 Command line overview
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This is correct for TextToGif version 4.43 it may not be for previous or later versions.

TexttoGif.exe <options> text='Whatever you want to convert'

OR:

TextToGif.exe <options> file='fileoftext.txt'

The options are totally optional - but either the text parameter or the file parameter
must be included otherwise you will produce a gif in the same directory as the program
called "TextToGifError.gif". (In fact if you do not include the output filename parameter
all output will be written to TextToGifError.gif in the same directory as the program).

If you do not specify any command line parameters then the TextToGif Graphic Interface
will load and you can choose your options by clicking the relevant buttons and things.
you can also preview the output and see what command line would be used to generate
the same GIF.

It is important to note that you cannot use apostrophies (') or indentation marks
on the command line normally. If you use " then the character will be replaced with a
space. If you use ' then you will totally mess things up and will probably end up with
only a few words produced.

TextToGif is fairly smart and will produce a gif showing you an error message if it
can't understand something - before you email me to report a bug read the error message
and regardless of what it says DOUBLE CHECK your command line. 
Of course valid bug reports are MOST welcome.

NOTE :- In all parameters and values case is important.

Options :

colr - Text Color 
back - Background Color
tran - Transparent Background
font - Text Font
size - Text Font Size
bold - Text Bold or not
undr - Underline text
ital - Text italic or not
bord - Border width (space around text)
text - Text to convert
file - A file to use as the text input
outp - path and filename to output
bimg - path and filename of background image
butn - "Buttonize" image
prsd - If buttonize then draw the button in a "pressed" state.
bbrd - Button border (width of button effect)

colr - Usage colr='a colour' - default = green
foreground text colour
where "a colour" is one of the following values :
aqua, black, cblue, dkgrey, fuchsia, grey, green, lime, ltgrey, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, or yellow. 

back - Usage back='a colour' - default = black
Background colour
where "a colour" is one of the following values :
aqua, black, cblue, dkgrey, fuchsia, grey, green, lime, ltgrey, maroon, navy, olive, purple, red, silver, teal, white, or yellow. 
This is irrelevant if you are using a transparent background.

tran - Usage tran='true/false' - default = true
Use a transparent background
If true then the text is on a transparent background.

font - Usage font='a font' - default = Times New Roman
where "a font" is the name of any font you have on your computer
e.g. font='MS Sans Serif"
IF you try and use a font you haven't got then the program will substituts 
a different font for you.

size - Usage size='a value' - default = 12
where a value is any valid positive integer.

bold - Usage bold='true/false' - default = false
Whether or not to use a bold font.
If true then text is bold

ital - Usage ital='true/false' - default = false
Whether or not to use an italic font.
If true then text is italic

bord - Usage bord='a value' - default = 10
Thickness of border around text.
Where "a value" is any valid positive integer. 0 is no border.

text - Usage text='some text'
The text to convert to a gif

file - Usage file='a filename'
A file to use as text input.

outp - Usage outp='a filename' - default = TextToGifError.gif
The filename to output the image to.
you can either specify just a filename e.g. outp='gif1.gif' to output the image
to the specified filename in the current directory or you can include a full path
e.g. outp='c:\windows\desktop\gif1.gif'

bimg - Usage bimg='a filename'
This option specifies whether or not to use a background image.

butn - Usage butn='true/false'
If true than TextToGif will apply a "button" effect to the resulting image.

prsd - Usage prsd='true/false'
When applying the button effect to an image, if prsd is true then the button will
be given the appearance of being "pressed"

bbrd - Usage bbrd='some value'
This paramter specifies the width of the button effect in pixels.



 Some examples
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TextToGif colr='red' back='black' tran='true' font='Times New Roman' size='26' bord='10' outp='c:\windows\desktop\texttogif.gif' text='Wow! This is great!' ital='true' bold='true'


TextToGif colr='blue' font='Courier' outp='c:\windows\desktop\cool.gif' text='This is cool!'

TextToGif.exe colr='black' back='white' outp='c:\windows\desktop\lookatme.gif' file='TextToGif.txt'

 


