Retrieving gif data from a RESTful map server

[Mark Wieder]

 <MacBox at ...> writes:

> 
> I'm attempting to get a traffic gif from mapquest via their RESTful API,
but I am unable to display it;
> everything results in the image object displaying a grey pattern.

Try

set the paintcompression to "PNG"

before setting the text (or maybe before getting the gif). There's a known
problem setting the text of an image if the paintcompression is "RLE", and
it has that symptom (a gray box). It may be what you're running into.

-- 
 Mark Wieder
 mwieder at ahsoftware.net