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Written by Falk Petro
Copyright 1998 by Falk Petro. All rights reserved.

Description:

Digital Picture Index Creator (DPIC) is a program which
creates JPEG thumbnail indexes for directories containing
pictures. Supported file formats are BMP, GIF and JPEG.
More formats will follow.

To create an index, you have to follow the 
following steps:

1. Browse for the path you want the index created for
2. Customize you index in the 'Index Settings' and,
   if necessary, change the 'Input/Outpus Properties'
   (maybe choose a preset)
4. Press the 'Save Button' (the Disk)

that's all folks!
If you need additional options or you find bugs, so feel free
to contact me, but before sending an e-mail, take a look on
my homepage to find tips and tricks (because I get a lot of
e-mails and it's sometimes hard to answer them all).

Contact:
  petro@lausitz.net
 
Homepage: 
  http://www.lausitz.net/~petro/
 (http://www-user.tu-cottbus.de/~petro/)

Distribution:

This program is freeware. As such, I give no warranty to its 
accuracy, fitness for any particular use, effects of use, or 
reliability. Parts of this program may be distributed as a 
part of another program without my consent. But I want you to 
write me if you do so. It may be freely distributed, although 
it must be distributed with all original files in their original 
format intact. Please contact the author, Falk Petro, at 
the above email addresse with questions, comments, bug-reports 
or any updates you make to the program.

Code:

This program is written in Delphi 3. I have used the following 
additional components writing it:

- DirTree for Delphi 2.0, Boonlert Iamtasna 
  (iamtasna@mozart.inet.co.th),  www.inet.co.th/cybermall/newlook
- TGIFImage 2.6, Theodor Kleynhans (theodor@gem.co.za),
  http://members.gem.co.za/~theodor/index.html
- Toolbar97 v1.51, Jordan Russell (jordanr7@aol.com),
  http://members.aol.com/jordanr7

Thanks to the above authors for their great and useful 
components.


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Falk Petro, Cottbus (Germany) June, 1999