diff --git a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/ImageItem.cs b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/ImageItem.cs
index 83a7de88..e6c2cadc 100644
--- a/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/ImageItem.cs
+++ b/PROMS/Volian.Controls.Library/ImageItem.cs
@@ -788,11 +788,12 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				using (Item _MyItem = MyItemInfo.Get())
 				{
 					byte[] imgToByte = imageToByteArray(MyPictureBox.Image, FileName);
+					if (imgToByte == null) return;
 					int origLen = imgToByte.Length;
 					bool compressed = false;
 					// if file is a tif or bmp see if compressing it saves space and if so, save the
 					// compressed data with a flag in config, the size needed to decompress, to show it is compressed.
-					if (FileName.ToUpper().EndsWith(".TIF") || FileName.ToUpper().EndsWith(".BMP"))
+					if (FileName.ToUpper().EndsWith(".TIFF") || FileName.ToUpper().EndsWith(".TIF") || FileName.ToUpper().EndsWith(".BMP"))
 					{
 						byte[] cmp = ROImageInfo.Compress(imgToByte);
 						if (origLen > cmp.Length)
@@ -874,6 +875,7 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 					ifmt = System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Jpeg;
 					break;
 				case ("TIF"):
+				case ("TIFF"):
 					ifmt = System.Drawing.Imaging.ImageFormat.Tiff;
 					break;
 				case ("WMF"):
@@ -930,27 +932,43 @@ namespace Volian.Controls.Library
 				else
 					img = null;
 			}
-			if (img==null)
+			if (img == null)
 			{
 				OpenFileDialog openFileDialog1 = new OpenFileDialog();
 				openFileDialog1.InitialDirectory = "c:\\";
 				openFileDialog1.Filter = "Image files (*.jpg;*.tif;*.bmp;*.png)|*.jpg;*.tif;*.bmp;*.png|All files (*.*)|*.*";
 				openFileDialog1.FilterIndex = 0;
 				openFileDialog1.RestoreDirectory = true;
-				if (openFileDialog1.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
+				DialogResult dr = openFileDialog1.ShowDialog();
+				if (dr == DialogResult.OK)
 				{
 					// check that it is an image
-					img = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(openFileDialog1.FileName);
+					try
+					{
+						img = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile(openFileDialog1.FileName);
+					}
+					catch (Exception ex)
+					{
+						img = null;
+					}
 					if (img != null) filename = openFileDialog1.FileName;
 				}
-				if (filename == null) return;   // user must have existed out.  How to handle??
+				if (filename == null)
+				{
+					if (dr != DialogResult.Cancel)
+					{
+						string msg = string.Format("Could not display image {0}.", openFileDialog1.FileName);
+						MessageBox.Show(msg);
+					}
+					return;   // user must have exited out or entered a bad filename.
+				}
 			}
 			byte[] imgToByte = imageToByteArray(img, filename);
 			int origLen = imgToByte.Length;
 			bool compressed = false;
 			// if file is a tif or bmp see if compressing it saves space and if so, save the
 			// compressed data with a flag in config, the size needed to decompress, to show it is compressed.
-			if (filename.ToUpper().EndsWith(".TIF") || filename.ToUpper().EndsWith(".BMP"))
+			if (filename.ToUpper().EndsWith(".TIFF") || filename.ToUpper().EndsWith(".TIF") || filename.ToUpper().EndsWith(".BMP"))
 			{
 				byte[] cmp = ROImageInfo.Compress(imgToByte);
 				if (origLen > cmp.Length)