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Subject:Re: Bitmap to .wmf conversion From:Steve Riley <SRILEY -at- BCT-SYSTEMS -dot- CO -dot- UK> Date:Wed, 9 Sep 1998 16:28:19 +0100
> Ummm. Why? I've been thinking about it, and cannot
> figure out where you're going with this.
Eric, Tim et al,
Well yes and no. I realise that interpretation
is needed to go from bitmap to vector, and yes
its awkward and I'd rather not bother.
A bit more background:
I'm providing files for a 3rd party
application that scans and stores invoices,
statements, etc. I provide a mask of the
stationery and the application stores just
the data (items, description, cost, etc.) and
its position.
The mask must be in wmf format. The starting
point is a piece of stationery for each
document type. Telling them to use a scan is
not an option I'm afraid.
I looked at a few methods of doing the kludge,
including Save As within PaintShop Pro and
you're right, I'm not thrilled with the
results. I think I would need a conversion
rather than a wmf wrapper, and it would have
to be a pretty damn good "best-guess". It
sounds like this is too much to hope for.
Thanks everyone for their suggestions. Whilst
I haven't exhausted the possibilities, I still
think I'm going to end up recreating each
document type to get good enough quality.
