Most experienced developers over here agree that you should usually avoid General fields. Instead, keep the BMP or JPG in a separate file, and store only the filename in your database.
The reasons to avoid General fields are mainly: 1) They use up too much space, 2) It is difficult to get an image or other object back out of the General field.
>I have create a table with a general type field and on the OLE-OBJECT I have selected "Stretch = 2".
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>Example of code I am using - see below.
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>PUBLIC cAppImage
>select Book_Marker
>cAppImage = GETPICT("BMP","Select a Picture")
>APPEND GENERAL BM_Picloc FROM (cAppImage) CLASS PBRUSH
>thisform.text45.SetFocus
>THISFORM.Refresh
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>The bmp file is appended to the general field with the Picture and File Name.
>I only want the picture append to general field. How can I do this?
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>Thank You In Advance
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>Winfred Majors
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