Question : Need to Save Scanned Image in gif format.

I have a database that uses the Kodak ActiveX controls to scan drawings and save them to a network drive.  It's been working so-so.

If the resolution is set too high...say 200 dpi (not as high as we really need it)...then the scanned image will not be displayed on the ImgEdit control.

The example database I found includes the following code to save the image.  I've been using this without the second argument, and it works, but it produces huge file sizes.  I presume this is because it is not compressing it to the file format but writing it out uncompressed.  Note that I am not using this routine.  My own does not use the ScanAdmin.ShowFileDialog line to get a file type.  Instead every image is to be saved to the same directory with the same filetype.

I've been giving the files a .tif extension manually.  What I would really like to do is save the file in gif format, compression and all...so that the drawings are more readable.

Dim strFilter As String
Dim strInputFileName As String
Me.ScanAdmin.ShowFileDialog 1
strInputFileName = Me.ScanAdmin.Image
If Len(strInputFileName) > 0 Then
    Select Case Right(strInputFileName, 3)
        Case "tif"
            Me.scanEdit.SaveAs strInputFileName, 1
        Case "jpg"
            Me.scanEdit.SaveAs strInputFileName, 6
    End Select
End If

Answer : Need to Save Scanned Image in gif format.

From the help file.
The syntax is:

object.SaveAs Image[,FileType,PageType,CompressionType,CompressionInfo,SaveAtZoom]

Image      String      The fully-qualified name of the image document being saved
FileType      Integer      The FileType the image is being saved as
PageType      Integer      The PageType the image is being saved as
CompressionType      Integer      The CompressionType at which the image is being saved
CompressionInfo      Integer      The CompressionInfo setting of the image being saved
SaveAtZoom      Boolean      Whether the image is being saved using the current or original scale percentage
  value: True  The image is being saved using the current scale percentage
  value: False  The image is being saved using the original scale percentage value

The following list shows the valid FileType settings:

Constant      Setting      Description
wiFileTypeTIFF      1      TIFF
wiFileTypeAWD      2      AWD
wiFileTypeBMP      3      BMP
wiFileTypePCX      4      PCX
wiFileTypeDCX      5      DCX
wiFileTypeJPG      6      JPG
wiFileTypeXIF      7      XIF
wiFileTypeGIF      8      GIF
wiFileTypeWIFF      9      WIFF

Displayed file types of PCX, DCX, JPG, XIF, GIF, or WIFF must be saved using a FileType setting of 1 (TIFF), 2 (AWD), or 3 (BMP).
If a multipage image file (AWD, DCX, TIFF, WIFF, or XIF) is saved as a BMP file, only the page currently being displayed is saved to the new file.
A file with a .JFX extension is also a TIFF file type.
Note:  AWD is not available with Imaging for Windows NT 4.0.
GIF and WIFF are available with Imaging for Windows Professional Edition V1.0, V1.1, and V2.0; and Imaging for Windows 98.

/gustav