I recently ran into a problem using .png graphics in files and after kicking it around a lot, think I may have found a bug either in FM's memory managment (surprise!) or the way it's handling graphics files.
* FM 7.2 / 158 * Windows XP SP2 with all patches * Two machines, one with 2 M RAM, one with 3 * FM files and graphics on a network server The symptoms were: * Importing .png files by reference * FM would occasionally display the "Gray Box" warning message * It would always crash It turned out the graphics I was using were big files that started life on Nikon DSLRs, were massaged in Photoshop CS2, interpolated to size, and were saved out as 300 dpi .png files for import. The details are important, it turns out, because the files retained a 16-bit color depth throughout. And that seems to be the thing that tripped FM up. On a hunch, I knocked the .PNG files down to 8-bit depth in Photoshop and resaved them and voila -- no crashes, no gray boxes, nothing at all untoward. I haven't tested this with other formats to see if the bit-depth is an issue with other file formats, but I wouldn't be surprised if it were. Cheers, Art -- Art Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED] "... In my opinion, there's nothing in this world beats a '52 Vincent and a redheaded girl." -- Richard Thompson No disclaimers apply. DoD 358 _______________________________________________ You are currently subscribed to Framers as [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send list messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/archive%40mail-archive.com Send administrative questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.