Using OIPI to create .JPG files (OpenInsight 32-bit Specific)
At 14 MAR 2006 04:24:13AM Robert Lee wrote:
Imagine all the cool graphs and groovy things we could produce in OIPI that could be incorporated into an HTML page if we could use OIPI to create .JPG files, instead of just .PDF files.
Of course, OIPI would have to be capable of working through OECGI, so that would be another hurdle.
Just a thought. Anyone else think it would be useful?
R
At 14 MAR 2006 11:27AM dsig _at_ sigafoos.org wrote:
it would be nice but i would rather see a good control (or all the calling info for a control) that would do it.
OIPI is doing a lot of stuff and i would prefer to see it become more robust with what it currently does.
If there was a seperate tool that did the graphing/graphics it would probably make it more 'useful'.
Believe me I want OI to do everything i need it to do .. and some stuff that i don't even know that i want it to do. But not all in 1 routine .
One thing i think the rti guys try to keep in mind is portability. Now that they support linux as well and windows portability is a big concern.
At 16 MAR 2006 12:20PM Eric wrote:
Way easier to use small square *.jpg files (or even gifs) of set size and color, and then concatenate them in an HTML table structure to make your graph. You can construct these images using mspaint.exe. More HTML is needed per graph, but it's simplerr than writing *.jpg files, whose internal format is (a) confusing (b) shrouded in the mystical sands of proprietary licences and © is data compressed.
At 16 MAR 2006 03:07PM dsig _at_ sigafoos.org wrote:
jpg is no longer proprietary ..
At 16 MAR 2006 03:08PM Dave Harmacek wrote:
I've helped a client continue to be paperless by using OIPI to create a pdf file, then we process it into a .GIF file using pdf2image from verypdf. .JPG files are also an option. See http://www.verypdf.com/pdf2tif/pdf-to-image.html
These GIF files are then attached to the proper account and can be printed at any time, again with OIPI, or embedded in html for viewing.
Incoming faxes are also changed from .TIFF to .PDF, then to .GIF so that they are attached to the proper accounts.
Dave
At 17 MAR 2006 09:20PM Barry Stevens wrote:
]]Incoming faxes
What do you use to receive \ send faxes?
At 23 MAR 2006 10:05AM Dave Harmacek wrote:
The brother 420CN has associated software for automating sending and receiving faxes without standing there and putting paper into the machine, or taking paper out of the machine.
At 23 MAR 2006 12:48PM Victor Engel wrote:
JPG is not an appropriate choice for graphs. Graphs are better rendered as GIFs or PNGs. The JPG format was designed to approximate images with continuous tones, like photographs.
For vector graphics, a nice library I found for javascript is available here.
http://www.walterzorn.com/jsgraphics/jsgraphics_e.htm
Look also at their other stuff. It seems to be very well conceived and built.
At 26 MAR 2006 06:43PM Robert Lee wrote:
Hi DSig
Thanks for your response, but I have to say I care to differ. I am using OIPI to produce graphs of all sorts. All the infrastructure is already in place for programming anything. Why would you want to duplicate that functionality elsewhere? Doesn't make sense to me. All you need is another export option - .jpg instead of .pdf.
Thats my two pennies worth anyways…
R
At 26 MAR 2006 06:57PM Robert Lee wrote:
Hi Victor
Ok, you pursuaded me. I think OIPI should have a .gif or .png export option.
Cheers
R
At 26 MAR 2006 11:39PM dsig _at_ sigafoos.org wrote:
I put a note on the works side .. thought this thread was there .. but hmm
I actually would hate to see too much added to OIPI more cleaned up and sped up ..
There are routines available out there that can do what you want done ..
like FinePrint
there are others .. this is the one we will be evaluating as it does a lot more that we *think* we need