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I'm using convert.exe to convert my jpg into a bmp with the following command:
convert 1.jpg 1.bmp

This works, however I have a custom application that can't read the new bmp file. I open the bmp in Windows Paint, click save and close paint. After doing this, my application can read the file. Is there something I'm missing in the imageMagik that would fix this?

Thanks
Kevin

This may help:

bmp:format=value
valid values are bmp2, bmp3, and bmp4. This option can be useful when the method of prepending "BMP2:" to the output filename is inconvenient or is not available, such as when using the mogrify utility.

As bonzo suggests, your other tool needs an older bmp format. So try
or

see http://www.imagemagick.org/Usage/formats/#bmp

Awesome! Thanks guys, ended up being BMP3

THanks again!!!