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Where are the latest Patran 2017 PCL programming manuals and where are the detailed instructions for the gm_write_image function?

toby.t.norris
Where are the Patran 2017 manuals for PCL programming. The last ones I have are for 2013. Specifically you have altered the behavior of the gm_write_image function and I need to see what has changed between v2013 and v2017.  With v2017 I am now getting images saved with 32 bit color depth which is a problem compared to what I was getting before from Patran v2014 which were 8 bit color depth.  When I look up gm_write_image on your website I find nothing, and when I lookup "Patran Manuals" I find nothing. And with my new Patran 2017 installation I see no PCL programming manuals.  Why is it so difficult to get information about PCL programming?
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    Just to touch on your point about the difficulty of finding information on gm_write_image: it can sometimes be problematic to find particular functions, because the PCL documentation is spread across different sections of the overall help system.
    The most effective way to access the docs is to install the documentation package locally, as Arthur suggested. This is HTML-based and in terms of functionality is the same as the web link you've already accessed (but faster). Among the benefits is the ability to easily search across the whole of the documentation. It also comes with a comprehensive index, meaning that if you know the name of a function it's easy to find it without having to check multiple PDFs.
     
    Also note that for most functions there's a code example as well as the function description. The code example for gm_write_image unfortunately seems to be rather old and as you noted only has 8 arguments. The function description has all 9.
     
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    Just to touch on your point about the difficulty of finding information on gm_write_image: it can sometimes be problematic to find particular functions, because the PCL documentation is spread across different sections of the overall help system.
    The most effective way to access the docs is to install the documentation package locally, as Arthur suggested. This is HTML-based and in terms of functionality is the same as the web link you've already accessed (but faster). Among the benefits is the ability to easily search across the whole of the documentation. It also comes with a comprehensive index, meaning that if you know the name of a function it's easy to find it without having to check multiple PDFs.
     
    Also note that for most functions there's a code example as well as the function description. The code example for gm_write_image unfortunately seems to be rather old and as you noted only has 8 arguments. The function description has all 9.
     
    ScreenShot2511
     
    ScreenShot2512
    I hope this is useful.
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