fCoder ThnImage.dll 

1. Description:
fCoder ThnImage.dll library will greatly increase graphic possibilities of your Web-server.
Using fCoder ThnImage.dll you can include in your site design graphic files in 18 most popular formats:
BMP, DIB, RLE, TIFF, JPEG, PNG, PCX, DCX, TGA, DXF, WMF, EMF, WPG, PCD, FMF, ICO, CUR, ANI. 
And there will be no need to convert them to JPEG or GIF format beforehand.

fCoder ThnImage.dll will automatically convert your source files to true color or grayscale JPEG format.
Optionally it can turn the image on the indicated angle or change its size. For the multipage source files,
such as TIFF and DCX, you can set the page that will be shown. 
All graphic files conversions is made on the server side, so your site visitors can get a high speed display
even on low-power computers and use any Internet - browsers supporting graphic files in JPEG format.

2. Installation
You should install fCoder ThnImage.dll only after installing and launching Internet Information Server 
(for Windows'NT4 or Windows'2000) or Personal Web Server (for Windows'95 or Windows'98). 
Besides before installation of fCoder ThnImage.dll you should check if HTTP Service is turned on.

Before you start fCoder ThnImage.dll installation extract the loaded ZIP-archive file into any empty 
folder on hard disk, and start setup.exe from this folder. The setup will attempt to find a folder with 
scripts on your computer and will offer to install ThnImage.dll files and Readme.txt into this folder. 
The folder with scripts should have properties "web shared" and "Executed scripts".
The remaining libraries used by the program (PicObj41.dll, ijl15.dll, imgman32.dll, im31xjpg.del, 
im31wpg.dil, im31dxf.dil, im31fax.dil, im31jpg.dil, im31pcd.dil, im31pcx.dil, im31png.dil, im31tga.dil, 
im31tif.dil, im31wmf.dil, im31bmp.dil, im31gif.dil) will be installed into the Windows system folder.

Besides, example file sample.htm and three graphic files: daisywheel.tif, hare.tga and squirrel.bmp will 
be copied to the root directory of your Web-site during the installation process. You'll  find some ways 
of usage fCoder ThnImage.dll in file sample.htm.

3. Syntax of calling fCoder ThnImage.dll into the HTML document.
<img src="scripts\ThnImage.dll?[W];[H];[Q];[RA];[PN];[CD];[SIP];[METH];"> 

[W] - displayed image width.
[H] - displayed image height.
Set this variables as -1 if you want to save source image width and height.

[Q] - JPEG file quality. Should be set within the range of 1..99.

[RA] - Image rotation angle. Must be set within the range of -360..0..360.
Should be 0 if not used.

[PN] - Number of source image page. For single page files should be 0.

[CD] - JPEG color depth. Should be 8 or 24.

[SIP] - full local path to a source image.

[METH] - image stretch method.
0 -- coloroncolor (fast, medium quality),
1 -- preserve black,
2 -- preserve white,
4 -- interpolate (high quality, but slow).

4. Examples of  fCoder ThnImage.dll usage:
<img src="SCRIPTS\ThnImage.dll?50;50;75;10;0;24;C:\Images\Image1.bmp;0;">
<img src="SCRIPTS\ThnImage.dll?-1;-1;80;0;0;24;C:\Images\hare.fpx;0;">
<img src="SCRIPTS\ThnImage.dll?300;300;75;45;5;8;C:\Images\multipage.tif;4;">

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Updated: November 1, 2000

Version 2.50

System Requirements: Windows 95, 98, NT4 or 2000
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						fCoder Team