Garmin pois

Lincol · Lifetime Member Joined: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 61

Hi Guys
Installing Search for sites Pub Stops POIs on my Garmin using Poi Loader.
Loads up the positions on the map ok, but I only get a blue Square and not the correct Icon.
I have the icon located in the same folder and exactly the same name followed by .BMP
What am I missing, something daft ??
Help

sussamb · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 3:04 pm Post subject:

Check your PC settings. Some won't show the ending by default so you may find they're named something like icon.bmp.bmp ...
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Lincol · Lifetime Member Joined: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 61

They come up fine on the map and I can navigate to them, it's just they appear as little blue squares.
The folder that I point Poiloader to has Pubstops which is a Excel CSV file and Pubstops.bmp in it, that is all. I convert using express mode.
How to I set the laptop to show all extensions ? in case it has something extra (Win 7)

Lincol · Lifetime Member Joined: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 61

The icon should be a 24x24 image with a pint in it !!

Lincol · Lifetime Member Joined: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 61

Sorted thanks to suss, thank you !!

M8TJT · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 4:36 pm Post subject:

So what was it? Double extension?

Lincol · Lifetime Member Joined: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 61

Yes you guessed it,. Double extension !!
Thanks as usual for you invaluable help !!

M8TJT · Posted: Sat Aug 04, 2018 11:00 pm Post subject:

Microsoft thought that they were being helpful in hiding extensions and naming a program that the data is associated with.

For instance, a .csv file is not specifically an Excel file like a .xlsm file (worksheet with macros) is, it is a file of comma separated values and can be opened by pretty much any text editor. It's just that MS happen to have associated .csv files with Excel (if installed) and Excel opens them in nice chintzy columns.

Kremmen · Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 4:33 am Post subject:

Why they decided to hide extensions by default beats me.

Makes it difficult for the non techy users when problems like this occur.
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Lincol · Lifetime Member Joined: Feb 11, 2005 Posts: 61

I am certainly leaving the box unchecked, so they are not hidden !!
Cheers Chaps

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