Need to link lots of photos to records

[Guest]

Have a database supporting thousands of kids and every 6 months need to add
their latest photo to a record.

Have 2 tables.
Table 1 (Child) - stores name,DOB, etc. No change.
Table 2 (Child Health) - stores child weight, height, and other data, as
well as OLE (at the moment). This table is linked to Table 1 as 'many to
one', as new records need to be written on each child every 6 months.

Issue - database will get 'heavy' after a while.

How can I link the Field for photos to a Folder in the computer's memory?
Also what is the best folder set up for photo storage to do this?

 

[Larry Linson]

How can I link the Field for photos to a Folder in the computer's memory?

The "external file" approach described and illustrated in the referenced
examples does what you want.

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.

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.

Also what is the best folder set up for photo storage to do this?

I don't understand what you are asking about "best folder setup". If you
clarify, perhaps someone can make a useful suggestion.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP