Editing Pictures in Access 2003

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Has anyone tried to use Access 2003 as a graphic editor? I want to
have a unique figure embeded into each record, and have the ability
for a user to place a number on any area of the figure.

For instance, let's say each record had a picture of a car. A user
could go to that record, place a "1" on the door, a "2" on the fender,
etc...

The record would be used for storing damage. For example: Area 1:
Left door damage, 0.5" diameter chip in paint. Area 2: RH Fender, 5"
dent.

Essentially what I need, is for access to be able to edit the figure
(be it jpg, tif, bmp...) by simply clicking on it. I do not want it
to have to use a separate graphics editing program. I am not sure if
this is feasible.

I realize it's a long shot, but if anyone has any suggestions it would
be appreciated.
 
Microsoft MVP Stephen Lebans has built an Access Paint Program for graphics
editing:

http://www.lebans.com/paintprogram.htm

or you can use a bound OLE image and double-click it to edit it in MS-Paint.
The problem with storing an image within Access is that it causes a
tremendous amount of bloat. It is far better to create and edit your image
in a 3rd party program, saving the file in the file system, then use code
like that in my PictureMgr sample to display it:

http://www.datastrat.com/Download/Picture2K.zip
 
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