Issue with displaying image on form

[MSACSNewb]

Access 2007
I am able to get my form to display a unique linked image for every record.
The image displayed is based on the name of the file stored in a text field -
[CAD FILE].
The problem I am having is that if I am on a record then go to another
record, if a file doesn't exist matching what is in [CAD FILE] it will
continue to show the image from the previously viewed record.
What can I do to get it to display my default file ("-.jpg") if there is no
file name matching [CAD FILE]? (yes, the file is named "-.jpg"; is this a
problem for any reason?)

This is the code I did this with a bastardization of the code from the
downloaded Picture2K db:

Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.Close
Exit Sub
End Sub

Private Sub Form_AfterUpdate()
On Error Resume Next
Me![Image39].Picture = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"


End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()
On Error Resume Next
Me![Image39].Picture = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"

End Sub
Private Sub Image39_Click()

End Sub

 

[Tom van Stiphout]

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:09:02 -0800, MSACSNewb

You can test for existence of the file in Form_Current using the Dir
function:

Private Sub Form_Current()
dim strFile as string
strFile = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"
if Dir(strFile) = "" then
strFile = "\\UNCfilepath\-.jpg"
end if
Me.myCadFileControl.Picture = strFile
End Sub

Note how I also named your picture control appropriately, and got rid
of the ugly "on error resume next".

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP

 

[MSACSNewb]

Sorry, I do not know VB at all. I understand what the original code did, but
don't really know how? I don't "speak the language" so to speak...

So are you saying to replace ALL my existing code with the code you supplied?
If not all, then where would I place it?

Thanks for the help!

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:09:02 -0800, MSACSNewb

You can test for existence of the file in Form_Current using the Dir
function:

Private Sub Form_Current()
dim strFile as string
strFile = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"
if Dir(strFile) = "" then
strFile = "\\UNCfilepath\-.jpg"
end if
Me.myCadFileControl.Picture = strFile
End Sub

Note how I also named your picture control appropriately, and got rid
of the ugly "on error resume next".

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP

Access 2007
I am able to get my form to display a unique linked image for every record.
The image displayed is based on the name of the file stored in a text field -
[CAD FILE].
The problem I am having is that if I am on a record then go to another
record, if a file doesn't exist matching what is in [CAD FILE] it will
continue to show the image from the previously viewed record.
What can I do to get it to display my default file ("-.jpg") if there is no
file name matching [CAD FILE]? (yes, the file is named "-.jpg"; is this a
problem for any reason?)

This is the code I did this with a bastardization of the code from the
downloaded Picture2K db:

Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.Close
Exit Sub
End Sub

Private Sub Form_AfterUpdate()
On Error Resume Next
Me![Image39].Picture = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"


End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()
On Error Resume Next
Me![Image39].Picture = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"

End Sub
Private Sub Image39_Click()

End Sub

.

 

[Tom van Stiphout]

On Thu, 11 Feb 2010 12:04:03 -0800, MSACSNewb

No, and I didn't say that.
My code is a replacement for the Form_Current event.
If you don't speak VBA, it's probably best not to attempt to change
the code. I would recommend brushing up on your programming skills, or
hiring someone who can make these and other quality-related changes
for you. For example the use of "on error resume next" is rarely a
good idea.

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP

Sorry, I do not know VB at all. I understand what the original code did, but
don't really know how? I don't "speak the language" so to speak...

So are you saying to replace ALL my existing code with the code you supplied?
If not all, then where would I place it?

Thanks for the help!

On Wed, 10 Feb 2010 16:09:02 -0800, MSACSNewb

You can test for existence of the file in Form_Current using the Dir
function:

Private Sub Form_Current()
dim strFile as string
strFile = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"
if Dir(strFile) = "" then
strFile = "\\UNCfilepath\-.jpg"
end if
Me.myCadFileControl.Picture = strFile
End Sub

Note how I also named your picture control appropriately, and got rid
of the ugly "on error resume next".

-Tom.
Microsoft Access MVP

Access 2007
I am able to get my form to display a unique linked image for every record.
The image displayed is based on the name of the file stored in a text field -
[CAD FILE].
The problem I am having is that if I am on a record then go to another
record, if a file doesn't exist matching what is in [CAD FILE] it will
continue to show the image from the previously viewed record.
What can I do to get it to display my default file ("-.jpg") if there is no
file name matching [CAD FILE]? (yes, the file is named "-.jpg"; is this a
problem for any reason?)

This is the code I did this with a bastardization of the code from the
downloaded Picture2K db:

Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.Close
Exit Sub
End Sub

Private Sub Form_AfterUpdate()
On Error Resume Next
Me![Image39].Picture = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"


End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()
On Error Resume Next
Me![Image39].Picture = "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg"

End Sub
Private Sub Image39_Click()

End Sub

.

 

[MSACSNewb]

Sorry, I ran out of time before leaving work yesterday to follow up on this.
I did some trial and error and got this to work.

My code is a replacement for the Form_Current event.

I replaced both the Form_Current and Form_AfterUpdate events with the code
you supplied and it works great.
Thanks again for that!!!

If you don't speak VBA, it's probably best not to attempt to change
the code. I would recommend brushing up on your programming skills, or
hiring someone who can make these and other quality-related changes
for you.

This is me brushing up on programming. I have made more sense out of trying
to do something and then making it work through trial and error then in the
classes I took at the CC. The realworld examples set in better than the
textbook examples.
Again thanks to you and all he people here for providing this support!

For example the use of "on error resume next" is rarely a
good idea.

In my searches here to find a way to get images to appear in a form, I kept
running into the advice of downloading the Picture2k DB and studying the code
to see how it worked.
I did that but it had you create a new table and save the file path in one
field and the file name in another. It didn't make sense to me to store the
file path repeatedly and I already store the file name in a field in my main
table [CAD FILE]. I add 2-10 new records and theoreticly 2-10 new PDF files
and correponding thumbnail images every day; ~9500 records in main table. So
to have the file path stored 9500 times (and growing) didn't make sense.
The Picture2k DB might go back a few years and a few versions of Access so
maybe the "on error resume next" made more sense then?

This is the actual code fom the Picture2k DB:

Option Compare Database
Option Explicit

Private Sub cmdClose_Click()
On Error Resume Next
DoCmd.Close
Exit Sub
End Sub

Private Sub Form_AfterUpdate()
On Error Resume Next
Me![ImageFrame].Picture = Me![FilePath] & Me![FileName] ***I
replaced everything after "=" with "\\UNCfilepath\" & [CAD FILE] & ".jpg" and
was pleasanty suprised it worked!***
Me![txtPath] = Me![FilePath] & Me![FileName] ***I didn't use this
as I only wanted the image control***


End Sub

Private Sub Form_Current()
On Error Resume Next
Me![ImageFrame].Picture = Me![FilePath] & Me![FileName]
Me![txtPath] = Me![FilePath] & Me![FileName]
End Sub

Private Sub ImageFrame_Click()

End Sub