Animation Readme

Installation guide for Animation - server push image animation script (v1.2)

Perl v1.2 Documentation

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Note: This is a fan archive preserving historical CGI script documentation. Server push animations have been replaced by CSS animations, GIF animations, and JavaScript in modern web development.

Copyright and Header

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# Animation                     Version 1.2                                  #
# Copyright 1996 Matt Wright    [email protected]                      #
# Created 9/28/95               Last Modified 11/21/95                       #
# Scripts Archive at:           http://www.worldwidemart.com/scripts/        #
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Overview

This script allows you to implement animations in-lined into your HTML pages using server push technology. Images are pushed from the server to the client one after another, creating an animation effect.

Package Contents

README - Installation instructions (this file)
nph-anim.pl - The Perl script that generates headers and pushes images

Note: The nph- prefix is required! NPH (Non-Parsed Header) scripts output their own HTTP headers directly.

nph-anim.pl Configuration

Variables

Variable	Description	Example
`$times`	Number of times to cycle through the animation	`$times = "1";`
`$basefile`	Absolute path to images directory	`$basefile = "/path/to/images/";`
`@files`	Array of image filenames in animation order	`@files = ("frame1.gif","frame2.gif","frame3.gif");`
`$con_type`	Image content type	`$con_type = "gif";`

Supported Image Types

Value	Extensions
`gif`	.gif
`jpeg`	.jpeg, .jpg, .jpe
`x-xbitmap`	.xbm
`x-xpixmap`	.xpm

How to Call This Script

Place the script in your cgi-bin with chmod 755 permissions, then call it from an IMG tag:

<img src="/cgi-bin/nph-anim.pl" alt="Animation">