>Yes I know, I have a toolbox program they use for misc. stuff like this.
>Anyway, she DBLClicked it in the gen field. VFP displayed the pic with the
>filename in text below it. (this is unlike mine - my VFP7 just has the pic
>without text filename)
>
>Then she DBLClicked the pic and it opened in MS Paint.
>So good ideas, but what now?

Save the BMP to a file, and ignore the general field. General fields are a PITA, I strongly recommend that you try to avoid them at all cost.