Can ClearWin handle images other than bitmap (.bmp)

Where in the Clearwin manual should I look for the types of image that Clearwin can handle?

I'm particularly interested in displaying images other than device-independent bitmaps (.bmp)

My project is to re-name and re-locate (for which Fortran procedures are available) the images on my computer. Almost all the images are either jpeg/jpg or gif.

I've built an index (about 30 Megabyte in size) of the full path to every image on my computer; photos I've taken that I now need as part of my advertising/public relations business.

I had envisaged somehow doing a bulk/batch transformation of everything into bitmap format, perhaps using some feature of IrfanView.

I use IrfanView, and you can do a batch conversion using a text file to specify the input file name(s). Just look in the Help under the File Menu. Load text is the key.

I use IrfanView to convert and resize images for my user help file. I set up a batch process. Converts around 140 images in under a minute.

I would not convert to BMP unless I had a specific reason or application that only accepted BMP.. I'd choose either JPEG2000 (JP2 in IrfanView, right?) or PNG. JPEG2000 and PNG are lossless compression, a better choice. TIFF is always a possibility as well.

Quoted from wahorger

I would not convert to BMP unless I had a specific reason or application that only accepted BMP.. I'd choose either JPEG2000 (JP2 in IrfanView, right?) or PNG. JPEG2000 and PNG are lossless compression, a better choice. TIFF is always a possibility as well.

Thank you wahorger.

Which format should I use for displaying images in Clearwin?

According to the documentation, you can use IMPORT_IMAGE@ function to import BMP, JPEG, GIF, EMF, and PCX to place the image in a graphics window.

You can export to PNG as well (EXPORT_IMAGE@).

These functions deal with a window that is displaying and saving an image.

Quoted from wahorger According to the documentation, you can use IMPORT_IMAGE@ function to import BMP, JPEG, GIF, EMF, and PCX to place the image in a graphics window.

You can export to PNG as well (EXPORT_IMAGE@).

These functions deal with a window that is displaying and saving an image.

Thank you again, wahorger!

Able to import not just .bmp greatly simplifies my task.

Eric**

Hi Eric,

FTN95.CHM is your friend. It's worth reading the section on Clearwin+ section by section. There's also a file in the called CWPLUS.ENH that is worth a read. I say this not as 'RTFM', but you discover a whole lot of things you never even thought of when you read those files!

There is a difference between importing an image into (say) a %gr area (using the IMPORT_xxxx@ functions), and just displaying an image (e.g. %bm, %gi) or using one in a toolbar as an icon (%ic).

Eddie

Quoted from LitusSaxonicum

FTN95.CHM is your friend.

But who are my enemies? I need to keep them closer than my friends.

Thank you, Eddie. Your post has provided much data for experimentation, as do all student theses.

Ewik - it is phonetically more pleasing than Eric.

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The offers of agendum for research are much appreciated. They will equip my expedition into the vast array of images that I wish to call upon in my tinkering in the field of public relations.

Thank you John-Silver and all his contemporaries.