>> My biggest concern is not really the size of the file (BMP vs JPG vs PNG) but rather to minimize a possible VFP error on working with this or that format. I would rather lose on speed and gain on stability than the other way around.
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>I understood your point. Then probably the BMP is the safest option.
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>Not very likely to happen with JPEG but the system may fail to unpack it, an anti-virus program may find the file infected; and in some cases JPEGs may get infected, if I'm not mistaken.
Right now my 1st priority is to make the image file (JPEG or BMP) to be "data driven" so that the user can optionally specify the file. Once I get this, what seems to be a challenge, party working, I will try different types of image files.
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