>I need to be able to display jpg images of jewelry in a
>form, and also print them on orders, reports, etc.
>
>I posted a thread elsewhere in UT, inquiring about VFP 6 ability
>to handle JPG images. Answers ranged from "no problem, piece of
>cake" to "considerable problems based on hardware/videocard, or
>attributes of the jpg file itself". I may need to
>handle image file types other than JPG. I am only assuming
>that JPG is what the jeweler has.
>
>Would I be wiser to consider something like ImageN by Pegasus?
>I am looking for something "sure-fire" dependable, and easy to use
>from VFP. If such a product would work with VFP 5, then there
>would be no reason to get VFP 6.
>
>I would prefer to suggest to my boss an expensive alternative which
>is guaranteed to work trouble free, rather than tell him there is
>a cheap solution (like $280 upgrade to VFP 6) and have it not
>work well, or be very unstable.
>
>Does anyone here use some product like Imagn from Pegasus? If so,
>was it some shortcoming in VFP that caused you to seek out a 3rd
>party product?
>
>Pegasus ads claim that they provide sample code to show how easy it is
>to call their product from VFP. I have no idea how dll or vcx works
>or what is involved.
>
>I just now checked Hallogram for Espia, and it said "Product not avaliable" and it suggested Imagen as an alternative.
>
>I really dont need to do anything fancy. I just need a simple reliable
>way to display and print images which I assume will be jpg, but if next month my boss gives me some other format, he wont understand why
>it is that the program cant display those formats as well.
>
>Thanks for your feedback, suggestions!
>
>Bill Buell
Bill, I use Imagn even on FPW2.6a and it is easy but most important of all they wrote it so the
image loading "runs in the background" - and that makes display of jpg, gif, bmp, very very very FAST!
You will not be disappointed with it.
Carl