>>>>We are currently investigating distributing our data on CD's for our customers and need to
>>>>convert all our images/documents to a common format.
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>>>>If you have experienced this before, what common format type would you choose to
>>>>base all of our data on. e.g. TIF, JPG, PDF, .... Can you give a reason.
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>>>>Thanks in advance
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>>>I use JPG images, and this is actually not my choice but choice of my client who claims to have experience in the area. Generally JPG size is 10 times less (depending on quality/compression) than corresponding BMP.
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>>A second alternative is GIF. It's files are slightly larger than JPG's (about 10 to 15%), but they are read quicker by most applications. A JPG is two-tiered which requires two passes to fully evaluate the file. The plus side is that JPG offers a preview by looking at it after the first pass (lower resolution).
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>>I personally prefer JPG's b/c there seems to be a more consistent quality of resolution.
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>>HTH
>How do you store the images in a general field (other than PCX,BMP)? I have not been able to figure out what "CLASS" to use in the "APPEND GENERAL fieldname FROM file CLASS....." statement. Or how to add a valid class for the GIF,JPG files.

General field can store any kind of binary information. Basically, you have to use specific OCX to handle this data on form/report and CLASS clause may be irrelevant here.