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Wade
I have an image control on a form that is linked (as opposed to embedded) to
either a tif file or jpg file (i.e. the "Picture" property of the control is
set to "C:\image.tif" or "C:\image.jpg") and if the control is linked to a
tif file (doesn't matter what the size of the tif file is - even as small as
35K) I receive the message "Microsoft Office Access doesn't support the
format of the file 'filename.tif,' or file is too large. Try converting the
file to BMP or GIF format.". But if the control is linked to a jpg (I've
used jpg files as large as 2MB) everything works fine. If I convert the tif
file to a jpg, everything works. But merely copying the flt filter from an
Office XP installation (tiffim32.flt) to the Filters folder (c:\program
files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt) where the other filters are,
still doesn't allow the tif file to be viewable in Access 2003.
As mentioned above, tif's and jpg's are both viewable in Access 2002 (XP) -
the tif filter in installed in the graphic filter folder when Office or
Access 2002 is installed, but there is no such filter in Office or Access
2003 - even in the Conversion Pack.
Does anyone know why...
1. MS took this functionality out of the image control in Access 2003?
2. Other than converting to a supported file format, is there any way to
view a tif image in an image control in Access 2003?
either a tif file or jpg file (i.e. the "Picture" property of the control is
set to "C:\image.tif" or "C:\image.jpg") and if the control is linked to a
tif file (doesn't matter what the size of the tif file is - even as small as
35K) I receive the message "Microsoft Office Access doesn't support the
format of the file 'filename.tif,' or file is too large. Try converting the
file to BMP or GIF format.". But if the control is linked to a jpg (I've
used jpg files as large as 2MB) everything works fine. If I convert the tif
file to a jpg, everything works. But merely copying the flt filter from an
Office XP installation (tiffim32.flt) to the Filters folder (c:\program
files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\Grphflt) where the other filters are,
still doesn't allow the tif file to be viewable in Access 2003.
As mentioned above, tif's and jpg's are both viewable in Access 2002 (XP) -
the tif filter in installed in the graphic filter folder when Office or
Access 2002 is installed, but there is no such filter in Office or Access
2003 - even in the Conversion Pack.
Does anyone know why...
1. MS took this functionality out of the image control in Access 2003?
2. Other than converting to a supported file format, is there any way to
view a tif image in an image control in Access 2003?