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On Tue, 22 Sep 1998, Gert Doering wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 22, 1998 at 09:11:56PM +0200, Holger Petersen wrote:
> > There was a discussion about getting incoming FAXes into a Web-Page.
> > Gert said, that he was awaiting some Java-Code...
[...]
> I don't want to store the images in GIF/JPEG/whatever format on the
> server (code for *that* is long done :-) ), I want to send them over
> in G3 format, because it's "native" and quite small, and I want to do
> all the scaling and displaying in the client.

Windos clients should be able to understand these if you name them with an
'AWD' extension.  We use Hylafax, and have been delivering incoming G3 files
as email attachments with this approach.

The web page, then, would display the summary list, with clickable links for
d/l and view of the G3 file (AWD).  Portability issues exist here, though
(say, non-Microsoft clients?).  
 
> Using GIF won't give me scaling in the client, and I have to store all
> files twice on the server -- which is why I want something better.

You should be able to send HTML with an IMG tag that specifies the viewing
size (and resizability option?) regardless of the resolution of the actual
source, which will give you scaling on the client.  And the client's cache
will address re-fetch issues.

Randy

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