There are five menu items: File, Compression Method, Input File, Options, and Help.
File menu
This menu item is used to exit the application.
Algorithms
This menu item is used to choose the run length encoding technique.
Input File menu
This menu item is used to input user bitmaps. Only 8x8, 16x16, 32x32, or 64x64 bitmaps are accepted by the application. Four demo files are included.
Options menu
Speed
This menu item is used to set the speed of the animation by moving the slider.
Line ON
The default value is turned on. If users want to turn off the red line, representing the direction of the compressor scan, clicking in the checkbox will turn it off.
Help menu
This menu item displays help files.
E-mail comments or suggestions about RLE to khuri@cs.sjsu.edu or joy@mathcs.sjsu.edu