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Gallery - (c) 1996,97 by Markus Hillenbrand
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PURPOSE
This program is intended for creating nice looking HTML pages with small
thumbnails of pictures. It creates a gallery where you can click through
(in order to see the pictures).
This piece of software is written in a forthcomming C++ class library for
the Amiga, which is easy to use and intuitive. If you are interested in
this class library, feel free to contact me.
REQUIREMENTS
Amiga Operating System v 39
GfxCon 1.7 (not included in the package, get it from aminet)
web browser which can handle tables and frames (only in order to see the
results)
INSTALLATION
You only have to click on the «install» icon. If you want to install it
by hand, just copy the executable «Gallery» to any place on your hard disk.
You must get a program which can create thumbnails. I prefer GfxCon from
Dirk Farin. You can get it from aminet or other PD sources. If you have
found and installed a program, just start gallery and turn to the page
'Thumbnails'. Here you can enter a system call to create the thumbnails.
There must be four arguments in this string gadget (%s %s %ld %ld). The
first argument will be filled with the picture's file name, the second
with the thumbnail's file name. The third and fourth argument are the
width and height of the thumbnail to be generated.
If you start the program for the first time, there will be a preset for
the usage with GfxCon. Just have a look at it, and change the path to
the correct directory GfxCon resides in.
Hope, you got it. If not, feel free to e-mail me.
USAGE FROM CLI
There is no usage from CLI anymore. If you enter 'Gallery' in your Shell,
the GUI will pop up.
USAGE FROM WORKBENCH
Just click on the program's icon and the window will pop up.
Any function the window offers is described in the botton line
of the window. Just move the mouse around.
HISTORY
Gallery 39.7
Removed GfxCon from the package.
Added a status window.
Removed shell usage.
A program to create the thumbnails can be entered by the user.
Changed the source code to pure C++ code.
The background pattern will be shown correctly now.
Gallery 39.6
Gallery entries are sorted correctly now (Stricmp instead of strcmp)
Now you can create thumbnails for every picture found. Upto 39.5
gallery only created thumbnails for pictures which could be shown
in a HTML file.
Gallery 39.5
Works together with AFS now. Thanks to Timm S. Müller!
Now you can create a non frames gallery.
Gallery 39.4:
Designed the GUI with a register gadget.
More control over HTML files.
Small enhancements in HTML code.
Gallery 39.3:
Now you can specify lines and columns of the HTML tables.
Prefs are now saved correctly.
Found some small bugs, and removed them.
Gallery 39.2:
Galleries are now shown in frames
GfxCon is now called correcty with '"' for filenames
There are five rows now instead of four.
Gallery 39.1:
Graphical user interface added
MAXENTRIES added
Gallery entries will be sorted by name
changed version numbering to style guide
Gallery 1.0:
First release for aminet
FUTURE
These features might be added to future versions:
- more control of generated html files
COPYRIGHT
Gallery (c) 1996,97 by Markus Hillenbrand
Permission is granted to make and distribute verbatim copies of this
manual provided the copyright notice and this permission notice are
preserved on all copies.
No guarantee of any kind is given that the program described in this
document is 100% reliable. You are using this material at your own risk.
The author *can not* be made responsible for any damage which is caused
by using these programs.
This package is freely distributable, but still copyright by
Markus Hillenbrand. This means that you can copy it freely as long as you
don't ask for more than nominal copying fee.
Permission is granted to include this package in Public-Domain collections.
The distribution file may be uploaded to Bulletin Board Systems or FTP
servers. If you want to distribute this program you must use the unmodified
distribution archive.
Gallery must NOT be included or used in commercial programs unless by
written permission from the author.
Gallery must NOT be used on any machine which is used for the research,
development, construction, testing or production of weapons or other
military applications. This also includes any machine which is used for
training persons for *any* of the above mentioned purposes.
REGISTRATION
Well, this package is not crippled anyhow. But please tell me if you use
the program. So I can decide whether to continue this work or not.
Just send me an e-mail or a post card.
CAUTION: If you develop any commercial software with this tool (for
example a CD rom with pictures), you must send me a copy of it. This
piece of software is free for private usage only.
BUGS
None.
IMPORTANT NOTES
- Only pictures that have a correct suffix (i.e. .GIF, .IFF, .JPG, ...)
will be scanned and put into the gallery.
AUTHOR
The author can be reached as:
Markus Hillenbrand
Mannheimer Straße 28
67655 Kaiserslautern
GERMANY
E-Mail: Markus.Hillenbrand@t-online.de
m_hillen@informatik.uni-kl.de
Internet: http://www.student.uni-kl.de/~hillenbr
Telephone: (+49) 631/696561
KNOWN USERS
Timm S. Müller (Timm.Mueller@darmstadt.netsurf.de)
Ronald Schmiers (rosch@freiepresse.de)
Chris Dodd (cjdodd@csm.uwe.ac.uk)
(http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Lakes/3186/index.HTML)
Royan Webb (bandr@globaldialog.com)
(http://www.globaldialog.com/AdventureCentral)
Mike Timm (mike@ai.inka.de)
(http://privat.swol.de/MikeTimm)
Phil Snell (fruity@dillusio.demon.co.uk)
(http://www.dillusio.demon.co.uk/danii)
Rigo Sievert (R.Sievert@bbrandes.berlinet.de)
Francisco J Carmona Almagro (carmona@adam.es);
(http://webs.adam.es/carmona)
Robert Cherry Mountains (klr@quadrant.xs4all.nl)
Paolo Maggi (pmaggi@telnetwork.it)
Thomas Hasemann (MisterB@t-online.de)
Wouter van Straalen (W.R.vanStraalen@CyberDude.com)
(http://www.worldonline.nl/~knmg1421)
Andy Gardner (valkyrie@enterprise.net)
Torbjörn Aronsson (Torbjorn.Aronsson@mailbox.swipnet.se)
(http://home1.swipnet.se/~w-12327)