Rico the tool extracts exactly what is embedded in the field. Are you using
the latest version of the ExtractINventory OLE tool?
http://www.lebans.com/DownloadFiles/...ryOLEver75.zip
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"Rico" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:NICkh.530046$5R2.283866@pd7urf3no...
> Thanks Gunny, that's exactly what I needed. It didn't extract in full
> resolution, but at least the images have been extracted, so that's a
> start!
>
> Thanks!
> Rick
>
> "'69 Camaro" <(E-Mail Removed)_SPAM> wrote
> in message news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi, Rick.
>>
>>> Is there any way to extract these files even though the OLE link is
>>> broken?
>>
>> Check out Stephen Lebans's extraction tool on the following Web page:
>>
>> http://www.lebans.com/oletodisk.htm
>>
>> HTH.
>> Gunny
>>
>> See http://www.QBuilt.com for all your database needs.
>> See http://www.Access.QBuilt.com for Microsoft Access tips and tutorials.
>> http://www.Access.QBuilt.com/html/ex...ributors2.html for contact
>> info.
>>
>>
>> "Rico" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:syzkh.535380$R63.225735@pd7urf1no...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I have some graphics in a table in an OLE field. These graphics were
>>> input many years ago and still work on the forms they are presented on
>>> but when trying to double click on the field I get the "OLE Server isn't
>>> registered" error.
>>>
>>> Is there any way to extract these files even though the OLE link is
>>> broken? I tried using a blob writer but that didn't work. I don't have
>>> the source images and I'm trying to change direction on the way these
>>> images are handled, but need the images in the table. If I can't find a
>>> way to extract these images, we will have to be stuck with the same slow
>>> image handling that already exists.
>>>
>>> Thanks!
>>> Rick
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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