User guide

ColdFire® Convert 1.0 Users Manual

Freescale Semiconductor

Hard Drive Space:

• At least 10 MB of drive space to install. More space is required for storing output files.

• Any ColdFire device with LCD controller support

2 CF Convert 1.0 Operation

2.1 Working with the File Menu

2.1.1 Open File(s)

To convert an image, select the open-file(s) option from the file menu. The file browser window will

open in which the .bmp files may be selected. To select one, click on the file then press okay. The

selected file will appear on the main screen in the text window. The file browsing window also gives the

option to select multiple files. To select multiple .bmp files within a directory, hold down the control key

while clicking on various filenames. Once all desired Windows™ .bmp files are selected, click okay; the

filenames appear in the selected-files text box.

NOTE

This program automatically sets the output directory as the directory that

the files were chosen from.

2.1.2 Select Input Directory

Another option available for selecting Windows™ .bmp files is the select-input-directory option. This

option allows the user to select one folder that contains multiple .bmp files. The program automatically

extracts all .bmp filenames in a selected folder and displays them in the selected-files text box. To

access this option, click on the file menu; choose select input directory. A folder browser window opens.

Click on a folder containing .bmp images.

NOTE

• Only one input directory may be selected.

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If individual files have been selected, and this menu option is

chosen, the previous files are cleared. Additionally, all files from

the new input directory will be displayed instead. Both options

cannot be used simultaneously.

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Unlike the open-file(s) option, this selection will not generate a

default output directory. The output directory must be chosen.

2.1.3 Select Output Directory

The select-output-directory menu option allows the user to choose where output-header files are stored.

To use this, click on file menu and then click on the select-output-directory option. Another folder