chrisg29 said:
I'm working with large databases in access and need
to create reports with pictures for approximately 1700
records. Everything is working, but I can only put a
limited number of pictures in the database (I've inserted
them as links in the "Picture" field). Please can anyone
advise me on how to solve this problem.
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. (Note: Access
2007 has eliminated the bloat problem, but you still are using external
software and are subject to its featuree, funcions, and foibles.)
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