TIF images in Access 2003

[Chris]

We have converted an Access 2000 application over to Access 2003 and are testing the app on a new machine with only MS Office Professional 2003. In one of our forms we have an image object that displays the first page of a TIF file that a user can select from a list on the left. In Access 2000 this works fine. However in Access 2003 we keep getting this message -- ‘App Name’ doesn’t support the format of the file ‘File path\File Name.Tif,’ or file is too large. Try converting the file to BMP or GIF format --. We recreated a form with an image and noticed that the image object does have the file type ‘Tag Image File Format (*.tif)’. We tryed to reinstalled Office 2003 Professional but can’t find it under the Advanced Customization for the Office Shared Features | Converters and Filters | Graphic Filters | Tag Image File Format (*.tif). It is missing from the Office 2003 installation but it was included with Office 2000 and Office XP. We have also search thru the KB and have come up empty. We currently have a work around, but we wanted to see if there is a Fix or Patch to this limitation in Access 2003

Any help would be appreciated

Work around â€

1) Place the TiffIM32.FLT into the following folde
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\GRPHFLT

2) We exported the following 2 registry keys from a machine with Access 2000/2002 and imported them into the new machine

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Graphics Filters\Impor
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Graphics Filters\Expor
Import Key (TiffImport.reg

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Import\TIFF
"ExtensionsEx"="tif tiff
"Path"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\COMMON~1\\MICROS~1\\Grphflt\\TIFFIM32.FLT
"Name"="Tag Image File Format
"Extensions"="tif

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Import\TIFF\Filter API

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Import\TIFF\Image API
"Time Stamp"=dword:01be223
"Compression Type"=dword:0000008
"Black Is 0"="Yes
"Description"=dword:0000000
"BiLevel"="1, 141, 1
"GrayScale"="1672, 177, 1
"Palette"="142, 177, 1
"RGB"="128, 161, 3
"RGB Planar"="128, 161, 3
"Halftones"="No

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Import\TIFF\Options
"ShowProgressDialog"="Yes

Export Key (TiffExport.reg

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\TIFF
"Path"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\COMMON~1\\MICROS~1\\Grphflt\\TIFFIM32.FLT
"Name"="Tag Image File Format
"Extensions"="tif

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\TIFF\Filter API

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\TIFF\Image API
"Time Stamp"=dword:01be223
"Compression Type"=dword:0000008
"Black Is 0"="Yes
"Description"=dword:0000000
"BiLevel"="1, 141, 1
"GrayScale"="1672, 177, 1
"Palette"="142, 177, 1
"RGB"="128, 161, 3
"RGB Planar"="128, 161, 3
"Halftones"="No

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\TIFF\Options
"ShowProgressDialog"="Yes
"Quality"=dword:0000004

 

[Ko Zaw]

Dear Chris,

I am facing sam problem.
I test on two PCs with same OS (winXP Pro Sp1) and
in MSO 2003 Pro.

in One PC, I can see Tif image on Access Form.
But in another PC, I can't import Tif and Access msgbox told as you wrote.

I am wondering why.
Acutally the 2nd PC must be able to import TIF for I have something to do with.

Is there something I can do?

--
Zaw

We have converted an Access 2000 application over to Access 2003 and are testing the app on a new machine with only MS Office Professional 2003. In one of our forms we have an image object that displays the first page of a TIF file that a user can select from a list on the left. In Access 2000 this works fine. However in Access 2003 we keep getting this message -- ‘App Name’ doesn’t support the format of the file ‘File path\File Name.Tif,’ or file is too large. Try converting the file to BMP or GIF format --. We recreated a form with an image and noticed that the image object does have the file type ‘Tag Image File Format (*.tif)’. We tryed to reinstalled Office 2003 Professional but can’t find it under the Advanced Customization for the Office Shared Features | Converters and Filters | Graphic Filters | Tag Image File Format (*.tif). It is missing from the Office 2003 installation but it was included with Office 2000 and Office XP. We have also search thru the KB and have come up empty. We currently have a work around, but we wanted to see if there is a Fix or Patch to this limitation in Access 2003.

Any help would be appreciated.

Work around –

1) Place the TiffIM32.FLT into the following folder
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Microsoft Shared\GRPHFLT

2) We exported the following 2 registry keys from a machine with Access 2000/2002 and imported them into the new machine.

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Graphics Filters\Import
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Graphics Filters\Export
Import Key (TiffImport.reg)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Import\TIFF]
"ExtensionsEx"="tif tiff"
"Path"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\COMMON~1\\MICROS~1\\Grphflt\\TIFFIM32.FLT"
"Name"="Tag Image File Format"
"Extensions"="tif"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Import\TIFF\Filter API]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Import\TIFF\Image API]
"Time Stamp"=dword:01be2232
"Compression Type"=dword:00000080
"Black Is 0"="Yes"
"Description"=dword:00000007
"BiLevel"="1, 141, 1"
"GrayScale"="1672, 177, 1"
"Palette"="142, 177, 1"
"RGB"="128, 161, 3"
"RGB Planar"="128, 161, 3"
"Halftones"="No"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Import\TIFF\Options]
"ShowProgressDialog"="Yes"

Export Key (TiffExport.reg)

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\TIFF]
"Path"="C:\\PROGRA~1\\COMMON~1\\MICROS~1\\Grphflt\\TIFFIM32.FLT"
"Name"="Tag Image File Format"
"Extensions"="tif"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\TIFF\Filter API]

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\TIFF\Image API]
"Time Stamp"=dword:01be2232
"Compression Type"=dword:00000080
"Black Is 0"="Yes"
"Description"=dword:00000007
"BiLevel"="1, 141, 1"
"GrayScale"="1672, 177, 1"
"Palette"="142, 177, 1"
"RGB"="128, 161, 3"
"RGB Planar"="128, 161, 3"
"Halftones"="No"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Shared Tools\Graphics Filters\Export\TIFF\Options]
"ShowProgressDialog"="Yes"
"Quality"=dword:0000004b