RE: [ROOT] image generation questions

From: Valeri Fine (fine@bnl.gov)
Date: Sat Jun 21 2003 - 23:44:21 MEST


Hello Brant ,
Check:
http://root.bnl.gov/QtRoot/QtRoot.html#gifbatch
  My best regards, Valeri

> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch
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> On Behalf Of brant c.
> Sent: Saturday, June 21, 2003 6:00 AM
> To: roottalk@pcroot.cern.ch
> Subject: [ROOT] image generation questions
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> I am a ROOT newbie, trying to build some ROOT code that
processes/plots
> data, generates images, and distributes the images over the web (as in
a
> cgi script).  Ideally, this code would just print the image file data
to
> standard output, so executing it as a cgi script would produce an
image
> on a web browser.  As such, I think it has to run in batch mode...
> 
> I am looking for a way to:
> a) generate an image in batch mode.
> b) print the image file data to standard output, preferably without
> first writing to disk.
> 
> It would be possible to write the pad contents as a postscript or svg
> file, convert the file, and concatenate the results to standard
output,
> and remove the file, but I would like to avoid file i/o (simultanious
> users will confuse the system) and other external programs as much as
> possible.
> 
> I don't know if the TImage::FromPad(...) function will work in batch
> mode because I've been having issues getting ROOT to compile with
> asimage enabled (library version issues on my end, I think).
> 
> The application is for visualization of high-energy cosmic ray shower
> data for the CHICOS project (http://www.chicos.caltech.edu/).  Part of
> the purpose of distributing the images over the web is to allow high
> school instructors to use it in class activities.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
>    Brant Carlson
>    (Caltech UG, working for Prof. Bob McKeown)



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