>>I want to use the bitmaps with another application, but I don't want to keep two copies of bitmaps. I have 4000 of personal record, so the table size will be very large if I use a general field.
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> just keep the file name in the table
>when u want to print a report create a cursor (with a general field)
>and fill in the pictures from the stored files
>
>Arnon

No need for a cursor. If you have the file name of the bitmap in a dbf field (BMPName), just make an "Picture/OLE bound conrol" object in your report and set it to file, where file is the name of the field (BMPName). (you don't have to specify the file, a variable or field containing the file name is OK). You must be sure that the field is not empty, e.g. set "print when" to "not empty(BMPName)".

It's working fine.

Vlad