> I'm attempting to make a VB6 program to analyze photographs for my
> graduate research work (i'm an ecologist not a computer programmer).
> I'm starting by making a picture viewer with various features.  My
> problem is that I can only enlarge an image (zoom in)  to a certain
> point then the image can't be properly displayed.  I'm adjusting the
> size of the image object and using the stretch feature to enlarge the
> image (the image is a child of a picture box).  I've also attempted this
> with a child picturebox using the paintpicture feature only to have the
> same result.  With my computer set to 32bit color, I can't display an
> image that is sized wider than 2040 pixels.  When I set the computer to
> 16bit color I can enlarge the picture by a factor 2x as large before the
> image can't be displayed properly.   The jpegs that I'm working with can
> be 1600x1200 or 400x300 and I have the same result.  I'm probably trying
> to go about this in the wrong way.  Do I need to use more complicated
> features of VB?  Could anybody help me past this road block?

> > I'm attempting to make a VB6 program to analyze photographs for my
> > graduate research work (i'm an ecologist not a computer programmer).
> > I'm starting by making a picture viewer with various features.  My
> > problem is that I can only enlarge an image (zoom in)  to a certain
> > point then the image can't be properly displayed.  I'm adjusting the
> > size of the image object and using the stretch feature to enlarge the
> > image (the image is a child of a picture box).  I've also attempted this
> > with a child picturebox using the paintpicture feature only to have the
> > same result.  With my computer set to 32bit color, I can't display an
> > image that is sized wider than 2040 pixels.  When I set the computer to
> > 16bit color I can enlarge the picture by a factor 2x as large before the
> > image can't be displayed properly.   The jpegs that I'm working with can
> > be 1600x1200 or 400x300 and I have the same result.  I'm probably trying
> > to go about this in the wrong way.  Do I need to use more complicated
> > features of VB?  Could anybody help me past this road block?

> Have a look at the "Image zoom" demo app on my site, the source code is
> there too all fully documented.
> Hope this helps,

>     Mike

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> This is exactly what I've spent the past 2 days looking for.  THANK