Installing PhotoPost on IIS6 with ImageMagick

[AdderSolution]

Hi There. I'm installing PhotoPost on behalf of a client who has purchased it recently. I am trying to install PhotoPost on IIS6 machine (2003 server). Using ImageMagick and PHP4.3+. When uploading files, this is the error message I'm getting:

Error creating thumbnail! Error code: -1

Command:

"c:/progra~1/ImageMagick-6.0.2-Q8/mogrify.exe" -size 100x75 -quality 70 -geometry 100x75 C:/www/galleries.photographers.co.uk/wwwroot/data/2/11-thumb.jpg

I have ensured that IUSER has full permissions on the folder and running out of solutions. Any ideas would be appreciated.

[AdderSolution]

Ah. Forgot to add. I have also run mogrify through command prompt and it all works fine. E.g, managed to create a thumbnail etc.

I am also running ISAPI version of PHP after someone suggested that the CGI version is not very good at forking.

Make sure you have set permissions on cmd.exe and make sure the IWAM and IUSER accounts have access to your web install. ImageMagick can be tough on IIS I have spent a few days on some getting it to work. I have never had one yet I could not install but it is a pain to say the least.

So sayeth Chuck

[AdderSolution]

Cheers for the quick reply donb..

I have given IUSER and IWAM full control over the root of the website.

Not clear about your reference to cmd.exe .. You mean to give IWAM execute permissions over IWAM?

IWAM/IUSR needs to be able to run cmd.exe

[AdderSolution]

By that I assume give IWAM and IUSER full permissions on c:\windows\system32\cmd.exe file?

If so, I have done it but still getting the same error message.

And they have permission to execute mogrify.exe as well?

[AdderSolution]

Ah.. Will just try now

[AdderSolution]

Hmm.. Just tried it but the error code has switched from -1 to 1:

Error creating thumbnail! Error code: 1

Command:

"c:/progra~1/ImageMagick-6.0.2-Q8/mogrify.exe" -size 100x75 -quality 70 -geometry 100x75 C:/www/galleries.photographers.co.uk/wwwroot/data/2/11-thumb.jpg

Another thing which might help, move your IM to c:\im instead of c:\program files\blah blah...

The ~ thing will often kill it.

[AdderSolution]

Still no joy chaps..

Error creating thumbnail! Error code: 1

Command:

"c:/im/mogrify.exe" -size 100x75 -quality 70 -geometry 100x75 C:/www/galleries.photographers.co.uk/wwwroot/data/2/11-thumb.jpg

Can anyone from PhotoPost enlighten us as to what Error Code 1 is all about please?

[AdderSolution]

Reading through the forums, I found this little gem:

Originally Posted by Tpol

I have a friend of mine that using Win2K and the path´s has spaces and no problem.
If anyone is having problems with Imagemagick that got error when creating thumbnails the solution is very simple:

In image.inc.php look for fs_exec command.

REplace ALL fs_exec commands to SHELL_EXEC, EXCEPT the FIRST command !!!!

That is all and very simple. I think it´s because the Old versions of PHP.

But works fine in all versions !!!

have fun !!!

Tpol

Someone please put this somewhere more obvious to find, E.G., The Incredibly Sparse Instructions!!!!!!

[Chuck S]

Error Code 1 is usually no permission to run

[criscokid]

I've re-installed the operating system on my webserver along with PHP, mySQL and ImageMagick. I could not get PhotoPost to work - I tried everything! Eventually I came across this post and implemented this:

In image.inc.php look for fs_exec command - replace ALL fs_exec commands to SHELL_EXEC, EXCEPT the FIRST command

and now PhotoPost works but all the thumbnails aren't really thumbnails - they're the same size as the photos I've uploaded. My 'Thumbnail image max width and height in pixels' is set to 100 - what do I need to do to correct this?

[Matt Gordon]

I'm having the exact same problem criscokid is.

Here's what I've done so far...

Verify permissions for IUSER and IWAM for data, uploads directories, cmd.exe, and mogrify.exe

Remove +profile \"*\" twice and set the OS to NT in image-inc.php.

Verified the path to mogrify.exe

Does anyone else have any ideas about how to solve this issue?

Thanks in advance!

[Chuck S]

Your data and uploads directories have those how about everyone and guest are they set to READ WRITE AND EXECUTE. Sometimes getting mogrify to work on windows is not possible and users alot of times just give up and go to GD2

[Matt Gordon]

I'm still having the problem of the script not creating thumbnails.
I need to work with GIF's, so GD2 isn't an option.

I have the thumbnail image size set to either 100 or 150 (I've tried both).

It does create a thumbs folder in the data directory and places an image...

for example, /data/520/thumbs/picture.jpg

...but it's not thumbnail-sized.

Interestingly, when I click on the link under the picture to tag it as the index thumb, it does create the thumb and puts it on the index page. But on the member gallery pages and category gallery pages, all pictures are full-size.

So it *can* create the thumb, but the app just isn't doing it on its own when it's supposed to.

[Matt Gordon]

SOLVED!

Thank You DonB for this advice...

Originally Posted by donb

Another thing which might help, move your IM to c:\im instead of c:\program files\blah blah...

The ~ thing will often kill it.

I didn't have the ~ thing, but moving the .exe into it's own directory exactly as DonB advised did the trick!

Thanks again!