Image cgi application

[tommybc]

I am trying to write a simple c++ cgi application that will open an image (.gif) file and return the contents to the web browser as an image.

example:
<img src=&quot;

http://www.myserver.com/mycgi.exe&quot;>

So far, I successfully read in an image file using the code below, but when I actually try it out, the web browser (IE) tries to download the executable (and yes, it is in the cgi-bin directory with execute priviledges).

Can anyone tell me what I am doing wrong?

example code:
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int Image:isplayImage(char *imgfilename)
{
ifstream inFile;
inFile.open(imgfilename, ios::in | ios::nocreate | ios::binary);
if (inFile.fail())
return 0;

int imgWidth, imgHeight;
imgWidth = 10; //I already know the width
imgHeight = 10; //I already know the height

cout << &quot;Content-type: image/gif\n\n&quot;;
cout << &quot;#define image_width &quot; << imgWidth << &quot;\n&quot;;
cout << &quot;#define image_height &quot; << imgHeight << &quot;\n\n&quot;;

int i, j;
char g;

while (!inFile.eof()) {
inFile.get(g);
cout << hex << (int) g;
}
inFile.close();
cout << &quot;\n&quot;;
return 1;
}
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