Displaying Images in Forms

[Sara]

I am trying to display bound pictures in a form. I decided to go with the OLE
version because this is a small datbase, however I am having trouble
displaying the pictures. I am using Access 2003, Most of the posts that I
found are based on other versions of Access I tied to follow the suggestions
withour results, Is there anything else I need to know about the 2003 version?
The controls on my form display an icon representing the OLE imaging
application, and only when double clicked, they open the application in
full-screen view.

 

[Larry Linson]

I am trying to display bound pictures in a form. I decided to go with the
OLE
version because this is a small datbase, however I am having trouble
displaying the pictures. I am using Access 2003, Most of the posts that I
found are based on other versions of Access I tied to follow the
suggestions
withour results, Is there anything else I need to know about the 2003
version?
The controls on my form display an icon representing the OLE imaging
application, and only when double clicked, they open the application in
full-screen view.

I have not had any feedback that the Access 2000-level example, referenced
later, does not work in Access 2003. You really did not say what your
question is, but I assume you'd like to display a thumbnail in the Bound OLE
Frame... there is a property in the Property Sheet to allow you to choose
that, but you are "at the mercy" of whatever image processing software is
registered for the file type of the image.

The sample imaging databases at http://accdevel.tripod.com illustrate three
approaches to handling images in Access, and the download includes an
article discussing considerations in choosing an approach. Two of the
approaches do not use OLE Objects and, thus, avoid the database bloat, and
some other problems, associated with images in OLE Objects.

If you are printing the images in reports, to avoid memory leakage, you
should also see MVP Stephen Lebans' http://www.lebans.com/printfailures.htm.
PrintFailure.zip is an Access97 MDB containing a report that fails during
the Access formatting process prior to being spooled to the Printer Driver.
This MDB also contains code showing how to convert the contents of the Image
control to a Bitmap file prior to printing. This helps alleviate the "Out of
Memory" error that can popup when printing image intensive reports.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP