>I am looking for a (preferably free; if not, cheap) translator >converting .bmp images to .gif in batch mode. The conversion You could try NConvert which comes with Xnview. It's not referenced in the GUI, but if you look in the Xnview directory it's there. Type nconvert.exe -help for a list of supported file types. Homepage: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g Download: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/html/download.html The pages are in French, but don't let that scare you off (not you Claude, the list :). The url for the English version is: http://perso.wanadoo.fr/pierre.g/download/viewer/Xnview-gb-win.zip (see the downloads page for mirrors) cheers, -matt oh yeah, it's freeware and available on just about any platform you can think of. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]