Access 2003 will not display .BMP/.DIB files in OLE field

[Liam Judd]

Documentation claims that bitmap image files in OLE fields are displayed by
default, and that other image file types require workarounds.
However, my access database is not displaying bitmap images.
I have tried installing Photo Editor but I still get the "Package" result
instead of the actual image.
Is there some setting I've missed which will allow Access to display the
file I have embedded in the OLE field without having to open the "Package"?

 

[Liam Judd]

Thank you, Stephen.

I had read your previous post and was mystified by the behavior I
encountered on my system. Even after the installation of Photo Editor, and
after the assignment of that program to open .bmp files (and a reboot), and
confirming that Photo Editor is launched when opening a bitmap file, I got
the same results as before even with newly inserted images: Access displays
the file icon and name in the OLE field instead of the image.

I did discover a workaround:
1. Open and copy the image in Photo Editor
2. Right-click on the Access OLE field
3. Select Insert object
4. Create new
5. Bitmap Image
6. Paste the image

The image appears in the form as expected.

 

[Carrie]

Thank you, Liam. I have been experiencing the same problem - I'm using a
bitmap image in an OLE field in Access 2003 (without Photo Editor) and still
see "Package" instead of "Bitmap Image". However, your workaround works
great. When I choose Create New... Bitmap Image and click OK, Paint opens. I
then choose Edit / Paste From... and can navigate to the image I need.

I'd rather not store the images in the database, but I still can't get the
link option to work properly with bitmaps in an OLE field. I will try
Stephan's suggestion of storing just the text path, using that with an image
control.