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foxpro for dos images
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wOOdy-Soft
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Nope. DOS is a textbased OS, there is no way to show pictures in textmode.
But there once was an AddOn for FoxPro, called ESPIA, which was able to switch to a Graphicsmode, which needed the presence of a supported Hercules, CGA or EGA Graphiccard and then diplayed a picture. As far as I remember, it was also very slow, you could see the display lines building up.
But there once was an AddOn for FoxPro, called ESPIA, which was able to switch to a Graphicsmode, which needed the presence of a supported Hercules, CGA or EGA Graphiccard and then diplayed a picture. As far as I remember, it was also very slow, you could see the display lines building up.
Joe Crescenzi
Programmer
If you are running FoxPro for DOS on a 32-bit Windows based system you could trigger Windows to show the image, then hit alt-tab to switch back to the DOS screen or the command window.
To trigger the default viewer for the image in Windows just use RUN START imageFileName and it will likely launch the browser or Paint program.
If the filename is a variable, use RUN START &VariablewithFilename
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can you explain what will be the coding like in foxpro that it somewhat works like a hyperlink that should trigger the appropriate image file.
Chriss Miller
Programmer
- Aug 14, 2024
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He already did. The code is
for example with an image in C:\my images\image.jpg
It's not giving you control what image software, this works with the standard association of file name extensions.
When you're in fullscreen DOS text screen mode, this will not show, I guess, but when you close the DOS screen you'll see the standard application for jpg images has started and displays it.
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RUN START imageFileNamefor example with an image in C:\my images\image.jpg
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RUN START "C:\my images\image.jpg"When you're in fullscreen DOS text screen mode, this will not show, I guess, but when you close the DOS screen you'll see the standard application for jpg images has started and displays it.
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