Iteration 1 Progress Report

William Barratt

Plan:

  Goal: Develop a basic method for reading and interpreting the headers of .pgm image 
files using C++
  Needs: Good programming skills, reference database of C library info

  Expected Outcome: a command-line program to interpret and copy the 
headers

  Success test: when the headers are successfully copied to a new image 
file

  Timeline: Rudimentary code by late September; Completion by early 
October

Design:

  Design for this iteration: the program (written in C++) will take an 
existing .pgm image file, read in the file headers using fstream 
functions, and interpret and copy important parts of the headers, such as 
checking file type and finding the height and width of the image.

Coding:
  The code for this iteration is finished.  The program successfully 
reads, copies, and interprets the file.  Printed code will be available, 
but I do not wish to post it on the Internet at this point.

Testing:
  The testing for the header iteration was simple, using both terminal 
output and checking the text in the new image file that the program 
creates.

Users:
  There are no users for this iteration.  I may have one person, an expert 
in the computer graphics field, advise or mentor me later on.

Updated Oct. 4, 2002