"Dewey D" <Dewey wrote
I have a scanned image that goes
directly into the windows clipboard..
it is scanned as a .bmp by the software..
in access it is a .shs file and goes into
a table as a 'picture'.
I don't understand what you mean by "in access it is a .shs file and goes
into a table as a 'picture'" -- how does this happen? Be specific.
Open the Table in Design View, and look at the type of the 'picture' Field,
and post back here the _specific_ type as shown.
i want to be able to click on the
'picture' in the table and see the
image...i get an error message now...
the bitmap images, in the same table
will display when clicked on... any help
would really be apprecated
Are you in datasheet view on the table?
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
