This is a plugin for the Webbrowsers Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and SeaMonkey available for OS/2 and eComStation that extends them with the support of reading all bitmap formats supported by GBM.DLL.
Note:
For multipage images so far only the first image is shown.
As most browsers support animated GIFs natively it's not a problem.
Also printing in Netscape 4.61 does not work but it does in Mozilla
Firefox and SeaMonkey.
For being able to use it, the following additional files are required:
Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox or SeaMonkey
The plugin has been tested with Firefox 1.5.0.4, SeaMonkey 1.0.2 and
Netscape 4.61 but it should work with other versions as well.
Note:
GBM.DLL version 1.41 must not be used as it contains a compiler
optimization issue that reduces stability. When used together
with the GBM plugin, the browser might crash when opening bitmaps.
Please upgrade to GBM.DLL version 1.42 or higher.
Note:
This plugin requires so far that the browser cache is enabled.
Further version might be able to directly stream the images into
the system memory.
Simply copy npgbm.dll
into the plugin directory of your browser.
Please check the requirements listed for gbm.dll
above.
Copy gbm.dll
either into the plugin installation directory beside
npgbm.dll
or put it somewhere in your LIBPATH (defined in CONFIG.SYS).
Note:
If you are using Rich Walsh's RUN! or LIBPATHSTRICT, the plugin
will normally show only a grey area for each loaded bitmap. This
can be resolved by copying the gbm.dll into the browser installation
directory (beside the .exe).
Copyright (C) 2006 Heiko Nitzsche
This software is provided 'as-is', without any express or implied warranty. In no event will the author be held liable for any damages arising from the use of this software.
Permission is granted to anyone to use this software for any purpose, including commercial applications, and to alter it and redistribute it freely, subject to the following restrictions:
SeaMonkey showing PNM and TIF images by using the GBM plugin: