problem displaying images

[alves.paulo]

Hi,

I created a database with an OLE object type field to store images or
links to images. I then created a form and I want the image to change
as i scrool the record, apparently everything is ok, except that
instead of getting the picture in its reall size, i get just a small
icone with the actual pitcure and the name of the file below.

Is there way of showing the picture in its full size? all picrures are
bmp.

thanks

 

[Larry Linson]

I created a database with an OLE
object type field to store images or
links to images. I then created a form
and I want the image to change as i
scrool the record, apparently every-
thing is ok, except that instead of
getting the picture in its reall size, i
get just a small icone with the actual
pitcure and the name of the file below.

Is there way of showing the picture
in its full size? all picrures are bmp.

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.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP