The bitmaps that you see when you browse for command button pictures are stored in a DLL/EXE file. I
do not off hand know which particular file that is. However, they are stored in a big "slab" so to
speak and cannot be extracted using standard extraction utilities (like for .ICO files). The command
buttons and menu bar/toolbars reference an "ID Number" for each bitmap in this slab and that is how
they are displayed.
You can use utilities to display them and then copy them out to another program such as MS Paint.
Here are some links for information and utilities from a previous post of mine on this subject.
If you use Access 97 follow this link:
http://www.zada.com.au/accessaddins.htm#access97
Download the free "Command Bar Face ID Viewer". This installs a simple Access Add-In which will show
you on a series of tabs all of the Office icons. You simply Copy and Paste them onto custom menu and
toolbars or Paste them into a program like Paint. What you can do is then save it as a bitmap file
to be accessed elsewhere.
I don't think they have the utility for 2000, 2002 or 2003, but I'm not 100% sure.
If you DO use 2000, 2002 or 2003 you'll just have to be a little more creative.
1. Go to View | Toolbars | Customize
2. From here you can look at all the various menu and toolbars. If you find an icon you like just
right-click on it and select "Copy Button Image."
3. Now you can just open up Paint and Paste it into there.
Somewhat easy to do, but a little time consuming searching for "just the right one."
By the way, you can also select from other Office programs as well. I did the same thing listed
above, but in Excel and Word. Went to Customize and found an icon on one of Excel's and Word's
toolbars that I KNOW was not in Access. Copied it from there, brought Access back up, and pasted it
onto an Access toolbar button or into Paint.
Check out this link on downloading and using Face ID Finder Form from Microsoft to access the
images:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dno97ta/html/faceid.asp
Here's another link to other office program Face ID Add-Ins:
http://www.mvps.org/skp/faceid.htm
Good luck,
