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Use custom colors from another application

The colors of an image as it appears in a form or report might not be the same as the colors of that image in the application where it was originally created. To ensure that an image appears in the original colors, you can specify a custom palette for the form or report. The custom palette replaces the Microsoft Access default palette only for that form or report.

1. Open the form or report in Design view.
2. Double-click the form selector or the report selector to open the property sheet.
3. In the PaletteSource property box, type the path and file name of one of the following types of files:
   • .dib (device-independent bitmap file)
   • .pal (Microsoft Windows palette file)
   • .ico (Windows icon file)
   • .bmp (Windows bitmap file)
   • .wmf (Windows metafile)
   • .emf (enhanced metafile)
   • Any other file types supported by graphic filters that you have installed

Note  To display pictures and charts in their original colors, the display driver currently loaded in your system must support the palette of the graphic file whose path and file name appear in the PaletteSource property box. For example, if you specify C:\Windows\256Color.bmp, the currently loaded display driver must support 256 colors.