Re: usage of imread

[Andy Adler]

On Sun, 30 May 2004 address@hidden wrote:
> I' ve installed GNU Octave 2.1.42 (WindowsME) and ImageMagick-6.0.1-Q8.
>
> if I call imread:
> >>img=imread("bmp:lena.bmp");
>
> this error message occurs:
> error: could not read file: C:\PROGRA~1\GNUOCT~1\TMP/oct-610dbbfd.7
> error: evaluating if command near line 178, column 4
> error: called from `imread' in file
> `/usr/share/octave/2.1.42/m/image/imread.m'
> error: evaluating assignment expression near line 2, column 4
>
> I' ve tested different variations to call imread(...)  - nothing worked.
> I suppose there is a mistake associated with my ImageMagic installation.
> Possibly there is missing a path.
>
> Who can help me?
>

You will need to ensure that the convert.exe binary from ImageMagick
is available from octave.

The easiest way to do that is to put the imagemagick "bin" directory
in the system path.

Control Panel -> System -> Advanced -> Environment Variables

Andy





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