[AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports

Hi John,

Since I can remember, Access has always converted all images to bitmap 
first,
thereby bloating your database. I doubt this has changed in 2007.

After that,  Access places the bitmap into your report at the width and 
height you specify,
often removing scanlines and pixelating in the process of making it fit.

Long ago, we decided to export to either bookmarked dot or rtf templates
and they come out spectacularly.

Michael R Mattys
Business Process Developers
www.mattysconsulting.com

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "John Clark" <John.Clark at niagaracounty.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 10:51 AM
Subject: [AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports


> I've got something to run by y'all, which seems even too strange to 
> ask...but, I've been looking into it for a bit now, and I'm not getting 
> anywhere.
>
> I recently inherited a program, which is used by a fellow county, to keep 
> track of something we do. The user department prints some reports, and one 
> of the items they need to print is a certificate. What this does currently 
> is open MS Word and print the cert, but it doesn't seem to be connected in 
> any way and just basically opens the last cert in Word, and they retype 
> the pertinent data, which is just about 4 things (i.e. Name, SSN, Address, 
> and maybe one or two more things).
>
> OK, here's the thing...obviously...to me anyhow...it doesn't seem very 
> "proper" to open up Word and have to type out anything...the data should 
> just "happen" automagically. So, I wanted to setup the document to be a 
> merge (I think). But, after gaining advice from many of you people, I 
> don't think that is worthy of "plan A" either, because this seems to be 
> version specific and I don't want to worry about that...believe me, in 
> this place, people don't plan things out and it WILL be a problem in the 
> future.
>
> So, I decided to go about this the same way I did w/my last program. 
> Again, guided by several on this list, I recreated the form I needed, w/in 
> Access, and just did it as an Access report. Everything brought together 
> at run-time and all self contained.
>
> But, here is why I am asking for input...
>
> This form has our letterhead w/in it...just a logo and address, pretty 
> much. No problem, I'll just add it to the report's design. But, it looks 
> terrible! The same seal that I have in word, looks awful in Access. I 
> tried many different versions of our county seal, and they all look 
> terrible in an Access report.
>
> Does anyone have any insight on why exactly this is the case?
>
> BTW, it is 2007 that I am using for this.
>
> Thanks for any enlightenment!
>
> J Clark
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