Thanks for clarify it! I thought general fields stored only the binary data sent to 'em like SQL Server image fields do.

>It's impossible to extract an image from VFP General field using your code.
>It''l rerurn the whole contents of the General field which cannot be used in the VFP Image control.
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>>If original files are not available he can use ADO to bring the images back from the database. This is an example that uses SQL Server but making it work with VFP should not be difficult.
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>>*--- Coneccion: Method that establish a connection to the database
>>*--- Getrs    : Method that execute a T-SQL Sentence against the DB
>>*--- Desconectarse: Method to finish the connection
>>*--- Datos    : Property that holds the ADO Recordset object created
>>
>>Thisform.Coneccion()
>>	Thisform.Datos=Thisform.Getrs([Select * From Fotos Where Secuencia=6])
>>Thisform.Desconectarse
>>
>>cFile=ADDBS(SYS(2023))+Thisform.Datos.Fields('Nombre').Value
>>
>>IF FILE(cFile)
>>	ERASE &cFile
>>ENDIF
>>
>>oSt = CREATEOBJECT("ADODB.Stream")
>>oSt.Open
>>oSt.Type=1 &&&& adTypeBinary
>>
>>
>>oSt.Write(Thisform.Datos.Fields('Foto').Value)
>>oSt.SaveToFile(cFile)
>>oSt.Close()
>>Thisform.image1.Picture=cFile
>>Thisform.Refresh
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