This is where I found mpack and it did work.
What I did was:
mpack -o tmpfile file
in which tmpfile will contain something like what you gave below
I cut this between the two blank lines which gives:
R0lGODdhQwFaAfQAAKsAqwAAAEwATBkAGYMAg2gAaDEAMZsAm7kAuaMAo5MAk7IAsosAi3EA <many
lines deleted>
ihaK0wpymEirqEieiZHIiZjSqYxOiM9MiNd3pdf7mJkzuNmGiY4hmZmZiEthgAAOw==
I then put it into a statment link:
image create photo gif -data {
R0lGODdhQwFaAfQAAKsAqwAAAEwATBkAGYMAg2gAaDEAMZsAm7kAuaMAo5MAk7IAsosAi3EA <many
lines deleted>
ihaK0wpymEirqEieiZHIiZjSqYxOiM9MiNd3pdf7mJkzuNmGiY4hmZmZiEthgAAOw==
}
and it worked.
Jim K.
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Subject: Re: [vtcl] Base64 Encoding
Author: "J.R.Suckling" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> at maillink
Date: 10/9/97 9:56 AM
Stewart Allen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Wed, 8 Oct 1997, Jim Kramer wrote:
I need to include gif images in my vtcl app
and I need to keep the file standalong. I
know that you can use the -data option on
image create to create the image from
Base64 data. My question, does any anyone
know how to convert a gif file to base64
encoded.
I used a program called "mpack" on unix to do
this. Unfortunately I have no pointers, but it
should be in the standard archives.
Alternatively, I have some Java code and C code
which does this (but it's not in a pretty
package). Send mail if you're interested.
I found mpack on ftp://ftp.andrew.cmu.edu/pub/mpack/
Is this that you are talking about stewart?
It seems to make mime format as the output.
below is an example of what mpack produces.
Do I take the binary data( I deleted all but two lines in
the data below) and put it in a quoted string for tcl/tk
to process.
Jim, Could you send mt a small example when you get it to
work. I do not have the time right now to puzzle it out.
But I have wanted to do this for quite some time. Thanks.
mpack sample output below this line.
________________________________________________________________
Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Mime-Version: 1.0
Subject: bk1.gif
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="-"
This is a MIME encoded message. Decode it with "munpack"
or any other MIME reading software. Mpack/munpack is available
via anonymous FTP in ftp.andrew.cmu.edu:pub/mpack/
---
Content-Type: image/gif; name="bk1.gif"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
Content-Disposition: inline; filename="bk1.gif"
Content-MD5: t4iCHcmzJaBc4e26WDtAxA==
R0lGODdhQwFaAfQAAKsAqwAAAEwATBkAGYMAg2gAaDEAMZsAm7kAuaMAo5MAk7IAsosAi3EA
<many lines deleted>
ihaK0wpymEirqEieiZHIiZjSqYxOiM9MiNd3pdf7mJkzuNmGiY4hmZmZiEthgAAOw==
-----
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