last line in the quotation above is the HTML code which
references the "ME" Sign in SignWriting on the PUDL
Site<br><br>
The HTML code above is in the email but Stephan's Mail Reader, Outlook
2000, reads the code, translates it, and shows him the ME PNG file from
the PUDL Site. <br><br>
If I were to type in the URL indicated above on the next line, list
members, with HTML enabled mail readers, will be able to see the ME PNG
by clicking on the link. Try it if you like. <br><br>
<a href="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/SGN-US/dict/sl/me.png" eudora="autourl">http://signbank.org/signpuddle/SGN-US/dict/sl/me.png</a>
<br><br>
<br><br>
<font size=3>Now back to Stephan's question. As long as Stephan is connected to the INTERNET his mail reader (Outlook 2000) will show him the ME PNG file. <br><br>
If Stephan is not connected to the INTERNET, Outlook 2000 will attempt to translate the quoted HTML code above but will fail since his computer is not connected to the INTERNET. The code will simply be shown as a "Broken Link". <br><br>
To verify this simply reconnect to the INTERNET, look at the message and the SignWriting will reappear. Its all magic. <br><br>
I took the liberty of downloading the ME PNG to my computer and I can now imbed the image directly into this email. See below<br><br>
<img src="cid:.0" width=15 height=40 alt="407c4f7.jpg"><br><br>
<br><br>
I have also attached the ME PNG to this email message and you should be able to see it but it will appear as an attachment. <br><br>
Some email readers are not able to translate HTML code and all you get is "gibberish" see below.<br><br>
<TABLE cellPadding=10 border=1><br>
<TBODY><br>
<TR><br>
<TD vAlign=top><br>
<CENTER><IMG alt=me <br>
src="<a href="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/SGN-US/dict/sl/me.png" eudora="autourl">http://signbank.org/signpuddle/SGN-US/dict/sl/me.png</a>" <br>
align=middle border=0 NOSEND="1"> <IMG <br>
src="<a href="http://signbank.org/signpuddle/SGN-US/dict/dot_a.png" eudora="autourl">http://signbank.org/signpuddle/SGN-US/dict/dot_a.png</a>" <br>
border=0 NOSEND="1"> <br><br>
_____<br>
This has probably just further confused the issue for some people but may help others. <br><br>
Contact me directly if you want more. <br><br>
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Up Thumb, Paul Cowley<br>
pcowley@amtelecom.net<br>
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