Insert an image in MathCAD 15 header

[SS_10514537]

Hello,

I am trying to insert a bitmap image into the header of MathCAD 15, its size is about 124kB. Could someone assist me with it ? I get an error saying the tool is unable to read the file.

Thanks!

[LucMeekes]

You say 'bitmap image', but what is the file type of the image.

Is it a .jpg, a .tif, a .png or (the one definitely supported) .bmp?

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Luc

[SS_10514537]

Hi Luc, Yes the file has .bmp extension.

[LucMeekes]

Can you attach the .bmp file to this thread. I'm curious.... I did not find a .bmp file that Mathcad would not read.

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Luc

[SS_10514537]

Luc, I would not be able to share the .bmp file unfortunately here. I compressed the bmp image to about 50kB from 100kB, but it says the below error :

Thank you for trying to help me in this regard.

[VladimirN]

What if you try to use some other random ".bmp" image file to insert?

[SS_10514537]

Hey,

I tried with another random .bmp file too but the tool is unable to recognize. I am sharing one random bmp file here for you to try it out if you can.

Thanks.

[Werner_E]

The picture you posted is in OS/2 Bitmap (BMP) format! After converting it into Windows bitmap (BMP) format (see attached), Mathcad 15 seems to be willing to accept it.
At least it showed without throwing an error as {image} in the View-Header and Footer dialog box as its supposed to do. Unfortunately it did not display in the Print Preview, though 😞

I was only able to read it in with READRGB and display it in the worksheet using the pic operator,

but I did not succeed displaying it in the Header - neither in the preview nor in an actual test print.

EDIT: Reason was that the margin was set too small. See my answer below.

[SS_10514537]

Hey, 

Sounds interesting. How do we find out its OS/2 BMP and convert to Windows BMP ? 

Appreciate your help.

[Werner_E · Accepted solution]

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@SS_10514537 wrote:

Hey, 

Sounds interesting. How do we find out its OS/2 BMP and convert to Windows BMP ? 

Appreciate your help.

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My idea was to load it in a an image editor and resave it as I suspected some kind of format discrepancy when I got the very same error message  you experienced. And the program suggested "OS/2 bitmap" as file format for saving and so I realized that its not in Windows bitmap. Actually I wasn't aware of an OS/2 bitmap format and don't know what the difference is. Guess its a completely different format and only shares the same extension "bmp". I used the rudimentary pic editing functions of a screenshot program to do the job, but I guess any decent picture editing program would do fine.

EDIT: Just gave it a try with Windows Paint and the conversion to Windows Bitmap worked equally well.

I haven't tried for long to get it actually displayed in the header. Maybe its just necessary to make the margins wider to do the job.

EDIT: Tried it and succeeded. Setting the top margin to about 37 mm does the job.
It was a bit strange. When the margin was set to 10mm, Mathcad imported the pic without any message but did not display it. When I had set the margin to 30 mm, Mathcad told me (when I imported the pic) that it was too tall and asked if the margins should be set automatically so that the pic would fit.

Anyway - your problem should be solved if you

• open the picture file in Windows Pain and immediately resave it
• make the margins in Mathcad large enough and then insert the pic in the header

[SS_10514537]

Thanks much Werner, your explanation worked for me. Have a good day!

[LucMeekes]

It's a format discrepancy that causes it, that I agree on. But it's not because it's an OS/2 format. Here is the info on the file from the OP that will not load (in Mathcad 15, and also not in Mathcad 11):

These are the properties of two other files that will load and show:

I guess Mathcad doesn't like bitmap files with a set value for pixels per inch.

Success!
Luc

[SS_10514537]

Hello Luc,

I understand. Appreciate you providing extra clarity on this.

Thank you all for your support in this regard.