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ZGIF_Driver Version 1.00
INTRODUCTION
Ever try to view the hundreds of GIF's that come on a CDROM (or on a disk for
that matter)? Get tired of punching in "CD0:upallnit/goodgif/yellstn.gif" or
was that "CD0:upallnit/goodgif/yelstn.gif"? Or worst yet, some totally
meaningless title like "CD0:GIFS/b7/FCHMFDDV.GIF". I know I was, so I wrote
ZGIF_DRVR so I could view GIFS with a click of a mouse button.
ZGIF is an terrific GIF viewer. It's small and very fast. It is ideal for
attaching a driver since it also uses the left mouse button to close. This
program sets up the input for ZGIF, then activates it. When ZGIF finishes,
control is returned back to the driver program.
ZGIF driver will allow you to view up to 400 GIFs' in a directory (the most I
found in any directory I had).
I have included ZGif 0.4 © 1993 Michael Zucchi in this archive and a slightly
modified version called ZGIF_ECS for ECS machines (see comments below).
USAGE
From the CLI type ZGIF_DRVR
After the screen is setup, you will be given a request to enter the location
of ZGIF. You must enter the complete path to the location of ZGIF and the
name of the program eg:
DH1:graphics/ZGIF
or
RAM:ZGIF
or
WORK:gr/ZGIF
Note: Although I wrote this driver for ZGIF and it's the program I use, it
will also work with FASTGIF (version w/o requesters) or with VIEWTEK,
and probably others. Just substitute the name for ZGIF above.
Once the program has the location of ZGIF, click on the Dir button. The
program will then request the directory where the GIFs' are located. You
can just enter the name of the drive (RAM:, DF0:, CD0: eg) if you want. The
screen will then be filled with the directory info. Directory entries will
be denoted by a preceeding asterick. Clicking on one of these entries with the
mouse will cause the program to display the directory info in that
subdirectory. Once you have found the location of the GIFs', just click on the
GIF you want to view. When finished viewing the GIF, click anywhere in the
picture and you will return to the driver program.
The screen can hold sixty names. If the directory holds more than than sixty
GIFs',"(more)" will be displayed in the lower right corner of the screen. Click
on (more) and the next page of info will be displayed. Keep clicking on (more)
to display more pages. When the last page is reached, the (more) will be
replaced by (back). Clicking on (back) will move you back to the first page a
page at a time. You can move back and forth though the pages by clicking at
this location. There has to be a slight delay between clicks,so have don't be
in too big a hurry.
Note that there is a Info box and a View box. When the program is first run
"Info" is in italics. Clicking on "Info" will change it from italics to normal
and "View" to italics. A click on any GIF will now bring up information on that
GIF (type, size,etc). The info will be displayed for a few seconds, then be
removed. Clicking on the "View" box will put you back to the view mode.
Clicking on the "Copy" box will cause the last GIF that was viewed or
that info was obtained from to be copied to RAM:. This so you can save a GIF
to some other location later.
Clicking the "Comment" box will result in a request for comment information.
The name of the last viewed (or that info was obtained) GIF will be written to
a file called "filenotes" in RAM: along with your comments. This file will
remain open until you quit ZGIF_DRVR. You can continued to make comments on
GIFs' and they will be added to this file.
To exit the program click on the "Quit" box.
As I said above, ZGIF is a terrific program for viewing GIFs', but the
original version by Michael Zucchi does have a nasty problem when used on ECS
machines. It crashed my A3000 on GIFs' over 800 pixels wide. I made a slight
modification to Mikes' program to prevent it from going into superhires modes
on these big GIFs'. If you don't have a A1200/A4000, you should enter ZGIF_ECS
for the program name when you start ZGIF_DRVR and use this version.
Comments, problems, suggestions are welcome. If this makes it's way to Mike,
maybe he would be interested in merging the two programs. I can be contacted
at:
Milt Henderson
6815 Wallsey Dr
San Diego,Ca 92119
"The Graphics Interchange Format(c) is the Copyright property of
CompuServe Incorporated. GIF(sm) is a Service Mark property of
CompuServe Incorporated."