LVOOP ImageMagick Interface V1.0.2

Copyright © 2007, Justin Goeres Engineering
All rights reserved.

AUTHOR:
Justin J. Goeres
(see enclosed README.txt for email address)


DESCRIPTION:
This library provides an LVOOP-based interface to the powerful cross-platform ImageMagick image handling utility suite.

It supports all of the ImageMagick utilities and almost every command-line operator (over 200 of them) with support for custom user-specfied operators for the edge cases.

Several examples are included that demonstrate basic text & image creation, composition, and conversion in and out of LabVIEW (including VI icon creation).


GETTING STARTED:
The first thing you need to know about ImageMagick is that it has a pretty steep learning curve. Complicated things are complicated, and easy things are sometimes complicated, too. The Example VIs provided with the project are intended to give you a basic start on how to use the library, but you should expect to consult an ImageMagick Examples Page frequently.


COMPATIBILITY:
The library is written for cross-platform usage, but is currently limited to compatibility with Windows because I don't have any non-Windows LabVIEW machines to write the platform-specific code on. If you can help out with compatibility for other platforms, please contact me. I would LOVE to hear from you.


REQUIREMENTS:
A working Windows ImageMagick installation. Tested with ImageMagick v6.3.4-Q16. Almost certainly works with later versions, and probably with earlier versions back to at least v5.4.8. (Personal testimonials on this are welcome.)

REQUIRED minimum OpenG Packages:
oglib-error-2.3.2
oglib-lvdata-2.7.2

RECOMMENDED OpenG Packages: (used in examples, but not in the core functions)
oglib-file-2.8.1
oglib-array-2.5.1


KNOWN ISSUES:
Currently applications built against this library throw a litany of execution errors when run in the RTE. If you need to build these libraries into an application, please contact me and I will try to help you.

Functions for a few of the built-in pattern generators are not completely implemented. You can access them using a custom raw operator argument.

SUPPORT:
Comments, bug reports, and feature suggestions are always welcome!
http://forums.lavag.org/CR-LVOOP-ImageMagi...face-t8461.html

CHANGE LOG:
1.0.2: Fixed a localization bug in the generation of floating-point command-line arguments.
Added a check for oversize command line length (System Exec.vi max is 32766 bytes).
(11/26/2007)
1.0.1: Fixed an incompatibility with ImageMagick 6.3.4 when using certain operators.
Added a better error message when ImageMagick can't be located under Windows.
(6/19/2007)
1.0.0: Initial release (06/18/2007)

LICENSE:
GNU General Public License, Version 2.
(Other licensing terms may be available. Contact the author for details.)