You should be able to automate conversion of most PICTs using JPR’s PICT_Convert. However, if you have static PICTs pasted directly onto forms, those will need to be individually visited. A v17 MSC log will give you a listing of those, I think.
Tom Benedict > On Feb 6, 2020, at 09:40, Ken Eyring via 4D_Tech <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Steve, > > I tried converting the images to .jpg. ipng and .tif using CONVERT PICTURE. > Each format I tried resulted in blurry images. > > To follow up on your question... I opened up a window that displayed one of > the images that is stored in a field. I copied the image into Preview on a > Mac, then saved it as a .png file format. That worked fine. > > To verify, I then copied the .png image back into my 4D database and saved > it. That image was also stored properly -- without being blurry. > > I have a work around for changing the format of the images, but I really > don't want to do this one-by-one for each image that is in every customer > database that will eventually need to be updated. > > Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > Ken > > > > > > On 02/06/20 12:07 PM, Stephen J. Orth wrote: >> Ken, >> Just curious... >> Do you get different results if you use a graphic's application for the >> conversion? >> Steve >> -----Original Message----- >> From: 4D_Tech <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Ken Eyring via >> 4D_Tech >> Sent: Thursday, February 6, 2020 11:00 AM >> To: [email protected] >> Cc: Ken Eyring <[email protected]> >> Subject: Poor Image Quality When Converting Pict Image to JPG and TIF Using >> CONVERT PICTURE >> I have a table that stores all of the images that are used on reports and >> labels, and some of them are PICT format. Since this format is not >> supported on 64-bit, I want to convert them in v15 prior to migrating over >> to v17 64-bit. However, when I call the following line of code, the >> resulting image is blurry. >> CONVERT PICTURE([Logos]Logo;".TIF") >> I also get the same issue when trying to convert to jpg: >> CONVERT PICTURE([Logos]Logo;".JPG") >> Any thoughts how I can best convert the images in my data file without >> losing any quality? >> Thanks, >> Ken ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
