No convert.exe available in the newest ImageMagick

[shopkaas]

I have a win2003 Server on which I have installed php, mysql, coppermine and imagemagick.

after configuring i got the message that convert.exe could't be found in the folder i suggested. I know about the 'slashes problem', but there just wasn't a file called convert.exe in my imagemagick folder. Keeping this location blank encounters the message that my server does not support the GD image library.

So, my question is:

where can I find this ImageMagick convert.exe utility, or how else can i solve my problem?

[kegobeer]

Why don't you use GD?  All you have to do is uncomment out the gd2 extension, save php.ini, and restart IIS.

I can't help you with your ImageMagick problems.  I suggest going to the ImageMagick site and asking for assistance there.

[Joachim Müller]

If there's no convert.exe on your system, you don't have ImageMagick installed properly. Please do as kegobeer suggested though: ImageMagick on Windows can be very tricky, you better use GD2 (ImageMagick doesn't improve things when used with Coppermine: although it is capable of doing more, those additional features are not being used by the coppermine package).

Joachim

[shopkaas]

Thnx for your quick answers...

I didn't know i had to activate GD in the php.ini file. After removing the comment AND restarting IIS the thumbnails could be created,

thnx very much 

[bi11i]

so what features am I missing out on by not using ImageMagick?  I have no problems going without it - it sounds to be a real pain in the arse; but what am I losing down the line by not using it?  I've traditionally used GD2 and had no problems with it - do I totally miss out on GIF support without ImageMagick?

Thanks for your response..... (anyone?)

[Tranz]

The latest version of GD supports GIF creation. Otherwise, I don't feel like I'm missing out by not using ImageMagick. In fact, I'm having plenty of fun with GD, which was what I used to generate my signature.

[bi11i]

would you mind posting the link to the latest version of GD?  I"m fairly new to this....

[Tranz]

The newest version of PHP contains the version of GD that supports GIF.

[bi11i]

well so what's the difference betwen php_gd2.dll and gds32.dll?  are they related?  do I need to specify soething unique in php.ini for gds32.dll?  huh huh huh?

[kegobeer]

If you want to enable GD2, uncomment php_gd2.dll.

www.php.net/gd
www.boutell.com/gd

[bi11i]

that's not what i asked.  can anyone else give it a try?

well so what's the difference betwen php_gd2.dll and gds32.dll?  are they related?  do I need to specify sonething unique in php.ini for gds32.dll?

[Tranz]

You could also search those questions yourself.

[kegobeer]

The only thing you need to do to enable GD2 is to do what I told you to.  GDS32.dll has absolutely nothing to do with GD.  And if you had visited either of those two links I provided you with, you could've figured that out for yourself.  Hell, even searching for gds32.dll on Google would've done the trick.

Instead of asking server setup questions here, you should find a few good tutorials on how to setup, configure, and manage a server.  Server maintenance isn't easy, and it takes a long time to learn how to do it, especially IIS and/or Server 2000/2003.

huh huh huh?

Calm down. 

[bi11i]

i asked the questions because i didn't want to search through it all. isn't that what this forum is for?  no?  sorry, must have the wrong place?   i didn't want you to 'tell me what to do'  i know about commenting out GD, i've been using it on my vBulletin forum for years.  i've been hosting for years, i'm totally familiar with all of these things which require SO much maintenance on your part - I'm not a big subscriber to the 'do what i say, you don't need to know anything else' elitest school of thought. 

hey, all i wanted was a quick answer to a quick question, not some pointless arrogant crap.

thanks for answering my question on gds32.dll, sorry it was such a bitch in getting there. 

You could also search those questions yourself.

hey, and that's what i'm doing here!

Calm down. 

you really did take that literally, didn't you?

nice visit to the coppermine board - what a nice, warm, happy community....

[kegobeer]

Hmm, we support Coppermine and any code we develop.  PHP and GD are not ours, and we are not the authority on what belongs to what.  I found the gds dll answer by doing a Google search.

i asked the questions because i didn't want to search through it all.

And it's ok for us to waste our time repeating ourselves?  I thought a forum was to share knowledge, which our forum does.  People search for their problems, find the answers, and fix their problems.  When they don't, they post their question.

would you mind posting the link to the latest version of GD?  I"m fairly new to this....

i know about commenting out GD, i've been using it on my vBulletin forum for years.  i've been hosting for years, i'm totally familiar with all of these things which require SO much maintenance on your part

First you said you were new to this.  Now you say you've been doing this for years.  If you've been dealing with GD for a long time, I'd expect you to know where to find the current version and how to find out what the various dll's do.  Kind of hard for us to give you the apporpriate level of answer, don't you think?

We're not trying to be difficult, but try to see this from our point of view.  We spend quite a bit of time responding and helping people, but we don't want to repeat ourselves over and over, especially if the answers are either already posted or in the documentation.

[Joachim Müller]

hey, all i wanted was a quick answer to a quick question, not some pointless arrogant crap.

Hm, maybe it's because english is not my first language, so I might be wrong, but this sounds like an insult to me. You might want to review your attitude, I doubt you would have treated us nicely if we showed up on your doorstep insulting you. Seen in this light, you have been treated very kindly...

Joachim