>>I actually found a freeware tool on the web which did the trick. I was intrigued by the reference to the
>>"image editor" shipped with vfp. I could find any sign of that. No matter, the fix worked and it is all
>>sorted now anyway.
>
>I think it last shipped with VFP5, but don't quote me. :-)

If you had VS6, it was on the VB6 disk. For VS97, it was on the VFP disk.