Can anyone help me? How do you display a .gif file from a C++ program,
C++ ver5 on win 98.
Thanks
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Can anyone help me? How do you display a .gif file from a C++ program,
C++ ver5 on win 98.
Thanks
One type of GIF encryption (the most widely used) which i believe is called LZQ is copywrited and can only be aquired via contract from the company that uses it. I found this a little hard to believe when I first found this out (talk about profit!) but after some looking into it I found this to be the case.
Stick to jpg's or bmps - less legal crap.
TheLeeMan
Its true. Dont use .gif.
see:
http://burnallgifs.org/
http://www.byte.com/feature/BYT19991008S0001
there are so many gfx formats to choose from...
PNGs are damn nice to work with, especially if you use Thomas Boutell's GD library, which provides pretty much everything you need. (Prerequisites: zlib and libpng). I can send you VC++ projects for them which work quite well (they did after a lot of testing/thinking).
See: http://www.boutell.com/gd (I think)
[Edited by parksie on 05-22-2000 at 02:30 PM]