Once the execution is terminated, the Perl script starts a utility to convert the image into the GIF format. Finally, a resulting HTML is dynamically created embedding the newly created image. The following chart depicts the necessary steps for creating and embedding the graphic. The user enters data to be graphed in a text area of an HTML form. The data is submitted to the web server using CGI technique.
Utility processes the input file.
The results are saved as a TGA image. The converter generates a GIF image. The Perl script generates a resulting HTML page with the embedded image. The HTML page is sent to the client's web browser. Due to the limitation of the graphic converter the image size must not greater than 640 by 480.