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How Can I Tell Whether a .GIF File is a Regular Picture File or an Animated Picture File?

May 15, 2006 May 15, 2006 05/15/06
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! I have a silly question for you: how can I tell whether a .GIF file is a regular old picture file or an animated picture file?-- WW(image) (image) (image) Hey, WW. To begin with, there’s no such thing as a silly question. We’ve always believed that - well, come to think of it, last summer a neighbor’s ...

How Can I Auto-Delete Specific File Types from the My Pictures Folder?

January 26, 2006 Jan 26, 2006 01/26/06
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! How can I auto-delete specific file types from the My Pictures folder? If an error occurs with my fax machine, .drg and .txt files get added to My Pictures. I then have to delete these files before the fax machine will work again.-- WW(image) (image) (image) Hey, WW. You know, this was a case where the Scripting...

How Can I Determine the Height and Width of a Picture File Without Using Windows Media Player?

November 16, 2005 Nov 16, 2005 11/16/05
ScriptingGuy1
(image) Hey, Scripting Guy! Awhile back you showed us a method to determine the height and width of a picture file. However, that solution required us to import all our picture files into Windows Media Player. Isn’t there another way to get this information, one that doesn’t require Windows Media Player?-- RP(image) (image) (image) Hey...