InfoPath Dev

Hi! I am currently experimenting with the Picture Control. It seems to me, when I compare the size of the attached jpeg file with the size of the form instance xml document, that the image size/quality is reduced when attached to the form. Is it possible to have the picture attached without reducing its quality? Thanks for any help!

I realize that downscaling the picture ensures that the form's size stays manageble, as the original picture could be several megabytes large. Wondering if the downscaling algorithm/transformation used by infoPath when importing the picture into the form is described somehwere...

It seems meta data is also stripped from jpeg images when attached to the form using the picture control (understandable). If some key meta data/fingerprint/hash could be preserved, this would be useful for mating the picture with its high-resolution original in a separate workflow.... I guess I have not just overlooked such option in the properties sheet of the control... :|

Hi - sorry you've sort of ended up talking to yourself here.... but I just don't know much about what InfoPath is doing to your pictures. I found a PDF of some documentation - not sure if this will contain anything helpful: https://interoperability.blob.core.windows.net/files/MS-IPFF2/%5BMS-IPFF2%5D.pdf