IMAGE OBJECT PACK FOR VX-REXX - STANDARD EDITION DEMO
Copyright (C) - 1995 by DB Technologies, Inc.
All rights reserved.


IMPORTANT NOTICE
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This demo version of the Image Object for VX-REXX contains a LIMITED variant of the
object found in the "Imaging Object Pack for VX-REXX - Standard Edition".
The demo is being distributed for evaluation purposes only!  You may not include
the IMAGEOBJ.DLL or the DBTIMG.DLL files in any software product! This demo package
expires in October 1995 and will cease to operate at that time.

PRODUCT DESCRIPTION
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The "Imaging Object Pack (version 1.0.0) for VX-REXX" is available in two editions:

+ Standard Edition
+ Professional Edition.

The VX-REXX objects are wrappers around a core code OS/2 Custom Control (DBTIMGXX.DLL).
Packaging the core code module as an OS/2 Custom Control provides DB Technologies, Inc.
with several benefits, two of the most important being:

+ Increased modularity providing easier maintenance and expandability.

+ Increased marketability allowing DB Technologies, Inc. to reuse its core code modules
in different products for use in different development environments such as C/C++,
VX-REXX, VisualAge, OpenDoc, etc.

The "Imaging Object Pack (version 1.0.0) for VX-REXX - Standard Edition" consists of an
object that reads, writes, and displays graphic images of various formats (see CURRENTLY
SUPPORTED IMAGE FORMATS section below). The architecture of the object is such that
new graphic formats can be added and distributed without requiring changes to the
VX-REXX object. The VX-REXX object has the ability to query the supported graphic
formats (from the OS/2 Custom Control DLL). Trying to load an unsupported format will
provide the VX-REXX object with a specific error code.

Since you can read and write graphic images with the object, a complete graphic image
converter is supplied and contained in the VX-REXX object itself! For example,you can
load in a GIF image file and save it as a BMP, TIF, PCX, TGA, or other supported format
file! Please note that this demo variant of the object will NOT write image files to disk!
You must purchase the actual product to do this.

The Professional Edition consists of everything included in the Standard Edition and
adds the following features:

+ Image rotation, horizontal, vertical reflection, and image transposition capabilities.
+ Bits per pixel conversions.
+ Palette conversions.
+ Rectangular extraction.
+ Color space conversion (gamma correction).
+ Halftone and error diffusion capabilities.
+ Scale and size changes.
+ Animation capabilities.
+ C/C++ programming language support.
+ Printer support.
+ Scanner support.
and more.

The "Imaging Object Pack (version 1.0.0) for VX-REXX - Standard Edition is scheduled
to begin shipping on June 30, 1995. The Professional Edition will soon follow.

Introductory pricing is as follows:

Standard Edition:       $49.95 + S&H
Professional Edition:   $149.95 + S&H

(Standard Edition customers will be able to upgrade to the Professional Edition for
$100.00).

For additional information concerning this product contact:

DB Technologies, Inc.
2420 Briar Oak Circle
Sarasota, Florida 34232

Sales Department: 1-800-830-8703
Technical Info: 941-378-3760
CompuServe: 72123,3661
Internet: 72123.3661@compuserve.com


CURRENTLY SUPPORTED IMAGE FORMATS
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Bitmap (OS/2 1.1, 1.2, 2.0 / Windows 3.0 bitmap): .BMP, .VGA, .BGA, .RLE, .DIB, .RL4 files.
GIF (CompuServe Graphics Interchange Format): .GIF files.
PCX (ZSoft PC Paintbrush Image format): .PCX files.
TIFF (Microsoft/Aldus Tagged Image File Format) : .TIF, .TIFF files.
Targa (Truevision Targa/Vista bitmap): .TGA, .VST, .AFI files.
ILBM (Amiga IFF / ILBM Interleaved bitmap format): .IFF, .LBM files.
YUV12C (YUV12C M-Motion Frame Buffer) : .VID files
Greymap (Portable Greyscale-map - binary P5 type): .PGM files.
Pixmap (Portable Pixel-map - binary P6 type): .PPM files.
KIPS (IBM KIPS): .KPS files.
IAX (IBM Image Access eXecutive): .IAX files.
XBitmap (X Windows bitmap) .XBM files.
Sprite (Archimedes Sprite format from RiscOS): .SPR, .SPRITE files.
PSEG (IBM Printer Page Segment): .PSE, .PSEG, .PSEG38PP, .PSEG3820 files.

FUTURE SUPPORT
JPEG compression (July 1995 current customers will receive the JPEG update free as soon as it is available!)
Metafile formats
Other graphic formats.



DEMO LIMITATIONS
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1. Graphic Images can not be written out to disk.
2. Graphic image formats that support multiple images in a single file (such as TIF files) are not fully accessible!
   This demo object will only be able to access a single image from such files (index 0). The MultiImageIndex property
   is not available in this demo.
3. Numerous other limitations are present in this demo object relative to the release version of this object. See product
   documentation for a full listing.
4. This demo stop working in October 1995! Discard or destroy it at that time!


DEMO REVISIONS
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June 30, 1995 - Fixed repaint problem in design mode when no actual image is loaded into the object.


VX-REXX is a trademark of the WATCOM International Corporation.
OS/2 is a trademark of the IBM Corporation.

