Remove ASCII BGRs from BMP

[Stefano]

Hi,

my name is Stefano, and I'm a member of IT staff in a multisite company.
I have to insert QR Codes in our Crystal Report 6 (used for internally develop applications) that can accept ONLY BMP.
I have created qr in png, and then converted them using ImageMagick convert.exe into bmp, but CR6 cannot recognize them correctly.

I guess I found the issue: opening the converted bmp with notepad, I see the initial string with BGRs entry (I guess color profile).
I've tried to open that bmp with MS Paint and then simply saved it again: the resulting saved bmp does NOT have that ASCII BGRs value, and CR6 can read it properly!!!

I wish to use convert to automatically do the above: I've tried -strip / +profile options, but with no result.
Could you please let me know how I can achieve my goal?

Thank you in advance

[Stefano]

Additional info:

i've also tried BMP2: option... It removed the BGRs header, but it lets CR6 crash (differently from the saved bmp from Paint...)!

[GeeMack]

Could you please let me know how I can achieve my goal?

IM should be able to convert your PNG to a few slightly different BMP formats. I'm using IM7 which can convert to BMP, BMP2, and BMP3. When I save a BMP with MS Paint and check it with IM's "identify"...

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identify qrcode.bmp

...it shows as a BMP3. You might try forcing IM to use BMP3 using a command something like this...

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convert qrcode.png -define bmp:format=bmp3 qrcode.bmp

[Stefano]

You might try forcing IM to use BMP3 using a command something like this...

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convert qrcode.png -define bmp:format=bmp3 qrcode.bmp

Great! It works! Thank you very much for your support!

[fmw42]

You can also do it this way:

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convert qrcode.png BMP3:qrcode.bmp