William Hindman
dejpolsys at hotmail.com
Thu Dec 23 01:51:33 CST 2004
Darren ..I use a one pixel bmp to suppress the Access splash screen and then load my own splash form with timer so that I control what the user sees rather than what the cpu or Redmond decides to present ...the one pixel bmp is named exactly the same as the mdb but with the bmp extension ...it has to be an actual bmp file, not a renamed rle or jpg, etc. ...it sets in the same directory and is inevitably the file immediately above the associated mdb in explorer when sorted by name ...this has worked in every mdb since '97 and continues to work for me in 2K3 ...I can't speak to what effect a large bmp splash might have since I don't use them. ..as for the import dialog problem, jpgs are not a native Access graphic format and one way or another the format has to be converted ...rather than do work arounds and mess with client registry keys I normally convert any jpg to an emf graphics file format (which Access handles as a native graphic with no conversion required ...emf is the format used by the Win GDI for copy/paste operations for instance) before using it in Access ...you have to be sure the emf is a good conversion since there are a number of format converters that only switch the file header and leave the actual raster as is (I use paintshoppro) ...another Redmond "special effect" is that regardless of what the actual file extension is on your HD, you must call the file as an .emf rather than .EMF ...if your code uses the capital letters in the extension Windows WILL try to use the Office graphics file filter (and thus the dialog) rather than seeing it as a native file format ..don't ask me why, don't know, don't care, MS is MS :( ..hth :) PS ...Steve Lebans has a ton of in depth material on graphics conversions within Access and a wealth of resources in other areas as well ...well worth a spin www.lebans.com William Hindman ----- Original Message ----- From: "Darren DICK" <d.dick at uws.edu.au> To: "AccessD" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2004 6:55 PM Subject: [AccessD] A2003: 2 Questions -Splash Screen and JPG Import dialogue > Hello all > Using XP and 98 > > 1st Question re splash screens > I have an access app called mydb.mdb > In the same folder as mydb.mdb I have a (large) bmp called mydb.bmp > When I start the app I expect to see my BMP file load for a second - but > it > doesn't > The standard "Access 2003" screen loads instead > Anyone know why? > > Question 2 > When you assign JPG files to the dot Picture property of an image control > You get the Importing. or Loading. dialogue box > > I have modified the Registry as per instructions from various web sites > And user groups (even the archives here had a reference to solving the > Problem - the SUBJECT was Removing the annoying flash...) > > Anyway I thought it worked earlier this week. That is..In one of my apps > I load a switchboard with a few graphics and the import dialogue box > appears > for > each of the graphics (even though they are small graphic files) but with 3 > or 4 of 'em > Being opened and or loaded consecutively the dialogue Is open long enough > to > be annoying > But I am sure when I tried this registry 'tweak' at the beginning of the > week - it worked. > IE I am sure it was just the hourglass in the space where the Import > dialogue box used to be. > > Now I am revisiting this issue, the Dialogue boxes are back even though > the > Registry entry > has been set to "No" > I have noted Gustav's suggestion that. >>If run under Windows XP, the relevant section is HKEY_CURRENT_USER >>while under earlier Windows versions it is HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE > So..the registry keys I am editing are > [HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics > Filters\Import\JPEG\Options] > "ShowProgressDialog"="No" > > [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics > Filters\Import\JPEG\Options] > "ShowProgressDialog"="No" > > Any answers > > Many thanks > > Darren > > > > I > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >