[Xitami] DG perl module

[Brad Smith]

If you don't mind me offering an alternative suggestion, I prefer to use 
ImageMagick for graphic work.  You need to download the 
ImageMagick library (available as an executable for Win32), then install 
either imagemagick or perlmagick from PPM.  The module's name has 
changed, and I can't remember what it is called now, but I do know it is 
one of those.

I found GD to be weak for my purposes, mainly to create graphs on 
demand.  Now, I use ImageMagick and OLE to create the graphs.  

Check out imagemagick.org.  In retrospect, I think the Win32 executable 
also includes the perl module; so, you probably won't even need to 
install it from PPM.

Sincerely,
Brad Smith




On 23 Dec 2003 at 10:21, Daniel Nowlin wrote:

> Well I uninstalled the GD package that I installed with ppm3 and installed
> GD with ppm2.  I get the same result.  The GD package fails at line 139.
> This is in the newfromjpeg subroutine on line 3.  This is the code that I am
> using to call GD:
> 
>    $width = '96';
>   $pic_tmp = newFromJpeg GD::Image("$pic_file[$count]");
>   ($pic_imgW, $pic_imgH) = $pic_tmp->getBounds();
>   $ratio = ($pic_imgW / $width);
>   $height  = int($pic_imgH/$ratio);
>   $FinalImg = new GD::Image($width,$height);
> 
> $FinalImg->copyResized($pic_tmp,0,0,0,0,$width,$height,$pic_imgW,$pic_imgH);
> 
>   binmode STDOUT;
> 
>   print "Content-type: image/jpeg; name=\"${file}_thumb\.jpg\"\n";
>   print "Content-Disposition: inline;
> filename=\"thumb_$pic_file[$count]\.jpg\"\n\n";
>   print $FinalImg->jpeg;
> 
> What I am attempting is to have GD create a thumbnail image of a jpg
> picture.  Any ideas will be welcomed.
> Dan
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Daniel Nowlin" <nowlind@missouri.edu>
> To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 10:04 AM
> Subject: Re: [Xitami] DG perl module
> 
> 
> > thanks for the info.  I will try to do an un-install and use ppm2.
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Francis Turner" <francis.turner@freesbee.fr>
> > To: <xitami@lists.xitami.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2003 2:32 AM
> > Subject: Re: [Xitami] DG perl module
> >
> >
> > > Daniel Nowlin wrote:
> > >
> > > >Has anybody tried to install the perl module called GD?  If so how did
> > you get it installed.  I am running ActiveState perl version 5.8 and I
> have
> > tried the ppm but it does not install.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Using Activestate perl 5.6.something I have had no problems at all with
> > > installing GD and (getting it to run with Xitami)...  I'm pretty sure I
> > > used the version 2 ppm rather than the ver 3 one that newer activestate
> > > builds tend to make the default.
> > >
> > > Francis
> > >
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