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MyServer MSCGI counter example.

Description

This is a simple counter that creates a image of numbers representing the number of calls to the counter.mscgi program.

Usage

Point a <img> link in the HTML page pointing to the counter.mscgi program as demonstrated in the counter.html file.

Advanced

The location for the count data is in the same directory as the counter.mscgi program. This file is named count.dat. If you wish to change the image used for the counter, you must:

1. Create an image with evenly spaced numbers using: 0123456789 The image width must be divisible by 10.
2. Using Gimp, export an image as a c-source file with no options selected and prefixed name as numbers_image.
3. Remove the const in "static const struct" in the .c file.
4. Rename the .c file to numbers.h and copy it to the counter source directory.
5. Compile the project or run make. There is an example of how the image would look in the source directory called: numbers.png

Legal

The counter program is licensed under the GPL. However, it is directly linked to writepng.c program that holds this notice:

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wpng - simple PNG-writing program writepng.c

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Copyright (c) 1998-2000 Greg Roelofs. All rights reserved.

      This software is provided "as is," without warranty of any kind,
      express or implied.  In no event shall the author or contributors
      be held liable for any damages arising in any way from the use of
      this software.

      Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose,
      including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute
      it freely, subject to the following restrictions:

      1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
         notice, disclaimer, and this list of conditions.
      2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright
         notice, disclaimer, and this list of conditions in the documenta-
         tion and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
      3. All advertising materials mentioning features or use of this
         software must display the following acknowledgment:

            This product includes software developed by Greg Roelofs
            and contributors for the book, "PNG: The Definitive Guide,"
            published by O'Reilly and Associates.

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