Linked .BMP File Requires Same Space as Embedded

ID: Q96354

2.50 2.50a 3.00 WINDOWS kbole kbprg kbdocerr

The information in this article applies to:

• Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, version 3.0
• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5 and 2.5a

Page D13-5 of the FoxPro for Windows version 2.5 "Developer's Guide" states that linking an OLE object will "use less space than if all client applications embedded their own copy." This, however, does not always hold true when linking .BMP files.

Most Windows-based applications that can act as an OLE client will store the bitmap representation of a linked .BMP file as well as the link information so that the bitmap can be viewed from within the client application. Because both the bitmap representation and the link information are stored in an FPT file, a linked .BMP file can require slightly more disk space than one that is embedded.

Additional reference words: VFoxWin 3.00 FoxWin 2.50 2.50a docerr KBCategory: kbole kbprg kbdocerr KBSubcategory: FxinteropOle

Keywords          : FxinteropOle 
Version           : 2.50 2.50a 3.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

Last Reviewed: April 30, 1996