WMF files not displaying

[Guest]

Have 5 users on a FE/BE system. I make corrections in the master FE and copy
and rename for the others. A START form displays the user details and a
picture so the user immediately knows they are in the correct FE, this data
is held in a START table and is altered by hand (I have been trying to
connect it to the name of the file so would alter automatically with no luck
so far) I downloaded some clipart from the MS site to use. The JPGs display
fine, but when I try the WMF all I get in the bound object frame is the name
of the file ie bd12345.wmf - the OLE class changes to Package. All the help I
have found indicates that WMF files should be no problem. And I know - I
could just NOT use WMF files - but I just would like to know why they are not
displaying. Using Access 2000 with .

 

[Stephen Lebans]

Because you do not have an application on your system that is capable of
functioning as an OLE Image server for the WMF image type.

You really should not be embedding Images into an OLE field. Instead use the
Image control and load the images at runtime. See:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/210100/EN-US/
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Stephen Lebans
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[Guest]

Stephen - Thanks for your response. What application would work? The images
are linked, not embedded and as the FE systems are very small I am not to
concerned. What was confusing was that the Help screens indicated that WFM
files would work without anything other than Access, just like JPGs. Thanks
again.
Yours - Dika

 

[Stephen Lebans]

I have not found a single application that can function proficiently as an
OLE Image server for WMF images. Applications that say they support WMF
generally end up converting the image to BMP format or inserting a Static
MetafilePict object.

Linking files will still lead to OLE Bloating of the MDB as a full size
uncompressed Bitmap of the original WMF will be stored in the OLE field.

I would suggest you go back and read the MS KB article I referred you to.
THis is the method that the Access Help files refer to in that WMF, etc are
natively supported.

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Stephen Lebans
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Access Code, Tips and Tricks
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