problem loading bmp files created using visio 2000

[Another Steve]

Labview 6.0.2, win 2k

The bmp loader vi doesn't appear to load bmp files saved using the visio 2000 package (it works fine for many other packages I have tried - MS paint, MS imaging, MS IE, Adobe Photodeluxe etc)

If someone has come across this problem and knows of a simple solution please let me know. I'm reluctant to have to decipher the bmp formats manually to sort this out.

Thanks in advance.

Steve

[zou]

What's the color depth of the bmp ?

Make sure you use 24 bit or 8 bit. Don't use 16/32 bit.

George Zou
http://gtoolbox.yeah.net

[Another Steve]

It's 8 bit colour. If I load the visio bmp and save it again (with exactly the same colour depth settings, size, resolution etc) using a different package then Labview loads it OK.

I've had a quick look at the file headers and the formats are quite different. Obviously the one used by Visio is not one supported by the version of Labview I have.

[zou]

You're right. Most application, including LabVIEW, doesn't support MS "newly" defined bitmap header.

Try my Image Toolbox. It might work.


George Zou
http://gtoolbox.yeah.net