Re: [PHP] Converting PCX to ...

2002-07-09 Thread BB

Thanks, installed and working

Miguel Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, BB wrote:
  I'm writing a reporting system and I have a problem.
 
  I need to insert PCXs into a PDF (using PDFLib), but it doesn't support
  PCXs.
 
  So, to get round the problem, I need to convert the PCXs to JPGs or GIFs
 
  Does anyone know of a piece of PHP that can do this inline, (by that I
mean,
  can be called and run in PHP script), because the images will have
additions
  and modifications on a regular basis; and they come as PCXs.

 You can do it with Imagemagick. As I recall, there used to be direct PHP
 functions for Imagemagick but they have disappeared many versions ago, so
 you'll have to run it via system() et al.

 miguel




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Re: [PHP] Converting PCX to ...

2002-07-09 Thread BB

im having problem getting this converter to work, im running the following
code:

exec(cmd /c f:; cd \Products\legacyipc\ipc_dev\Chapter 21; convert test.pcx
PDF_Cache\test.gif);

which is built from a load of data from a database.

Unfortunatly, nothing happens.

I don't see the new gif, and I don't get any errors.  Nothing

Someone please help,

note: the location of the images cannot be changed

Miguel Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, BB wrote:
  I'm writing a reporting system and I have a problem.
 
  I need to insert PCXs into a PDF (using PDFLib), but it doesn't support
  PCXs.
 
  So, to get round the problem, I need to convert the PCXs to JPGs or GIFs
 
  Does anyone know of a piece of PHP that can do this inline, (by that I
mean,
  can be called and run in PHP script), because the images will have
additions
  and modifications on a regular basis; and they come as PCXs.

 You can do it with Imagemagick. As I recall, there used to be direct PHP
 functions for Imagemagick but they have disappeared many versions ago, so
 you'll have to run it via system() et al.

 miguel




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Re: [PHP] Converting PCX to ...

2002-07-09 Thread BB

batch files rock!

:o)

Bb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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 im having problem getting this converter to work, im running the following
 code:

 exec(cmd /c f:; cd \Products\legacyipc\ipc_dev\Chapter 21; convert
test.pcx
 PDF_Cache\test.gif);

 which is built from a load of data from a database.

 Unfortunatly, nothing happens.

 I don't see the new gif, and I don't get any errors.  Nothing

 Someone please help,

 note: the location of the images cannot be changed

 Miguel Cruz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
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  On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, BB wrote:
   I'm writing a reporting system and I have a problem.
  
   I need to insert PCXs into a PDF (using PDFLib), but it doesn't
support
   PCXs.
  
   So, to get round the problem, I need to convert the PCXs to JPGs or
GIFs
  
   Does anyone know of a piece of PHP that can do this inline, (by that I
 mean,
   can be called and run in PHP script), because the images will have
 additions
   and modifications on a regular basis; and they come as PCXs.
 
  You can do it with Imagemagick. As I recall, there used to be direct PHP
  functions for Imagemagick but they have disappeared many versions ago,
so
  you'll have to run it via system() et al.
 
  miguel
 





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Re: [PHP] Converting PCX to ...

2002-07-08 Thread Miguel Cruz

On Mon, 8 Jul 2002, BB wrote:
 I'm writing a reporting system and I have a problem.
 
 I need to insert PCXs into a PDF (using PDFLib), but it doesn't support
 PCXs.
 
 So, to get round the problem, I need to convert the PCXs to JPGs or GIFs
 
 Does anyone know of a piece of PHP that can do this inline, (by that I mean,
 can be called and run in PHP script), because the images will have additions
 and modifications on a regular basis; and they come as PCXs.

You can do it with Imagemagick. As I recall, there used to be direct PHP 
functions for Imagemagick but they have disappeared many versions ago, so 
you'll have to run it via system() et al.

miguel


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