Q134993: Stretch And Skew Dialog Box Does Not Accept Negative Values

Article: Q134993
Product(s): Microsoft Windows 95.x Retail Product
Version(s): WINDOWS:95
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win95
Last Modified: 17-DEC-2000

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Windows 95 
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SYMPTOMS
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When you are stretching or skewing an image in Paint, you cannot enter a
negative value in the Stretch And Skew dialog box. If you attempt to enter a
negative value for a horizontal or vertical stretch, you receive the following
message:

  Please enter an integer between 1 and 500.

If you attempt to enter a negative value for a horizontal or vertical skew, you
receive the following message:

  Please enter an integer between 0 and 89.

If you use the right mouse button to click Horizontal or Vertical, and then click
What's This?, the text that appears indicates that negative numbers are valid.

CAUSE
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Paint does not accept negative values in the Stretch And Skew dialog box.

STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Windows 95. We are
researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base as it becomes available.

MORE INFORMATION
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You would normally enter a negative skew value to skew the image to the left or
toward the bottom of the image; however, Paint does not support entering a
negative value.

You would not normally enter a negative stretch value, even though the Help topic
indicates that you can. To reduce the size of an image, enter a value from 1 to
99. To enlarge an image, enter a value from 101 to 500.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          : win95 
Technology        : kbWin95search kbZNotKeyword3
Version           : WINDOWS:95

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