"Mike Curnow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > in an application we are working on we need to bring up a picture on a web > page. the user needs to be able to mark up areas of the picture, just circle > certain parts really nothing fancy, then we need to save the marked up > picture on the server. the pictures graphics are pretty simple just black > and white drawings.
I would suggest DHTML or SVG. In either case you use layers (NN) or absolute positioning (IE). You can build a set of markup tools and use drag and drop to position them on the page. Click on a tool like a circle or an X and drag it to where you want on the document. With IE you can then save the file as a .MHT file which flattens all the graphics into a single file. We have done this with DHTML. I assume it can also be done with SVG but I do not know how. There are other approaches that can be taken if the graphics are of a standard size and the areas to be marked up are always in the same locations. You can use the graphic as the background of a table and populate the surface of the table with transparent graphics which can be changed to a colored version using onClick or onDblClick, etc. -- John Bertoglio Senior Consultant co-laboratory office: 503-538-8691 mobile: 503.330.6713 fax: 503.538.8691 www.co-laboratory.com > any suggestions on how i might do this? > thanks, > Mike > >
