Use the RepaintManager to capture an Image of what is on a JComponent.
Use the Acme GIF encoder to go from Image to output stream.
http://www.acme.com/java/software/Acme.JPM.Encoders.GifEncoder.html
[There might be something in the Java Media Framework to do this also.]
J
Thanks for your message at 07:27 AM 9/3/99 -0700, Ananth:
>Thank you very much for your response. I got a couple of more questions
>regarding this.
>If someone could give me pointers on them, I would highly appreciate it.
>
>1. java.awt.Robot's screenCapture method returns a java.awt.Image, whereas
> JPegEncoders's encode method takes in java.awt.image.BufferedImage!
> Is there any workaround for this?
>2. What I'm trying to accomplish is to create an image on Server side.
> But I'm trying to use Swing components to create a jazzy Panel and
> then trying to save that as a gif/jpeg.
> So I would not really even want to display the Panel on the screen
> (means I would not be using setVisible(true) on the panel!).
> Any pointers???
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