From: Steve Bliss <steve@globacon.com>
Subject: Re: Managing huge graphic files
Date: 26 Jun 1999 00:00:00 GMT
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The max size of a bitmap in Windows varies from video card to video
card, and I do not mean the screen resolution being used on a system, I
mean it is limited by the video card driver.  As a rule of thumbs,
anything bigger than about 2,000 x 1,600 will fail on some systems.  In
your case I would use four images instead of one to be safe.

There is a simple case study done at:
   http://www.efg2.com/Lab/Graphics/VeryLargeBitmap.htm


   Steve Bliss