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Re: LIB to Compute GIFs under Win32

• Posted by Michael Sabal <mikes at notations.com> May 25, 2001
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You will want to be careful about this kind of program (which I too would =
find very useful, as a matter of fact).  GIF uses a compression algorithm =
that requires payment of a license fee to copy.  When you use a purchased =
paint program like Paint Shop Pro or Adobe Photoshop, part of the price of =
the program is the license fee.  When you use a GPL GIF writer, it is more =
or less warez.  There may be loopholes that allow the free use of the =
algorithm, but they must be carefully investigated and documented in your =
program & docs.  A better idea might be to create virtual images in RAM, =
then use one of the programs from the archives to write them out as a JPEG =
file for use in your HTML.  JPEG compression is free and better at what it =
does.  Also don't forget that embedding JavaScript in your HTML can make =
for some pretty good effects.  See http://javascript.internet.com for some =
examples.

HTH,
Mike Sabal

>>> r.schr at T-ONLINE.DE 05/25/01 03:17PM >>>
Hi Bernie,

one example is to display n data points, i.e. (x,y) pairs. Or to display
bar graphs. In general: the number of pixel for width and height will be
given and then for each pixel a rgb value (for the moment I'm not
thinking of animated GIFs). I know, I could try to understand the GIF
file format and program then this, but someone might just have done
this... .