>I will be downloading patient photos from a digital camera to put into our VFP database app and I have a couple of questions...
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>1) Is any file format (BMP, GIF, JPG...) that is better than another for use with VFP tables and forms?
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>2) Does anyone know the file specification for creating any of the above file formats? (The camera has its own picture format, so I must convert it once the bytes are downloaded).
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>Thanks.

Hi Evan,
I do same with BMP formats so it's easy to show picture when users move between records (and currently the only format that could be used in image control). Another format needs a host other than Windows default. For digital cameras generally Kodak KDC format is used (maybe yours different) and software includes a utility to convert to BMP. If not there are many converters shareware and freeware (even you could open most of them in IE and save as BMP).