





                               GIFTAB

                Generator of HTML links to .GIF files

                    Version 98.01 (January 1998)







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                             User manual











                 For friends of FREEWARE prepared by


                        Ing. Branislav Stofko

                           Trebisovska 21

                     821 01 B R A T I S L A V A

                            S L O V A K I A


              Copyright 1997-98 by B. Stofko Bratislava
                         All Rights reserved


1.   How is the program working

     I you are creating Web pages,  you are probably use many pictures
in the .GIF format  . Many of them you can get  with your standard Web
BROWSER  by click  on right  mouse  button.  The name  of the  file is
possible to change.  However after some time you  have a big directory
with .GIF pictures.

     You must make decisions which picture  to place at your Web page.
Well, to view a .GIF file you don't need my program. But remember some
 .GIF files are animated.

     Program GIFTAB create in the  current directory a HTML file with
name  GIFTAB.HTM. This  file contains  HTML table  with thumbnails  of
all .GIF , .JPG and .BMP images and links to its full size display.

     Now  if you  navigate your  Browser to  this file,  you can  view
 .GIF  files  animated  and  in  Web  Environment.  It  is ideally for
comparison of some pictures. You can  view file and picture sizes too.
This is important for your decision which file to accept.

     If you click with mouse on  thumbnail you are linked to full size
of  picture. This  is very  nice  and  better as  in my  older program
AUTOGIF.

2.   Small example

     It is useful top have in one directory not more than 48 or 60
pictures. Generated file GIFTAB.HTM persuade  your Web BROWSER to load
all  pictures to memory. This can be timeconsuming.

     GIFTAB show for every picture :

1. name and in WINDOWS 95 longname too

2. file size at disk

3. width in Pixels

4. height in Pixels

     With  new  version  of  program  you  can  build your own picture
gallery. Program works  different depending on fact if  there are some
pictures in the  current directory. If is it  directory with pictures,
programm work as  previous version. Now store please  your pictures to
simmilary structure :

                               GALLERY
                                  
  Ŀ
                                              
ICONS                 FLAGS        SHIPS        CARS
                                              
  Ŀ                               
                                             
ICON_SM    ICON_XL     cz.gif      qmary.gif   ford.gif
back.gif   exit.gif    it.gif      uboot.gif   fiat.gif
           smoke.gif   de.gif
                                                     GIFTAB 1 of 2


If  you start  now the  program GIFTAB  in directory  GALLERY, program
creates   in  this   directory  a   HTML  table   with  link   to  all
subdirectories  and  create  or  refresh  local  GIFTAB  files in this
directories.

     This is useful if your picture  gallery is growing daily. You can
create unlimited count of subdirectories  to store pictures. It is not
neccesary  to walk  manually thru  all subdirectories  and create HTML
file with GIFTAB or AUTOGIF.


                         K n o w n   b u g s
This version of GIFTAB show for  some .JPG files incorrect their size.


     GIFTAB.EXE replace previous file GIFTAB.HTM without warning.


3.  About FREEWARE

     FREEWARE  is  normally  not  registered.  But  after  you test my
program you can make a registration. My registration fee is a colorful
postcard (  CARDWARE ) ,  no money at  all. I am  waiting for postcard
from your city or country.

Please  write your  address and  the  source  from which  you have  my
program. It is  useful to tell me some about  your operating system or
machine. I am  not able to test my programs  on all possible platforms
and machines. If you have a question please E-mail to me.

<BranoStofko@RocketMail.com> or <BranoStofko@Mailexcite.com>

                A E-mail isn't as registration valid.

     Questions  from  registered  users  are  answered  as first. This
program was made with Xbase compatible  Compiler FORCE . FORCE is like
Clipper,  but with  difference that  You have  from small  source code
a small .EXE file.

FORCE is product of

                 Sophco, Inc.
                 P.O. Box 7430
                 Boulder, Colorado 80306-7430
                 (303) 444-1542


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