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+// This may look like C code, but it is really -*- C++ -*-
+//
+// Copyright Bob Friesenhahn, 1999, 2000, 2003
+//
+// Test STL appendImages function
+//
+
+#include <Magick++.h>
+#include <string>
+#include <iostream>
+#include <list>
+#include <vector>
+
+using namespace std;
+
+using namespace Magick;
+
+int main( int /*argc*/, char ** argv)
+{
+
+ // Initialize ImageMagick install location for Windows
+ InitializeMagick(*argv);
+
+ int failures=0;
+
+ try {
+
+ string srcdir("");
+ if(getenv("SRCDIR") != 0)
+ srcdir = getenv("SRCDIR");
+
+ //
+ // Test appendImages
+ //
+
+ list<Image> imageList;
+ readImages( &imageList, srcdir + "test_image_anim.miff" );
+
+ Image appended;
+
+ // Horizontal
+ appendImages( &appended, imageList.begin(), imageList.end() );
+ // appended.display();
+ if (( appended.signature() != "3a90bb0bb8f69f6788ab99e9e25598a0d6c5cdbbb797f77ad68011e0a8b1689d" ) &&
+ ( appended.signature() != "c15fcd1e739b73638dc4e36837bdb53f7087359544664caf7b1763928129f3c7" ) &&
+ ( appended.signature() != "229ff72f812e5f536245dc3b4502a0bc2ab2363f67c545863a85ab91ebfbfb83" ) &&
+ ( appended.signature() != "b98c42c55fc4e661cb3684154256809c03c0c6b53da2738b6ce8066e1b6ddef0" ))
+ {
+ ++failures;
+ cout << "Line: " << __LINE__
+ << " Horizontal append failed, signature = "
+ << appended.signature() << endl;
+ appended.write("appendImages_horizontal_out.miff");
+ // appended.display();
+ }
+
+ // Vertical
+ appendImages( &appended, imageList.begin(), imageList.end(), true );
+ if (( appended.signature() != "d73d25ccd6011936d08b6d0d89183b7a61790544c2195269aff4db2f782ffc08" ) &&
+ ( appended.signature() != "0909f7ffa7c6ea410fb2ebfdbcb19d61b19c4bd271851ce3bd51662519dc2b58" ) &&
+ ( appended.signature() != "11b97ba6ac1664aa1c2faed4c86195472ae9cce2ed75402d975bb4ffcf1de751" ) &&
+ ( appended.signature() != "cae4815eeb3cb689e73b94d897a9957d3414d1d4f513e8b5e52579b05d164bfe" ))
+ {
+ ++failures;
+ cout << "Line: " << __LINE__
+ << " Vertical append failed, signature = "
+ << appended.signature() << endl;
+ appended.write("appendImages_vertical_out.miff");
+ // appended.display();
+ }
+
+ }
+
+ catch( Exception &error_ )
+ {
+ cout << "Caught exception: " << error_.what() << endl;
+ return 1;
+ }
+ catch( exception &error_ )
+ {
+ cout << "Caught exception: " << error_.what() << endl;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ if ( failures )
+ {
+ cout << failures << " failures" << endl;
+ return 1;
+ }
+
+ return 0;
+}
+