[AccessD] Resize pictures

Hi Joe

Google this text
"resize images" + VBA
Got some interesting results

Also lebans (of course) has some stuff to manipulate images
http://www.lebans.com/imageclass.htm
PictureBoxA97.zip is the updated version

Also Google "ImageMagick" - I found some clever and simple code to use that
tool to resize images via code
http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php
Can be called via VBA code using its command line

Good luck

Darren

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Joe O'Connell
Sent: Wednesday, 6 October 2010 3:28 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: [AccessD] Resize pictures

I am developing an A2003 application for a division of a construction
company that installs guardrails on highways.  They have long term contracts
with the Department of Transportation to fix/repair/replace guardrails that
have been damaged.  Part of the documentation that is required is to provide
a "before" and an "after" picture for all repairs.

The application lets the user browse the memory card for the pictures and
then copies them to the computer's disk.  The original size of the pictures
is 5-6mb.  Not only will a lot of disk space be required to store the
pictures, but pictures of this size take a lot of time to be scaled for
forms and reports.  Due to the number of pictures processed each day, it is
not feasible for the user to manually resize the
pictures before uploading.   What I would like to do is to resize the
pictures during this transfer process to about 10% of their original size.

Any suggestions or code snippets to resize the pictures are greatly
appreciated.

Joe O'Connell


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