You proberly didn't use the proper fileformatfilter to read it with; in the file select menu in other programs, you often have to select which type of file you are going to open...
The BMP that is saved is a valid BMP which can be read by any program supporting BMP's...
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Originally posted by Vazza
as bitmap or gif (with loss of colouring).
Since the emoticon created by the program has only a maximum of 256 colors, there will be no loss if you save it to GIF (and keep the 256colors)...