>Hi,
>
>I wanted to store external bitmap pictures (bmp format) into a GENERAL field in a table, so that I could print the same using a report writer.
>
>Regards
>
>Joseph
You should NEVER use a general field for permanent storage, since it is very difficult to get the data out again, and lots of space is wasted. Instead, you can have a field that contains only the filename of the images.
You can use it for the report - the command is APPEND GENERAL - but there is also another alternative: Insert an image, set the option to "File", but instead of a filename, provide the name of the field that contains the image references.
HTH,
Hilmar.
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