cmdrb,
The problem with trying to simply download the
data, write it to a gif, and then view it is that there is header
information added to the data you fetch. It goes something like this:
#<number of characters in data size><data size><data><line feed>
The number sign at the beginning is an actual number sign. The rest depends on your data.
To get the data, you need to follow a few steps.
1) Read the # off of the data buffer and ignore it
2) Read the number of characters in the data size off of the data buffer
3) Read the data size (using the previously read number)
4) Add one to the data size (to account for the line feed), and use it to read the data off your data buffer.
5) Convert your data to an array of unsigned bytes
6) Write it to a binary file (using native, host order for the byte order) with a .gif extension
I've
attached some VIs that I found not long ago when looking into this same
problem. I may have modified them some, but I got these from someone
else on this or another board.
