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IShow 1.0 - GIF viewer and slide show by John Holt - john90@delphi.com
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Tired of loading up some program so you can view your images? Wouldn't
you like a faster way of seeing the new .GIF you just downloaded? How
about a slide show of all your favorite pictures without any script
file? You can with IShow.
Ishow is a DOS 32-bit command-line program. Therefore, you can run it in
DOS, or a full-screen DOS session under Windows or OS/2. I currently use
it as an OS/2 screensaver. And all the pictures are so coooooool.
Usage:
ishow [Files] [TimeDelay]
Examples:
ishow scene.gif
will display that GIF. Needs .gif extension.
ishow
will randomly display up to 256 GIFs in current directory.
ishow \gifs\
will randomly display up to 256 GIFs in given directory.
ishow \gifs\a*.gif
will randomly display up to 256 GIFs beginning with 'a' in directory.
ishow \gifs\ 20
will randomly display each GIF for 20 seconds instead of 5.
All GIFs are scaled and put into the best-fitting video mode. So,
A 400x300x256 image would be scaled to 640x480x256 in VRES mode.
A 160x100x256 image would be scaled to 320x200x256 in MRES mode.
If the above were both the same picture, you almost wouldn't be able to
tell the difference.
To avoid memory-hogs and slow-response time, a 640x480x256 mode is max.
'Super' pictures like 1024x768x256 are scaled down.
During a slide show, while one image is displaying, the next is loading.
After a timeout of 5 seconds, the next image is displayed and the
process repeats. If an error is encountered, it is recorded in ishow.err
and IShow exits, displaying the contents of ishow.err. The file 'next'
will have the name of the image for future reference.
To exit IShow hit any key.
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IShow is freeware. Use it as much as you like. If you think it is
worth it, please send a WHOPPING $5 (or more!) and your email address to:
John Holt
1106 St. James Place
Nashua, NH 03062
and I will send you the complete source code via email.
Questions/comments: john90@delphi.com
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Version 1.0 released 2/22/95.
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ToDo: Support for other formats such as PCX,BMP,TGA, etc.
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