Image Haze (V2000)

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I have 4 images on a form that I populate with code similar to the following:
Me.image1.Picture = C:Picture.jpg
When running it from my local PC, the pictures look great. However, I have some users that access it via terminal services. When they pull up the picture, the format is off, the colors are mostly gray with dark hues. Does anyone know what might cause this? The image is formatted as follows:
Picture Type: Embedded
Size Mode: Zoom
Picture Alignment: Center
Picture Tiling: No
Any thoughts on how to resolve ?
Thanks,
Dashiell

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Screen set to 256 colors? Mediocre video card?

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At least one potential issue is the settings on your Terminal Server. If it’s running 256 colors or something like that, things will not work well. Try working directly on the Terminal Server and see what things look like that way. There may well additional settings on the Server that control what the remote user sees – I’m not an expert in its configuration but have used it successfully and not seen issues with images or the like.

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You and Hans both inquired about the 256 color setting so I will start there. I changed my settings from High Color (16 bit) to 256 colors and I could recreate the poor resolution so I bet that is it. I will have the person who runs the Terminal Services check his settings. Thanks to both of you!!
On a side note, do you set your display to High Color (16 bit) or True Color (32 bit)?

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You and Hans both inquired about the 256 color setting so I will start there. I changed my settings from High Color (16 bit) to 256 colors and I could recreate the poor resolution so I bet that is it. I will have the person who runs the Terminal Services check his settings. Thanks to both of you!!
On a side note, do you set your display to High Color (16 bit) or True Color (32 bit)?

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If possible, set your display to True Color.

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I never looked at that setting before. I changed it to True Color…Thanks Hans and Wendell!

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I never looked at that setting before. I changed it to True Color…Thanks Hans and Wendell!

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If possible, set your display to True Color.

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I’m with Hans – I run dual monitors at 1200×1024 32-bit (True Color), though if you go to ultra-high resolution (1600×1200), some video cards won’t support it.

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Hi Wendell,
They state their version of Terminal Services has a max setting of 256 colors. They are looking into an upgrade.
My questions is why when I open Microsoft Photo Editor the photo appears fine under a 256 color setting but looks poor in the Access form? Also, is there another image control that might work? I searched but could not find any.
As always…Thanks!!
Andrew

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I don’t know of any other image control for Access – you could look at ActiveX controls, but that introduces lots of other complications. Sorry.

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I don’t know of any other image control for Access – you could look at ActiveX controls, but that introduces lots of other complications. Sorry.

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There is no way to make a true-color graphic look good at 256. The rule of thumb is to program to the lowest supportable setting. If you have to support 256 color, then you’re going to have to consider simpler graphics that will look decent in both. We actually have dual graphics in our applications and we test for the color density of the monitor to determine which ones to display. The shading and gradations on the hi-color images look horrible in 256-color, so we have much simpler, no shading, graphics we use in that situation.

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There is no way to make a true-color graphic look good at 256. The rule of thumb is to program to the lowest supportable setting. If you have to support 256 color, then you’re going to have to consider simpler graphics that will look decent in both. We actually have dual graphics in our applications and we test for the color density of the monitor to determine which ones to display. The shading and gradations on the hi-color images look horrible in 256-color, so we have much simpler, no shading, graphics we use in that situation.

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Hi Charlotte,
I am working with a crew that is not as helpful as I would like. As a result, I am testing a few solutions to the image clarity. I am trying a Microsoft Web Browser ActiveX control. My problem is how do I direct the control to display C:MyPhoto.jpg?
Thank You!

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Since the Web Browser control is not a native Access control, IntelliSense won’t present specific properties and methods, only general ones. You can look up WebBrowser in the Object Browser (F2). The Navigate method opens a file or web page in the control:

Me.WebBrowser0.Navigate “C:MyPhoto.jpg”

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Thanks Hans,
The Web Browser Control displays the picture clear enough in Terminal Services to allow me to proceed with the project. Thanks for the help…I couldn’t find info on this control anywhere.
Do you have a source of information on this control? I now need to get the image to appear fully in the control (currently I need to scroll to see the entire image).
Thanks again,
Dashiell

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The MSDN reference material for the webbrowser control can be found here.

I don’t know how to resize an image in the webbrowser control, it is not an image control after all. But perhaps somebody else has a suggestion.

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The MSDN reference material for the webbrowser control can be found here.

I don’t know how to resize an image in the webbrowser control, it is not an image control after all. But perhaps somebody else has a suggestion.

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Thanks Hans,
The Web Browser Control displays the picture clear enough in Terminal Services to allow me to proceed with the project. Thanks for the help…I couldn’t find info on this control anywhere.
Do you have a source of information on this control? I now need to get the image to appear fully in the control (currently I need to scroll to see the entire image).
Thanks again,
Dashiell

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Since the Web Browser control is not a native Access control, IntelliSense won’t present specific properties and methods, only general ones. You can look up WebBrowser in the Object Browser (F2). The Navigate method opens a file or web page in the control:

Me.WebBrowser0.Navigate “C:MyPhoto.jpg”

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Hi Charlotte,
I am working with a crew that is not as helpful as I would like. As a result, I am testing a few solutions to the image clarity. I am trying a Microsoft Web Browser ActiveX control. My problem is how do I direct the control to display C:MyPhoto.jpg?
Thank You!

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Hi Wendell,
They state their version of Terminal Services has a max setting of 256 colors. They are looking into an upgrade.
My questions is why when I open Microsoft Photo Editor the photo appears fine under a 256 color setting but looks poor in the Access form? Also, is there another image control that might work? I searched but could not find any.
As always…Thanks!!
Andrew

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I’m with Hans – I run dual monitors at 1200×1024 32-bit (True Color), though if you go to ultra-high resolution (1600×1200), some video cards won’t support it.

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