Re: WMP11 - Pictures - PNG Support?

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I just discovered something wierd about PNG support. Last night, I uploaded some sample pictures of my Media Player wrapper and tag editor that I have mentioned here. They're at http://www.dalepreston.com/mp3manager.htm.

I created the screenshots on my Windows Server 2003 laptop using Microsoft Image Composer and saved those screenshots as PNG. I have used the same scenario for about 7 or 8 years - minus the W2K3 portion - to save screenshots for whatever reason I may need them and never had a problem.

Now, those images work great when viewed in IE7 but show up as solid black when viewed in IE6. While I might expect a new PNG handler in Vista and IE7, I didn't expect it in W2K3 and IE7. Apparently problems with PNG will continue in Microsoft products.

Dale

"Cantbebotheredwithaname" <Cantbebotheredwithaname@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6BCE04D0-6868-4C09-8107-74DEBCC963C0@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
AFAIK, WMP 11 doesn't support PNGs.

"Pierre" wrote:

Just installed the final release of WMP11 on my XP Home and XP Pro
machines being mostly interrested by the "Pictures" support (which was
extremely basic in older version). I noticed that while scanning
folders, WMP11 found JPG files but none of the PNG ones. Is there a
configuration item I missed?



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