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    bitmaps in XP

    I have been importing bitmaps successfully for some time in Windows 98. Now, with XP, I keep getting the message "cannot read bitmap file" though all else seems normal and I've tried repeatedly. Any ideas?
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    RE: bitmaps in XP

    Can you open the same bitmap image with the Paint program?
    If so, try "save as", say yes to Replace, and then retry.

    regards,
    Melvin Davidson

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      #3
      RE: bitmaps in XP

      I appreciate your reply, but I just tried your suggestion and still had no success. I even tried renaming the file, to no avail. Any other ideas?

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        #4
        RE: bitmaps in XP

        Mark,

        FYI,

        I did a lttle test. I was able to import bitmaps into
        A5v1. Caveat Emptor! There appear to be a file size limit.
        Could it be that the bitmap(s) you are having a problem
        with is/are greater than 1407 kb? (My largest readable)
        I could not read one that was 2401kb.

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          #5
          RE: bitmaps in XP

          Thanks for the reply. The images I am trying to import average 80 KB, and was able to do this easily under Windows 98. Still stymied.

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            #6
            RE: bitmaps in XP

            The only other things I can think of is:
            1. You did not flag (or unflagged) the memo field as type
            bitmap in Field rules, Type, Extended fie;d types
            or
            2. The bit maps you are working with are corrupted somehow.

            Just to check, try creating a new db with one character field and one memo field. Then see if you can import into that. Also try importing a standard window bitmap from
            thw Windows directory.


            Perhaps if you posted a sample db with a problem bitmap I could test it on my system.

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              RE: bitmaps in XP

              Thanks for the input. I just tried importing some older bitmaps that I had transferred from my old computer, and they worked perfectly. The problem therefore seems to be with recently acquired images with the new machine/XP/MSN 8 set up. With these, I still get the "cannot read bitmap" error message. Are you aware of anything within this newer set up that would somehow block these images? They seem to be fully accessible through Paint.

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                RE: bitmaps in XP

                None to my knowledge.

                The only thing left to try is to load an old bmp with
                paint and look at the attributes.

                Then load a newer (bad) bmp and compare the attributes to the old.

                This appears to be more of an O/S (XP) thing than Alpha Five at this point.

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                  RE: bitmaps in XP

                  Problem solved, albeit in roundabout fashion. Your suggestion from post # 1636 actually works, although I had to tweak the bitmap, somehow putting my stamp on it before saving it. I managed this by making a change, undoing it and then saving the file. Then, the import function works normally. Also, a direct select-copy-paste from Paint into the record's bitmap field seems to work just as well, provided that I save change before moving to another record. Both solutions are a bit unwieldy but I'm relieved to have resolved the issue. I greatly appreciate your help in this matter.

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                    RE: bitmaps in XP

                    Mark

                    Your problem is actually a common issue. Unknown to many people is the fact that there is more than one bmp format. Depending on what program created the bmp, some other programs may not be able to read it. One of the formats is a compressed format that many programs can not read. The problem is even worse in formats like tif that can be compressed, uncompressed, mac format, or pc format. Most graphics converters or programs like Paint will either give some save options or save it in the most common format. One I use is CompuPic from Photodex. It is cheap, supports nearly all formats, is easy to use, and works very well.

                    Jerry

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