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G I F E X E
Version 1.0
June 10, 1990
A Self-Displayer Program for Your GIF(tm) Pictures
Copyright 1990,1991 Steve Enns and Dan Magosse.
All right reserved.
GIFEXE is produced by:
Steve Enns Dan Magosse
2425 Haultain Ave. 1321 14th St. East
Saskatoon, Sk. Saskatoon, Sk.
Canada S7J 1R2 Canada S7H 0A6
Okay, here's the boring stuff, but don't worry, it's better
than chewing tinfoil:
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Kudos, thanks, and good karma to John Bridges for the
enlightening information and code contained in his VGAKIT
package. Trademarks like GIF(tm) and PC(tm) are held by
their respective companies.
DISCLAIMER
The GIFEXE program is provided without warranty of any
kind. The user of the GIFEXE assumes complete
responsibility for any and all incidental or consequential
damages which may occur during normal or abnormal use of the
GIFEXE program. Use the GIFEXE program at your own risk.
LICENSE
The entire GIFEXE package, including the GIFEXE program,
documentation, and sample files are Copyright 1990,1991
Steve Enns and Dan Magosse. All rights reserved. The
unregistered shareware version of the GIFEXE may be freely
distributed to others by any means, as long the following
(three) conditions are met:
1) GIFEXE is distributed in a "package" containing
the following three files:
GIFEXE.EXE
GIFEXE.DOC
GE-READ.ME
2) GIFEXE is not distributed as part of any other
product, except with specific written permission from
the authors.
3) NO fee of any kind is charged for the GIFEXE
package or for the service of providing the package,
except Computer Bulletin Board Systems, which may
distribute the GIFEXE package even though they may
charge a membership or service fee.
You can use the "shareware" version for as long as you want,
even until you're well into your nineties, but you are of
course encouraged to send us lots of money, too. (I'm
struggling to pay for my violin lessons, and Dan needs a new
fishing rod.) Here are some other programs we've made:
GIFWARP! Warp, bend stretch your GIFs for
interesting effects.
GIFCLIP Clip/crop your GIFs, add text or your
own GIF logo or signature.
These programs are available in licensed SuperVGA versions
for $8.00 U.S. each, or get both, and the latest version of
GIFEXE for $15.00 U.S.
REQUIREMENTS
GIFEXE requires the following:
- PC(tm)/XT(tm)/AT(tm)/386(tm) computer thing
- About 280K of free RAM
- DOS 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 4.0 (others untested)
- A VGA or SuperVGA card
and optionally:
- GIFEXE supports modes like 640x480, 800x600
with 256 colours on 512K SuperVGA cards from
ATI, Ahead, Cirrus, Chips and Technologies,
Everex, OAK, Paradise, Trident, Tseng and
Video7.
INSTALLATION
Copy the GIFEXE program (and this helpful document of
course!) to any directory that you want - perhaps with
your favourite GIF(tm) viewer somewhere in the DOS
path.
USAGE
Syntax for GIFEXE is as follows:
GIFEXE [?] infilename[.GIF] [outfilename[.EXE]]
After making an .EXE file, (see below) the /mode parameter
may be used as follows:
/mode=0 Ordinary 320x200 mode
/mode=1 Low resolution SVGA
640x400 or 640x350
depending on your card.
/mode=2 Medium resolution 640x480
/mode=3 High resolution 800x600
{ /mode=4 Higher resolution 1024x768
Coming soon? } )
For example, try:
C> GIFEXE to see the title screen
C> GIFEXE ? to see the help/brag screen
C> GIFEXE house to make the .EXE HOUSE.EXE
from the file HOUSE.GIF
C> GIFEXE house house2 make the .EXE file HOUSE2.EXE,
from the GIF(tm) HOUSE.GIF
TUTORIAL
(Nothin' to it!)
Try out the following with your favourite GIF(tm) picture:
C> GIFEXE picturename
GIFEXE will prduce an EXE program with the name
"picturename.EXE" That's it! Now just run the program
you've just made:
C> picturename
The picture will be displayed on your screen in VGA, or in
SuperVGA if your computer has SuperVGA, and the picture
requires it. If you want a small (VGA) picture to be
displayed in SuperVGA resolution, try:
C> picturename /mode=2
to display the picture in medium SuperVGA resolution.
HINTS
- The EXEs produced by GIFEXE are handy for startup screens
on your computer, or title screens for your programs.
ERRORS
- The following self explanatory error messages may be
produced by GIFEXE. The errors involving the GIF(tm) files
will generally be due to disk errors or faulty image files.
Other errors refer to lack of enough free RAM space, or lack
of required hardware (VGA).
Can't initialize VGA graphics!
Unexpected EOF reading GIF!
Premature end of GIF!
Not GIF file!
Invalid GIF format
Error writing GIF!
Buffer allocation failure!
NOTES
- GIFEXE reads both GIF87A standard (the original) and
new GIF89A pictures, although most of the extensions in the
new GIF89A standard like (silly) text windows are ignored.
The last image in multi-image GIFs will be the one displayed
by GIFEXE.
HISTORY
- Version 1.0 Completed June.1 1991