'Steve Goodhall'
steve at goodhall.info
Tue Aug 30 15:42:34 CDT 2011
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 ----- From: Access Developers discussion and problem solving To:"Access Developers discussion and problem solving" Cc: 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 > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com [6] > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd [7] > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com [8] > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com [9] > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd [10] > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com [11] > -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com [12] http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd [13] Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com [14] -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com [15] http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd [16] Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com [17] Links: ------ [1] mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [2] mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [3] http://ASP.Net [4] mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [5] mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [6] mailto:AccessD at databaseadvisors.com [7] http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd [8] http://www.databaseadvisors.com [9] mailto:AccessD at databaseadvisors.com [10] http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd [11] http://www.databaseadvisors.com [12] mailto:AccessD at databaseadvisors.com [13] http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd [14] http://www.databaseadvisors.com [15] mailto:AccessD at databaseadvisors.com [16] http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd [17] http://www.databaseadvisors.com