[thelist] Graphic Output from Numeric Input

Adam Patrick apatrick@oracular.com
Mon Oct 9 09:48:12 2000
Let me see if I have this straight:  You need to retrieve some ASP output from one server to give you the name of a GIF or JPEG file on another server.  Is that correct?

On Mon, 09 October 2000, "Subhendu Mohapatra" wrote:

> 
> Thank you all for helping me but I think I have missed the main point that I
> am a newbie and I am in ASP, PWS, Win98 pf.  My requirement is like this, I
> have one ASP file like this http://mysite.com/myfile.asp, where inside
> myfile.asp  one line output is Response.Write x,  and x contains a numeric
> value from which I am also displaying small digits.gif according to the
> value of x. My requirement is I want to display this digits.gif  by pointing
> FROM ANY OTHER site ( say from my second site)  like  <img
> src="http://mysite.com/myfile.asp"> .  This is not working because my second
> site expects the <img> to point to a .gif or a .jpeg out put and not
> displaying the .gif also.   I have to convert the numeric value to a graphic
> format.
> 
> This is similar to the idea behind counter.com code they give to the users
> like
> 
> <a href="http://counter.mycomputer.com/"><img alt="Counter"
> src="http://counter.mycomputer.com/c.count?u=smohapatra&c=1" border=0></a>
> 
> This display numeric value of counter in a graphical way and a <img> display
> the value.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Subhendu
> plus2net.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Handelaar <john@userfrenzy.com>
> To: <thelist@lists.evolt.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 09, 2000 2:52 PM
> Subject: RE: [thelist] Graphic Output from Numeric Input
> 
> 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: thelist-admin@lists.evolt.org
> > > [mailto:thelist-admin@lists.evolt.org]On Behalf Of deboute benjamin
> > > Sent: 09 October 2000 09:59
> > > To: thelist@lists.evolt.org
> > > Subject: Re: [thelist] Graphic Output from Numeric Input
> > >
> > >
> > > PHP does support image creation but it's not build-in, it assumes that
> > > you've got the GD library.
> > > the GIF support of the GD library is de-activated since the GIF
> > > affair, but
> > > you can find an old version.
> > >
> > > anyway, i tried the GD, but i didn't liked it.
> > > rather use the PERL library image::magik, it's very complete,
> > > scalable and
> > > versatile
> > >
> > > http://www.imagemagik.org
> > > http://www.php.net/manual/ref.image.php
> > >
> > > there are image magik php functions, but only in PHP3 and i didn't found
> > > them on the php site.
> >
> > Wow, amazing link.  We've wanted this for months...
> >
> > But the spelling's wrong in the link.  And it should
> > go in the tip library
> >
> > <tip type="Perl" author="Benjamin Deboute">
> > Annoyed that GD doesn't do GIFs any more?  Does that
> > make GD basically worthless?
> >
> > Never mind: Imagemagick takes up the slack.
> >
> > http://www.imagemagick.org
> >
> > </tip>
> >
> >
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