> -----Original Message----- > From: Scott Wolf [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 9:37 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: Image creation > > > Yes, I'm well aware of the CF-ness of this list. It's why I > subscribed. :P > > I'm referring to PHP's functionality because I know it can be > done in that language, otherwise I wouldn't bring it up. > There is a standard PHP library that allows a script to > create images on the fly. You can either create a completely > new image and display it in a browser, or you can make > changes to an existing image. I know that this functionality > doesn't exist normally in CF. A more appropriate question > would be whether or not anyone knows of a component or > anything that can ADD that functionality to CF 5.0. Any help > would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! > > Scott Wolf
There are many - some more specific than others. Are you truly looking for a general purpose tool or are you looking for something specific? For example CF comes with a rather powerful charting library and there are several other more powerful packages for just that. For the life of me I can't remember the name of it, but I've also worked (briefly) with a really nice mapping package. There are also several general packages out there. The main thing is that CF itself doesn't do this - so you need something else. But your options are pretty broad (depending on platform). You can use COM, Java, CFX, Command Line Tools, etc. The tag library has several tools. CFX_GIFGD (I think that's the name) is an old standard, but you get different reports on it's quality. If you're using MX the Java packages available are really very powerful, but more complicated than some would like (myself included). For charting I really love the power of GraphicsServer (available as a CFX). Any kind of chart you could possibly want is available (I'm actually not sure if this is still available - we're using an older version that does everything we could want). If you give us some details about what you're trying to do it might be easier to suggest a solution. Jim Davis ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm
