This is now available in Graphic Workshop Pro (shareware). Here is the quote from the Help file:
EXE files (self-displaying pictures) � Maximum bits: 8 You can convert images having between two and 256 colours to files with the extension EXE. Such files are self displaying pictures. For example, if you have a file called PICTURE.GIF and you use Graphic Workshop to translate it to PICTURE.EXE, typing PICTURE from the command line will cause the picture to display on your screen. Note that Graphic Workshop installs with the EXE format initially disabled. You must enable it in the Formats dialog from the File menu before Graphic Workshop will read or create EXE pictures. The EXE pictures created by Graphic Workshop for Windows can be either DOS or Windows applications. You can define which type of picture to create with the Windows EXE Pictures switch in Setup. Keith Thompson PS. When I looked for Image Alchemy, it took me to the reference for Graphic Workshop Pro. K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Ted: > There is a program called Alchemy (Image Alchemy) > (circa 1991) that will save an image as an .exe file. However > the executed image is not scrollable. > > It was available from: > > Handmade Software Inc. > 15951 Los Gatos Blvd > Los Gatos, CA 95032 > > I received a demo on a magazine disc a few years ago. > A search for that title might turn up a demo that you can > download. > > Wally > > > Ted Mozer wrote: > > > > > > I need to allow a full screen text file (scrollable would be > > ideal) to be > > > displayed non-editable when an icon is clicked on the desktop. > > Upon a key > > > strike or mouse click I need the file to clear and return the user > > to the > > > desktop (in Windows). This is for a college computer usage policy > > statement > > > that needs to be available to be read but out of the way when not > > > needed...... > > > > > > I tried converting the file to a bmp and writing a bat file (which > > the icon > > > pointed to) to have IrfanView display it. But it is not doing > > what I really > > > want..... > > > > > > Any suggestions?? > > -- Keith Thompson, Worthington, OH Home Web Page: http://freepages.family.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Genealogy Web Page: http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~kthompson Help Page: http://freepages.computers.rootsweb.com/~kthompson/ Anything worth doing, is worth doing for a profit. ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
