i didnt try it on "regular" image components, only inside the grid like in the example you showed me.
i placed 3 images : a gif, a jpg, and a jpeg.
it never closed the iwform (release), but only if i didn't load a "jpeg" file.
it worked fine with jpg and gif.
btw, when i renamed the jpeg to jpg, it worked fine
i'm working with :
intraweb 12.1.26
Delphi XE2 update 3
and the latest tms intraweb pack (5.1.1.0)
thank you for your help