[Bioperl-l] Bio::Graphics problem

Lincoln Stein lstein at cshl.org
Mon May 12 12:03:21 EDT 2003


Hi Chris,

This is a common problem when Perl scripts try to produce binary output in a 
windows environment.  You have to specify binmode() on the output filehandle.

Try this at the end of the file:

	binmode(STDOUT);
	print $panel->png;

Best,

Lincoln

On Wednesday 07 May 2003 06:27 am, Chris wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am running Bioperl on a Windows XP installation along side ActiveState
> Perl 5.6.  I have been trying to run example 6 in the HOWTO section in
> order to familiarise myself with the tools. I'm having problems however,
> with the .png output.  I can produce a file but the image is unreadable
> in any image browser.  I've tried searching through the archives for
> similar topics to this but as yet have found nothing.  Does anyone know
> what may be going wrong?
>
> I've also installed Cygwin and the same thing results.
>
> (Code attached)
>
> Kind Regards,
> Chris

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