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Two Wire:
Thanks Rick.ca. After the last post I looked at the xml file and saw that I needed a screenshot image. My question at this point is how do I convert a jpeg image into a screenshot. I have explored many options but to no avail. It may not be possible, but this is what I thought Zacca said he did. Any clues would be much appreciated

rick.ca:
There's no need to "convert" the image. It just needs to be saved in the database as a screenshot. Select the image you want to use, Save image to file (anywhere on your HDD), then select the screenshot placeholder and Load image from file (the one you just saved).

Maybe someday we'll get commands for saving images to and from the clipboard. That would make this and many similar operations much simpler.

Two Wire:
Success!

First, let me say I could never get the screenshot maker to work and this may have been part of my problem. Since I used an external player with its own screenshot maker I did not pursue the issue any farther. If I remember correctly the log indicated something like, unable to connect, or something like that. I thought it was probably a file association problem and gave it no further thought.

Anyway, here is what I did to get the image to appear, even though it was a strange solution.

I could not find the "screenshot box" Zacca was describing.  It was unfamiliar to me as I had never seen this before. I tried various things unsuccessfully. My shotgun approach to finding a solution was not working.

While taking a shower it occured to me that maybe the screenshot extension was something other than a jpg. So, after drying off and dressing,  I changed the extension to .png and imported the file into the poster box, because that was the only box available. When I did this I noticed the fields moving down the screen, leaving a large blank space at the top. While scrolling through this vast wasteland I saw another box which, as it turns out, was the screenshot box. I moved my cursor to this box and successfully imported a jpg file.

I'm not even going to try figure out how this might happened, but it does work and now I can get on to getting ready for Thanksgiving.

Thanks Rick and Zacca for your assistance

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