GIFCOM DOCUMENTATION
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The files in this archive may  be distributed anywhere provided they are
unmodified and are not sold for profit.

Ownership and copyright of all files remains with the author:
    Vance Landall
    3 Guthrie Street
    Lower Hutt
    Wellington
    NEW ZEALAND.
  e-mail: landall_v@kosmos.wcc.govt.nz


DISCLAIMER
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The author of this program takes no responsibility for what happens when
you  use  this program.  This program  is supplied  "AS IS"  and with no
warranty of any kind, expressed or implied.

The author of this  program shall not be liable for any damages, whether
they are direct, indirect, special, consequential, etc arising from this
program failing to operate in the manner desired by the user.

Also the author  shall not be  liable for any damage to data or property
which may be caused directly or indirectly by use of this program.

The author  shall not be  liable for  any damages  caused by  using this
product including the inability of the  user to use this product, or any
other  incidental  or consequential damages occurring  from use  of this
product.


ABOUT THIS PROGRAM
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This program adds  a text file on to  the end of a GIF picture.  It does
not have  to be a  text file,  an ANSI file  will do.  Add what you want
displayed to the end of the gif file.


USAGE| GIFCOM <GIF picture/anim file> <text file>


It makes the GIF picture into a version 89 GIF.  If the orginal GIF is a
version 87  it will become a version 89.  This is because the version 87
format does not handle comments. The version 89 does.

To see the comment, you MUST have a picture viewer that can view version
89 GIFs. VPIC and CSHOW both support GIF version 89 pictures.

If a GIF has been GIFLITEd, there will not cause any problems.

NOTE: If you have tabs  in the text file, you  will need to run the text
      file through a program which will convert the tabs to spaces.

It could be  good for  sysops who  want to  show that  this picture  has
passed through their BBS.

REGISTRATION
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If you like or use this program, I would ask that you register GIFCOM by
filling out the registration form and sending at least $10 US to:
    Vance Landall
    3 Guthrie Street
    Lower Hutt
    Wellington
    NEW ZEALAND.

When you register this program  you will be sent a program that will not
have  the following message at the top  of the display  when the picture
viewer displays what you have added to the GIF picture.
"This comment was added using GIFCOM Copyright (C) 1994 Vance Landall."


IN CLOSING
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Please  send  any  compliments,  comments,  or compliants  to the  above
address.


TRADEMARKS AND COPYRIGHTS
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CSHOW Copyright (c) 1993, Canyon State Systems and Software (tm), Sedona, Az.

GIFLITE is a Trademark of White Water Software.

GIF and 'Graphics Interchange Format' are trademarks of CompuServe Inc.
and H&R Block Company.

VPIC Copyright (c) Bob Montgomery


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