Display Image on Form

[Len]

I have a field set up in my table for OLE Object that is
a .GIF or .BMP file. I want to display the State Map on
my form from the contents of that field. For Wyoming the
OLE Object is WYO.GIF or WYO.BMP. The Icon comes up and
if I click on it I get the Image. I would like to have it
come up without clicking on it.

Anmy Help Appreciated

Thanx

Len

[Simon Lewis]

Hi Len,

You should be able to display .BMP files OK, because they use MSPaint as
their OLE server, which is installed by default on most machines. For .GIF
files, PhotoEditor (supplied with Office) will act as a server, so you can
install that if you have it.

But you might want to consider not creating OLE objects from these files,
but just to store their paths, then display the picture dynamically using an
Image control - see http://www.mvps.org/access/forms/frm0030.htm for more
details about this technique.

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