Hi Dorin

>
>You can try using custom methods that assign the string to PictureVal
>But you need to limit the command line to 8k.


Thanks for your code. Yes I was afraid of that and also discovered that other than tiny BMPs, the property was useless.

I even tried storing a BMP converted to base64 in a custom property but those have a 255chr limit.

I also tried saving the BMP data (converted to base64 as you suggested) in code and assigning it to the pictureval property but the VFP editor came up with all sorts of errors.e.
* paste the converted data below between the Text/EndText
TEXT TO lcBMP NOSHOW


ENDTEXT

and assign to PictureVal at runtime too does not work as the string is too large.