Re:[DUG]: TPicture and its stored data.

[paul . mckenzie]

Can you load the image at runtime - in the FormCreate...

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Subject:  [DUG]:  TPicture and its stored data.
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Date:          02/11/2001 14:58



     I just found out that a TPicture always stores its data as a bmp.

     I create an Image and save it as a nice small JPG (80 K), and then load it
     into a TPicture on a Delphi form (lets say, a Splash screen) and suddenly
     the DFM is 1.3 meg, and the resulting exe is 1.7 meg.

     Is there any way to get a TPicture to store its data in the raw imported
     format?
     Is there any other way of doing this (resources?)?

     I know that I could load the JPG at run time but that means another file to
     deliver which could easilty be deleted (especially if the user is anything
     like me...).

     Stacey

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I just found out that a TPicture always stores its data as a bmp.

 

I create an Image and save it as a nice small JPG (80 K), and then load it into a TPicture on a Delphi form (lets say, a Splash screen) and suddenly the DFM is 1.3 meg, and the resulting exe is 1.7 meg.

 

Is there any way to get a TPicture to store its data in the raw imported format?

Is there any other way of doing this (resources?)?

 

I know that I could load the JPG at run time but that means another file to deliver which could easilty be deleted (especially if the user is anything like me...).

 

Stacey

 

Stacey Verner             Ph:   +64-9-4154790
Software Developer        Fax:  +64-9-4154791
                          DDI:  +64-9-4154797
CJN Technologies Ltd.     Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
PO Box 302-278, North Harbour, Auckland 1330, New Zealand
12 Piermark Drive, North Harbour, Auckland, New Zealand
Visit our website at http://www.cjntech.co.nz/