Graphics Grab v1.2 (November 9, 1994) Written for Excelsior! BBS By Roger Clark The Hotel California BBS (512)929-8154 USR Dual Standard What is it? ----------- Graphics Grab is a small utility that allows your callers to take a large image and scale it down so they can preview it before downloading the full size image. This saves them some download time, and also provides a way for them to convert an image to another graphics format if desired. Input Formats Output Formats Scaling Ratios ------------- -------------- ---------------- GIF GIF 1/2 x 1/2 (1/4) HAM HAM 1/3 x 1/3 (1/9) HAM8 HAM8 1/4 x 1/4 (1/16) IFF JPEG 1/5 x 1/5 (1/25) JPEG 1/6 x 1/6 (1/36) 1/7 x 1/7 (1/49) 1/8 x 1/8 (1/64) Setting it up. -------------- Add these lines to the Ex.BBSMenus file. Use appropriate command index numbers if these are already in use on your system. I've installed it in both the file area menu and the browse menu. 170, GG, 0, "1-32", "\#0BBS:Rexx/GraphicsGrab\" 1180, GG, 0, "1-32", "\#0BBS:Rexx/GraphicsGrab\" Next, copy the files in the subdirectories of this archive to the corresponding directories on your system. Add the two lines to your startup-sequence and reboot your system. The Rexx Plus environment should then be active and allow you to use the program. Other requirements. ------------------- Version 1.2 of Graphics Grab works with ADPro v2.0 to get the best results of the image conversions. Version 1.3 will work with both ADPro 2.0 and ADPro 2.5, and should be released in a short time. If you do not have ADPro version 2.0 at this time, then you will not be able to use this software. Sorry, but ADPro is the only image conversion software I own so it's the only one I have access to to test with. If you would like to see a version of Graphics Grab that works with another image conversion software package, please let me know, and I'll see what I can do to find all the info required to make it work. Shareware. ---------- This version of Graphics Grab is released as shareware. You may try out Graphics Grab for 30 days to decide if you wish to continue using it or not. The unregistered version of Graphics Grab will only process 2 images in batch mode, and the registered version will process up to 10. Any more than that and your callers might get hung-up on for inactivity, due to ADPro taking a short amount of time to process each image. To register, send $5.00 US currency and the registration form to: Roger Clark Attn: Graphics Grab Registration 5508 Delwood Drive Austin, TX 78723