[AccessD] Print graphics file from Access

Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com
Tue Aug 30 16:13:08 CDT 2011


Mine all have "Exif" not JFIF  Checked images from 3 different cameras.

GK

On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 3:42 PM, Steve Goodhall <steve at goodhall.info> wrote:
> Open the file in a text editor such as Notepad++.  If it's a JPEG
> then you should see the string "JFIF" a few characters in from the
> start.
>
>        Regards,
>
>        Steve Goodhall, MSCS, PMP
> 248-505-5204
>
> ----- Original Message -----
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> Sent:Tue, 30 Aug 2011 14:36:48 -0500
> Subject:Re: [AccessD] Print graphics file from Access
>
>  I'd guess that there would be some settings file for that app that
> tells it
>  what to save as and what the file name/ext. should be. These
> probably don't
>  coincide correctly. Feel free to forward one of the images to me if
> you'd
>  like me to help investigate.
>
>  -----Original Message-----
>  From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [1]
>  [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [2]] On Behalf Of Doug
> Steele
>  Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 12:02 PM
>  To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>  Subject: Re: [AccessD] Print graphics file from Access
>
>  Hi John:
>
>  It's purchased software which allows an ASP.Net [3] website to
> capture
>  signatures. The files are being saved as .jpgs. Hmm, now I look at
> the
>  (sparse) documentation, there is no discussion of what file format
> is being
>  output. Maybe I made an assumption I shouldn't have.
>
>  I've never had any problems opening the files as .jpg in any
> graphics
>  program - maybe the file extension is being ignored. Which would
> lead to
>  another question - how do you tell the file type without an
> extension? I
>  can't find anything on Google.
>
>  Doug
>
>  On Tue, Aug 30, 2011 at 9:32 AM, John Bartow wrote:
>
>  > Are you sure it's a jpg? I haven't seen any jpg formats that
> support
>  > transparency. Maybe it is saving to a gif, png or something else?
> What
>  > app captures the image?
>  >
>  > -----Original Message-----
>  > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [4]
>  > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [5]] On Behalf Of
> Doug Steele
>  > Sent: Tuesday, August 30, 2011 11:08 AM
>  > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>  > Subject: [AccessD] Print graphics file from Access
>  >
>  > Hello All:
>  >
>  > I have an A2003 invoicing database; when it prints an invoice, it
>  > prints a signature which has been captured by another app. The
>  > signature is in a .jpg file.
>  >
>  > This worked fine until recently, when we changed the signature
> capture
>  app.
>  > It turns out that the new app is creating a transparent .jpg, and
> the
>  > old one created one with a white background. Access won't print
> the
>  > transparent .jpg. If I open a signature file in Paint, then
> re-save
>  > it, Paint converts the transparent background to white and Access
> is
>  > happy. But my client isn't happy at the idea of doing this by hand
>
>  > for every invoice he prints!
>  >
>  > Does anyone know of a way that I can automatically convert a
>  > transparent jpg to white background in code, or have any other
> ideas
>  > to make this work?
>  >
>  > Thanks,
>  > Doug
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