Embed text string into an image file

[steeld]

I have a WinBatch script to capture a number of graphs from a cloud-based web application for inserting into an intranet. Apart from not being able to automate everything, it is working fine. However, I would like to be able to overlay a title onto each graph. This seems to be beyond the capabilities of the Pixie extender so the question is whether anybody is aware of any other technique/library I might use?

Thanks

David

[Deana]

I have a WinBatch script to capture a number of graphs from a cloud-based web application for inserting into an intranet. Apart from not being able to automate everything, it is working fine. However, I would like to be able to overlay a title onto each graph. This seems to be beyond the capabilities of the Pixie extender so the question is whether anybody is aware of any other technique/library I might use?

Thanks

David

Please provide more information about the graph format? Is it an image file, pdf or something else?

If by chance its a bitmap you could try this code: http://techsupt.winbatch.com/webcgi/webbatch.exe?techsupt/tsleft.web+WinBatch/DllCall~Information+Stamp~text~on~bitmaps.txt

[Deana]

One solution might be to use COM automation of ImageMagick :  http://www.imagemagick.org/discourse-server/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=22843.

Reference: http://techsupt.winbatch.com/webcgi/webbatch.exe?techsupt/tsleft.web+WinBatch/OLE~COM~ADO~CDO~ADSI~LDAP/ImageMagick

[steeld]

My approach has been to have WB capture the screen, crop it with the Pixie extender and then convert to JPEG for use on an Intranet. ImageMagick might be a possibility. I have used it with WebBatch many years ago.

Thanks

David