Saving Images

[rwboyden via AccessMonster.com]

I have a "sign in" form for event particpants which requires a signature.
I'm running this on a tablet PC which permits free-form drawing. (1) Which
control is best to capture the signature? (2) How can I extract the image,
name it and transfer it to a folder? I can then store the path and image
name in the "participant " database. Alternatively, how can I store the
image directly in the database ... What type of field is needed?

Any help will be appreciated

Bob Boyden

 

[Charles E. Vopicka]

I have a "sign in" form for event particpants which requires a signature.
I'm running this on a tablet PC which permits free-form drawing. (1) Which
control is best to capture the signature? (2) How can I extract the image,
name it and transfer it to a folder? I can then store the path and image
name in the "participant " database. Alternatively, how can I store the
image directly in the database ... What type of field is needed?

Any help will be appreciated

Bob Boyden

you will want to store the path and image name. i had dome some
research a while back and found out that no matter what format graphic
you embed in access you end up having it stored as an uncompressed (bmp
i think)graphic file becoming very large.


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