6.8.6-Q16 Identify with "-format %x" not returning Units

[Taldos]

Using the version specified above (v. 6.8.6-Q16) when I run the following from the command line:

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[ImageMagickPath]\Identify -format "%x, %y" "[Filepath]"

The resolution is returned but the units are not. in the case above for example I get

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300, 300

Based on the documentation I expected to see the Units following these numbers. as in "300 PixelsPerInch, 300 PixelsPerInch". this worked on previous version of Imagmagick so I know it was working in the past. I recently upgraded to this version of Imagmagick and I'm wondering if anyone else is seeing this. or if something has changed that hasn't been reflected in the documentation

Incidentally, if I use the "-verbose" option on the file I do see the units specified so I know ImageMagick has access to the data. however in this particular version the units aren't being returned when accessing the data via the format option.

Any help would be greatly apreciated, I'm trying to close this out so we can move the new version of ImageMagick to production to address other defects.

Thanks.

[Taldos]

Additional information regarding environment. Reproduced issue on

Windows Server 2003 R2. DataCenter x64 Edition. Service Pack 2
Windows 7. Service Pack 1

The binary installer used:
ImageMagick-6.8.6-10-Q16-x64-static.exe

[fmw42]

That seems to be the way it is coded as described by http://www.imagemagick.org/script/escape.php. You will need to use identify -verbose yourimage and parse out the units until such time as/if that is changed.

[Taldos]

we've put the same process you recommended as a stop gap to get things going but was hoping there was a more elegant solution.

Appreciate the feedback

thanks.

[fmw42]

post the suggestions for a %{units]" on the Developers forum.

[olafkarsten]

I would consider that a Bug. That has definitly changed in the newer Versions. In 6.8.5-10 and earlier on Debian Linux it returns the Units too. Not sure when the change was introduced, but 6.8.10 on linux doesn't work. It breaks our application. I didn't find any record in the change log. We work with large files and identify -verbose is not an option. Its way to expensive to get this info. So we stay with the older version and hope we get the old behavior or a working %[units] solution.

[magick]

We added support for %U, the image resolution units in ImageMagick 6.8.7-4 beta available by sometime tomorrow.