Here is some info:
If you are interested in storing the picture in the database check out
Stephen Lebans' web site:
http://www.lebans.com/loadsavejpeg.htm
The approved solution is to store the path and display the picture
dynamically.
How to Link a Picture to a Form:
Use an unbound image frame named: ImageFrame
and add a field to your table called ImagePath.
To add the picture to a report just use code like this in the On Format
event of the Detail Section.
Private Sub Detail_Format(Cancel As Integer, FormatCount As Integer)
Me![ImageFrame].Picture = Me![ImagePath]
End Sub
In the OnCurrent event of the form use this code:
Private Sub Form_Current()
On Error GoTo Err_Form_Current
If IsNull(Me![ImagePath]) Then
Me![ImageFrame].Picture = "c:\msaccess.jpg"
Else
Me![ImageFrame].Picture = Me![ImagePath]
End If
Exit_Form_Current:
Exit Sub
Err_Form_Current:
Select Case Err.Number
Case 2220
'ignore the Can't Load Image error
Case Else
MsgBox ("Error # " & Str(Err.Number) & " was generated by " &
Err.Source & Chr(13) & Err.Description)
Resume Exit_Form_Current
End Select
End Sub
The image takes a second or two to load. A dialog is put on screen too.
This process can get very annoying after a while because it happens every
time the user navigates to another record.
From Tony Toews' web site:
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/imagehandling.htm
Getting tired of seeing that Loading Image dialogue flicker? Getting errors
by users who click on things before this is finished displaying? Try
creating/changing the following registry key
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\Shared
Tools\GraphicsFilters\Import\JPEG\Options
ShowProgressDialog to No
I use the Tab control to "hide" the image on a different "page".
I also move the code to the OnGotFocus event of the ImagePath text box
which is on the next page of the Tab control.
This way, the only time the picture loads is when the user clicks the tab to
see it.
--
Joe Fallon
Access MVP
Mark said:
I just have a question and hope you can steer me in the right direction.
I am trying to get rid of our paper and files. I know you can insert image
into access, but what would be the best way to view them? Can they be
displayed with activeX in access somehow? Would it be better to have it
open a browser? Also, is there a reason not to have access add it to a
record, maybe a record retrial issue? Can I have access save it to a drive
instead, maybe making a folder with the item number so that it can retrieve
it later?
