>I was wondering if anyone has got a procedure in TURBO PASCAL code to
>display jpg and gif pics on screen ??????

>If you have one, I would really appreciate it, if you get in touch with
>me via email!
>Thanx alot!

>Joeri
>Jo...@stack.nl

>Well, here it is in attachment: self-extracting rar file.
>It is actually swag pascal file.

>You can get the SWAG archive from ftp://ftp.garbo.uwasa.fi/ and the
>Garbo mirror sites and also from http://www.gdsoft.com/swag/

><aside>
>I suppose we should be thankful that it wasn't the full SWAG archive :-)
></a>
>--
>Pedt

>Kill one Scottish midge and a million will come to the funeral

>For those still following this drama, could you tell us the name of the
>SWAG archive that contains the JPG and GIF viewer?

>>and if I send binary it is not a problem for you cause you don't have to
>>download it.

>Hi Mario -

>It is a problem for me. Not everyone reads newsgroups by browsing through
>messages online. I use an offline reader to read this newsgroup and it
>downloads everything that's available. I really don't like receiving 800+
>line messages. Right now I see only "0/2" and "2/2" from you. That means
>tomorrow I'll probably be downloading "1/2". Uh oh.

>It's excellent to be helpful, but it's also important to do it in a way
>that doesn't burden others. This is why the rules of netiquette (or
>guidelines or suggestions or whatever) say not to post binaries to
>discussion groups. Also, there are better mechanisms for handling such
>large volumes of data, like ftp sites, or web sites, or possibly binary
>groups. Sending a huge encoded file on a discussion group is kind of like
>letting a friend borrow a book by reading the whole thing onto their phone
>answering machine. (not the greatest analogy, but its the idea of forcing
>too much info through the wrong medium)

>>btw - I don't know were one could download swags from internet so it was
>>my only solution

>Some alternatives you could have tried would be to say something like:
>"Look at article X in the SWAG. Could someone please mention where to
>download it from.", or tell the person you have code for their answer and
>ask if you can send it to them via email.

>I'm not trying to flame you here or discourage you from helping, just
>letting you know that it is hard for others to have to download such huge
>messages unnecessarily. I hope you'll find another method for your helpful
>posts in the future. Thanks for listening.

>Cheers, Todd