You don't need a suite of graphics tools; all you need is an application
that can save images in GIF87a format. There are many but two that come to
mind off the top of my head are Paint Shop Pro and LView Pro. You can
download evaluation copies of both from the Internet.
--
Bob Ingersoll
Network Optimization Group
USAA Information Technology Company (ITCO)
Bob.Ingersoll@usaa.com
Tel +1 210 456 3739
Fax +1 210 456 5858
-----Original Message-----
From: Bob Stamm [SMTP:Robert_Stamm@RES.RAYTHEON.COM]
Sent: Friday, December 10, 1999 8:52 AM
To: NV-L@UCSBVM.UCSB.EDU
Subject: Re: Background Color For Submaps On Web Client
Using background gifs are a pain with NetView because most tools and
gifs
found don;t support the file format they require. I use gifs often
in the
generation webpages abd production of presentations, etc. Almost
always
the
gifs are unusable. Additionally you cant use jpgs and many other
file
formats.
One potential enhancement to NetVoew might be beefing up the
capability to
support more the the modern imaging formats. I work in Air Traffic
Control
Systems and in a recent demo of a modified NetView GUI (with many
changeds
to the XAppDefaults file, etc.) I had a great deal of difficulty
finding
some way to put a nice-looking
map in the background. The maps available with the product are
simplistic
clip-art type things.
If you have a suite of graphics tools available to you the issue may
be
moot but don;t expect to extract gifs from the web and expect them
to work
for the most part.
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