At 02:51 PM 8/10/03 -0500, you wrote:

>Hi Lawrence,
>
> This is a distressingly common problem. Some workarounds are
>described at
>
>http://www.projectpluto.com/faq_curr.htm#bmp_failure
>
> With some combination of these, it's always been possible (one
>way or another) to get .BMPs acceptable to all programs.
>
>-- Bill

Hi Bill,

I tried everything mentioned here by you and others, but can't make useable
BMPs any more. As recently as this past April, I was making BMPs and
converting them to JPGs and/or GIFs without any problem. When this subject
came up I tried again. Couldn't open the new ones in any program I have,
but all the old ones opened fine in all programs. Tried changing video
modes and resolutions, still wouldn't work. Did a clean install from the
G8 CDs, still nothing.

The only thing which has changed in the interim was my video card. A
friend gave me a razzle-dazzle up-to-date card with 32 megs of memory (my
*old* one had 2 megs!). Could the new driver have caused the problem?
Can't think of anything else.

I'll go with print-screen and just crop the toolbar out. I thought I
remembered Guide had a full-screen mode, but can't seem to find it. Any
chance of implementing a full-screen mode so we don't have to crop?

Laren

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