Working with Images

[Guest]

I want to end up with a program that will create table tents for restaurant
tables. I want to be able to have a form that will allow me to choose from a
list of different images. When I select an image from a list of image files,
I want that image to be the graphic to be used in my report. I will then, on
my form, have a couple of memo fields that will allow me to add text to my
table tent report.

Is this possible? How do I add a graphic that I can change on my form so
that it appears on my report? By the way, the image files would be in a
separate folder that is not part of the Access program.

Thanks for any help.
Don Rountree

 

[Larry Linson]

Is this possible? How do I add a graphic that I can
change on my form so that it appears on my report?
By the way, the image files would be in a
separate folder that is not part of the Access program.

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