Need to know dimensions of an image file in CF please

[arthuro111]

I am generating an automatic email using CFmail in an app. Part of what I am in putting in there is pictures. I want them to be thumbnails, so I resize them in the img tag, either the vertical or horizontal.

However, here's the problem: I need to be able to do both.

In most email programs (Outlook, Yahoo, etc) when you put in only one of the dimensions, the other one shrinks to match proportionally when you view the email itself.

In Lotus Notes, which is what will have to be used, if you only put in the vertical dimension, the pictures come out stretched all the way across the page. If you only do horizontal, they are super tall.

My temporary solution is to pick a size (175x100 say), but of course the pictures are usually distorted.

Can anyone point me towards something that will detect the size of images from their file? I can then do the calculations to shrink the picture down.

Thanks in advance!!!!!!!!!

 

[ecobb]

Have you though about just resizing the images to whatever size you need them to be?



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[arthuro111]

Sorry, didn't mention that but I have no control over these images - they come in from lots of non-technical users so there will not be an easy way to force them to be a particular size or aspect ratio.

There may be a tag which could allow them to crop, etc on upload, but the guy running the system doesn't want to complicate the regular users lives, so I'm stuck with what I get.

So the question remains - given that I am getting image files of random size, how can I know their size?

I know Javascript can get the size - can I transfer that information into CF?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[TruthInSatire]

they come in from lots of non-technical users so there will not be an easy way to force them to be a particular size or aspect ratio.

There may be a tag which could allow them to crop, etc on upload, but the guy running the system doesn't want to complicate the regular users lives, so I'm stuck with what I get.

When the user uploads the image they're done. It's up to you to resize the image. The users life is no more diffacult.

for example:

http://www.club69radio.com/station/staff.cfm

http://www.twisterradio.com/station/staff.cfm

http://www.hardrockradiolive.com/station/staff.cfm

http://www.rainestarradio.com/station/staff.cfm

all use Alagad image component to resize the image to a width determined by the admin user of the content management system behind the scenes... (click the thumbnails to see the actual image the user upladed) it doesn't require users to do anything special.

http://www.alagad.com/index.cfm/name-aic

There are free programs out there but this one is by far the best.



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[TruthInSatire]

I might add the host is having some technical probles so please forgive the lack of speed in loading the example links i posted.

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[imstillatwork]

CFX_OpenImage

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