It's not necessary to use general field. See JPGs in a VFP 6 Report FAQ #7862

>i m trying to show a report with 2 fields.
>1- item code
>2- picture of report.
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>in database of item table im not saving item picture cuz after saving picture in general fields the size of the table goes bigger n bigger so im saving just the path of the picture.
>now wile showing the report i m creating one cursor on the fly with the general field and then from the path saving image in it and then showing this in the report. as long as i was using this report in the windows 2003 server it was working fine to me but wen this project i tried to run on the windows xp or anyother window other than 2003 server the only picture with the bmp extension is showing in the report. if i try to show the jpg or any other one its not displaying. but on the same time it can b seeing only on the 2003 server. is there any prob with the windows or its just a bug of vfp or seomthing else.
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