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From: Lee Hoffman <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] scanned picture list names of people
Date: Mon, 01 Jan 2001 11:00:49 -0500
References: <000201c07371$9f2b7d20$8b71accf@bsaw><3A4FBB72.8B2CA957@isd.net>
In-Reply-To: <3A500ABE.DA410075@reigelridge.com>


Terry Reigel wrote:
>R/J O'Brien wrote:
>
>> I think I saw that if you have FAT 32 on your Harddrive, you need to do
something
>> else to make the scan work into TMG. TMG is set up for FAT16. Unless
you have
>> Partion Magic or a similiar product you cannot convert back to FAT 16
from FAT
>> 32. Never made the change on my computer, so I never tried it. Maybe
someone
>> else has made the required changes and got it to work.
>
>The scanning issue with TMG has nothing to do with FAT32 or FAT16. These
have to do
>with how the segments of files on you hard drive is numbered.
>
>The scanner issue with TMG is related to use of 16-bit or 32-bit scaner
drivers. That
>only relates to scanning directy from TMG (using the Acquire/Scan button
on the
>Exhibit-Image Screen), since TMG is a 16-bit program and most users now
have 32-bit
>drivers on their systems. If you do the scans outside TMG, you should be
able to
>attach the resulting images to TMG if you want without problem.

What Terry says is true. There are work-arounds to make your scanner work
with TMG (by manipulating which driver is to be used and where it is
loaded). However, this work-around has to be changed back each time you
wish to user your scanner for any other program. Most users do as Terry
suggests and scan outside of TMG for now. When TMG v5.0 comes out, you
will be able to scan from within TMG. But that will likely be a few weeks
or so until v5.0 is released.

Happy New Year -

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