Thanks for the advice! --Michael
William Sanders / EFG wrote: > Heya Mr. B - > > Well, as with other things, size matters. > > For 'this' - type o file and resolution and depth matters. > > So with your original image in bmp - > if you scanned it at 1120 x 760 pixels, at > 24 million colors, > > it will be huge and dense. > some options to make it smaller - > > color depth settings - > 24 million colors > 16 million colors > ... > 256 colors > 16 colors > 8 colors > 2 colors > 1 color > > sometimes dpi has something to do with it, it depends on your scanning > software. > > Supposedly, VFP Report writer handles BMP natively as the 'fastest' > rendering type, but if you made your image 'dense' - it will choke a bit > (as you are seeing currently) . > > I would suggest editing the bmp image in 'GIMP' or 'PhotoShop' and changing > its color depth to 8 colors, and see how that goes. > > Contrariwise , you can rescan this 'thing' , change the settings of the > scanning session, so that it captures in 2 color or 8 color, you should > see a huge difference in real-time rendering for this report. You really > only need 'black' on white, yes? thats 2 colors, max. > > HTH - Regards [Bill] > -- Michael J. Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com "Work smarter, not harder, with MBSS custom software solutions!" _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
