combo box and embedded pictures

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Hi all

Is it possible using a conbo box, that once an entry is clicked a corresponding picture would appear in an embedded picture box (the picture is stored as an OLE object) in a table

ie. the user clicks on a car registration and the car's image would appear???

how could i do this, or is it easier to use the picture.visible element of Access VBA

Any help appreciate
 
Is it possible using a conbo box, that
once an entry is clicked a corresponding
picture would appear in an embedded
picture box (the picture is stored as an
OLE object) in a table)
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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
 
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