"Dirk Goldgar" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>I can only guess as to why Access doesn't store the image in its
>original format; or rather, as I understand it, it stores the image in
>its original format *and also* in a device-independent bitmap format.
>My guess is that it does that so that it can count on always being able
>to display the image no matter what graphics filters/viewers a user may
>have on his PC. However, it is a royal pain.
Ah, that would be a good reason. I always figured it was because
decoding jpg files is CPU intensive and kinda slow on 386s. Whereas
bmp files are very fast displaying.
Tony
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