> I want to make a shockwave movie that allows the user to draw a picture (a
> bitmap) and then save that picture to the web server as a GIF image. A
> separate gallery page will then display all the drawings.
> 
> There are a couple of bitmap export Xtras around, but they are all aimed at
> use with projectors and can only save images to the client, not the server.
> 
> So the only solution I can think of is to read the bitmap pixel by pixel
> (using getPixel) and post the data back to an ASP script on the server
> (using postNetText). Then I can use server side scripting to generate the
> GIF file on the server. The problem with this solution is that reading the
> image pixel by pixel and posting the data to the server is slow.
> 
> Has anyone done this kind of thing before? Or can anyone see a better way to
> do it, or problems with my solution?
> 
> Any help anyone could give would be greatly appreciated.

Multiuser server 3 is one solution. It ships with D8.5, and the function
you're describing is built in.

-kurt


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