Re: NewEra/JPEG

Billy Wheeler wrote: > > On 19 Jun 97 at 19:51, Dirk Gunsthoevel wrote: > > > David Lapsley wrote: > > > Is it possible to display JPEG images (stored as blobs) on a > > > NewEra form. If so do I need to purchase any Class Libraries etc. > > > > For displaying jpegs I use an external jpeg viewer - failed to find > > a way to diplay them in a place on the form. For some applications - > > i.e. if you need a view on the character data and the pictures the > > same time - I convert the data including the blobs to a simple html > > document and show this using an external viewer again. > > Wow, that sounds like a lot of work. Isn't there a freeware/shareware > C class library you can shoe-horn into the mix? There are commercial > ones, some even fully compatible with NewEra. Nope. Not really. Its simple and straightforward. I really dont think you need any external libraries for that. I wrote that myself in less than a day. Its only text /with some formatting) in the html document plus some links to jpegs. So if you know html just a little bit its definately easy. Cheers Dirk -- -- Dipl.-Math. Dirk Gunsthoevel phone: +49 (0)251 624947 -- Hoeftestr.49 fax: +49 (0)251 624177 -- 48167 Muenster 2*3*3*37 - the prime factorization of the beast -- Germany http://members.aol.com/Plabit/welcome.html