FAQ



FAQ for AT File Mole

  1. How to set the cursor's Hot Pot?
  2. How to set the displaying time for frames from ANI file?
  3. How to set the frame's sequence for ANI file?
  4. How to delete any part of wave data for WAV file?
  5. How to save only one channel for WAV file?
  6. When can I save the image of icons (cursors, bitmaps) with support alpha blending?
  7. Why some image of bitmaps wasn't display in the Preview box only word "none"?
  8. How to grab only icons from EXE file? I don't need to other resources.
  9. What are values from list form I can edit? I don't undestand when the Apply button becomes enable.
  10. How to edit the color of a separately pixel?
1. How to set the cursor's Hot Pot?

For ANI files: find out the image_info chunk from tree form



and edit the HotPotX and HotPotY values in list form



For CUR files: find out the icon_dir chunk from tree form



and do as previous case.



2. How to set the displaying time for frames from ANI file?

Select the ani_header chunk from tree form


select the Default rate value



input a new value



and click the APPLY button.


If the loaded ANI file has the time chunk:

select the time chunk



edit the values for every frame separately




3. How to set the frame's sequence for ANI file?

If the loaded file doesn't have the sequence chunk add it via the button:



Further selecting the corresponding items



change their values.

Don't forget to be testing your changes into the ANI file by using the  buttons.



4. How to delete any part of wave data for WAV file?

Load the WAV file. Click by the left button with the mouse in any part of image with the wave data (start point), click by the left button with the mouse in another part of image with the wave data (end point), at last, click the button.



5. How to save only one channel for WAV file?

Use for this the buttons separately for left or right channels.



6. When can I save the image of icons (cursors, bitmaps) with support alpha blending?

When you see two image in the Preview box the right one was output with alpha blending support:



To save any image with support Alpha Blending (scaling) at first check the With Alpha Blending (With scaling) item in the File menu and then the Save frame item.



7. Why some image of bitmaps wasn't display in the Preview box only word "none"?

At first click the bitm_info chunk for such bitmap, further if the Compression value is not 0 to have this image you need to run AT File Mole under Windows 2000/XP, if the BitCount value is 16 simply this program don't support such pixel's format.



8. How to grab only icons from EXE file? I don't need to other resources.

Uncheck the cursors and bitmaps boxes from the Options.



9. What are values from list form I can edit? I don't undestand when the Apply button becomes enable.

Take notice of icon's image before every value, if it is you cannot edit this value, if it is you can do.



10. How to edit the color of a separately pixel?

Select the color_bitmap item in the TreeView


select any items in the ListView or click on image of separately resource


if you zoom this image beforehand you see the red rectangle on the selected pixel


edit it values and click the Apply button