Re: Picture Sizes

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From: Exponent (exponent_at_ammara.com)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: 4 Oct 2004 13:34:12 +0200

Why not resample the image to fit inside the area you want (retaining aspect ratio, of course) and store
the actual dimensions in the table - then there is no stretching/distortion, maximum display quality, minimum
server load and no wasted bandwidth. 

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"Popeye" <paul@pgcomputing.not> wrote:
>I have an asp page that retrieves various details from and Access table. One 
>of the columns stores an image name and is written into the html as follows:
>
>Response.Write "<td width=200 height=200 valign=top><img border=0 
>src=../../gallery/" & rec1("picture") & "></td>"
>
>The image loads fine at runtime but many of the images are larger than 
>200x200. I know i can resize the image to 200x200 quite easily but that 
>would lose its aspect ration. Is there a way to load the image so it would 
>fit into the 200x200 cell but maintain its aspect ratio.
>
>Regards
>
>Paul 
>
>

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