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  1. May 4th, 2000, 09:49 PM #1
    J Staniforth
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    Can anyone help me? How do you display a .gif file from a C++ program,
    C++ ver5 on win 98.
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  2. May 16th, 2000, 03:45 AM #2
    TheLeeMan
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    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.

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  3. May 16th, 2000, 07:42 PM #3
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    Its true. Dont use .gif.

    see:
    http://burnallgifs.org/
    http://www.byte.com/feature/BYT19991008S0001

    there are so many gfx formats to choose from...
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  4. May 22nd, 2000, 01:29 AM #4
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    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]
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