tuck@iris.ucdavis.edu (Devon Tuck) (11/28/90)
I am intersted in finding out how to load bitmaps such as .gif or .bmp files onto the root window of MS Windows. In the latest issue of Byte, a program called GIF2BMP is mentioned which converts a gif file to a bmp file, but I don't know where it is located... Can someone lead me to an anonymous FTP site (I checked Simtel and uunet) Thanks, Devon
mcastle@mcs213f.cs.umr.edu (Mike Castle (Nexus)) (11/28/90)
In article <8010@ucdavis.ucdavis.edu> tuck@iris.ucdavis.edu (Devon Tuck) writes: > >program called GIF2BMP is mentioned which converts a gif file to a bmp >file, but I don't know where it is located... > >Can someone lead me to an anonymous FTP site (I checked Simtel and uunet) It is at Simtel. Look in <MSDOS.WINDOWS3> for GIF2BMP.ZIP. Now, if I could only find BMP2GIF, I'd be happy!! (I decided windows is a kludge, but I had made a really nice bmp and I don't want to have to re-install windows just to use paintbrush to change it to pcx so I could change that to gif. Yes, I have to re-install all of windows. The files are stored compressed on disk and the install program is the only way i've found to uncompress them). Now that I think about it, hitting printscreen in windows creates a .bmp file. You might try a gif viewer in full screen and try that. I can't remember if it saves the colors when it goes into the clipboard or not.... Ooopps... just checked my manual. It's alt-printscreen to create a .bmp file. Hope this helps, Mike -- Mike Castle (Nexus) S087891@UMRVMA.UMR.EDU (preferred) | ERROR: Invalid mcastle@mcs213k.cs.umr.edu (unix mail-YEACH!)| command 'HELP' Life is like a clock: You can work constantly, and be right | try 'HELP' all the time, or not work at all, and be right twice a day. |
tuck@iris.ucdavis.edu (Devon Tuck) (11/28/90)
Ok, call off the search, thanks much to all of you who replied. it seems that the program wingif, and gif2bmp on cica.cica.indiana.edu will do the job fine. Thanks again, Devon