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Hi There,
<p>We have used the same 3rd party library to add support to PNG in the
Rosa applet. You can download it at :
<p> <A HREF="http://www2.dmsolutions.ca/webtools/rosa/rosa_downloads.html">http://www2.dmsolutions.ca/webtools/rosa/rosa_downloads.html</A>
<p> <b>PS : download the developpment version.</b><b></b>
<p>Later,
<br><b></b>
<p>Steve Lime wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>The person who posted the message you refer to does
have a version of
<br>the
<br>mapplet that supports PNG. He had to use a 3rd party class library
for
<br>PNG
<br>support. I believe he will provide the code (I don't have it here).
<br>Your other
<br>option would be to require users to use a new version of Java. I
<br>believe the
<br>most recent versions support PNG natively. Of course that will require
<br>the
<br>use of a plugin on the client side.
<p>Steve
<p>Stephen Lime
<br>Data & Applications Manager
<p>Minnesota DNR
<br>500 Lafayette Road
<br>St. Paul, MN 55155
<br>651-297-2937
<p>>>> Puneet Kishor <pkishor@GeoAnalytics.com> 04/09/02 05:00PM >>>
<br>Steve,
<p>I was looking at your mapplet code and found it does not support PNGs.
<br>Neither does DM Soln's Rosa applet.
<p>Searching through the list archives, I found the following message from
<br>July
<br>2001.
<p>==========
<br>I have a version of Steve's mapplet that does support PNG. Currently,
<br>I'm
<br>working finding a preprocessor that will help make the PNG mapplet
<br>code
<br>available to everyone.
<p>If you would like, I could forward to you the PNG libraries and
<br>mapplet
<br>source code. All you would need to do is compile the source and
put
<br>all the
<br>class files in a web accessible directory.
<p>[snip]
<p>> I know that the rosa applet doesn't support png map at this time.
<br>>
<br>> Is there any plan to include png format support to the rosa applet.
<br>I'm
<br>not so
<br>> fluent in Java...
<br>>
<br>> I would like to use the applet, but I don't want use either of gif
<br>(licence
<br>> problem) or jpeg format (raster map I have don't render nice with
<br>jpeg,
<br>even with
<br>> high quality settings)?
<br>>
<br>> Does the mapplet class support png?
<br>============
<p>could you, or someone else, shed more light on this? Is there a version
<br>of
<br>either of these Java applets that does work with PNGs? if not, what
<br>would it
<br>take to compile that support in?
<p>Many thanks,
<p>pk/</blockquote>
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