[fpc-pascal]How to load a png image

[Karim]

Thanks you Michalis. 
The main libpng page seems to be down, but I will check it out. 
I`m looking for a small and easy loadable image format. I think, png will
do the job well. 

Greetings   Karim 


On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 23:26:08 +0100, "Michalis Kamburelis"
<michalis at camelot.homedns.org> said:
> Karim wrote:
> > Hello 
> > 
> > I want to know, how to load a png image with freepascal ?
> > There is a png libpng package shipped with FreePascal, but I cannot find
> > any examples or docs. 
> 
> Pascal unit Libpng is just a wrapper that calls functions from 
> libpng.so. Documentation for libpng is available at the official page of 
> libpng, http://www.libpng.org, you will most likely be interested in 
> this document:
>    http://www.libpng.org/pub/png/libpng-1.2.5-manual.html
> 
> > Or are there any onther simple image formats that can be loaded into a
> > freepascal program ?
> 
> Well, everything can be loaded into a Pascal program...
> 
> The simplest possible image format is ppm (it is just a small header + 
> array of RGB values for each pixel) - if you are on UNIX-like system and 
> have installed proper documentation then
>    man ppm
> should give you a simple specification of ppm format. You may also take 
> a look at it's cousins, pbm, pgm and the most general one, pnm.
> 
> Regards,
> Michalis
> 
> 
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