> > Is there any equivalent technique for reading gigantic JPEG images?
Yes. Read row by row. By using InitJPEG/LoopJPEG and FinishJPEG. And using a mode with ByRow in name. The memoryblock in PictureData has the bytes for each row after calling LoopJPEG. Sincerely Christian -- Read our blog about news on our plugins: http://www.mbsplugins.de/ _______________________________________________ Mbsplugins_monkeybreadsoftware.info mailing list mbsplugins@monkeybreadsoftware.info https://ml01.ispgateway.de/mailman/listinfo/mbsplugins_monkeybreadsoftware.info