Re: Random String Generator

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Ralph 

Looks as if you are trying to captcha some pixel dust!

Man, that has to be an old pun - sorry! But I did make it up just now- really!

Vern
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From: Ralph Daugherty <rdjfc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 

> Thorbjørn Ravn Andersen wrote: 
> > Ralph Daugherty skrev: 
> > > nope, wasn't discussing technically, just giving OP a status update 
> > > on what I had said I would look into. 
> > >
> > > I am pulling class source codes, yes. 
> > Why not just put the batik jars on the classpath and put your stuff on top? 
> >
> > Avoiding too many dependencies? 
> > /THorbjørn 
>
> The class I started out with was from a midlevel Apache web package 
> (org.apache.myfaces...) which after all is the whole point of a CAPTCHA. 
> :) However my goal is a set of calls to return a CAPTCHA via bytestream 
> or to a file to be available to be merged with output rather than being 
> called in the JSF code, in other words a generic external source of a 
> CAPTCHA. 
>
> I also just want it to be a standalone jar focused on generating 
> text images, a functioning app callable from RPG without a huge (or 
> actually any) dependency on many, many other jars that a full Apache 
> Batik product would require. 
>
> It's not like we have many choices, as far as I was able to 
> determine only Batik and JAI, which has more caveats mentioned with it 
> than you can shake a stick at. 
>
> It'll be fine, not too many more layers I think. I might even have 
> caught some code generating a pixel, but could be delusionally wishful 
> thinking. 
>
> rd 
>
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