>>>>>>VFP 8 to VFP 9 upgrade
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>>>>>>I have a program which uses the GETPICT command to get pictures to show list of graphics files in a folder. It is suppose to link to the file using APPEND GENERAL ... LINK. The only time I see a picture is when the file has an extension of BMP. The user would also like to see the contents of other graphic files. For example if they choose a file with an extension of jpg instead of a picture the get filename.jpg. The commands the program are using are
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>>>>>>lcPictureFile = GETPICT('','','Select Picture')
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and

>>>>>>Append General picture From (lcPictureFile) Link
>>>>>><pre>It also has the command<pre>
>>>>>>Append General picture From (lcPictureFile) Link
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>>>>>>I do not understand what picture does since it is not in the help file.
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>>>>>>Is there a way of doing what the user wants?
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>>>>>It seems that 'picture' is the name of your general field. I think that keeping files separately, if you can, will work better.
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>>>>I found that "picture" is the name of the general field in the table. How would I keep the files separate? FWIW the following commands
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>>>>This.Parent.cmdNoPicture.Visible = .T.	
>>>>This.Parent.edbPictureFile.Value = lcPictureFile
>>>>This.Parent.edbPictureFile.Refresh()
>>>>

>>>>How do I find out what the refer to?
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>>>You could keep file name, make sure it is unique, in the table, and use Image or some fancy Active-X control to show the file.
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>>I thought that the GETPICK command would keep the file names unique. The worst that should happen is that the same file get relinked. My problem is how do I display non-BMP files such as JPEG or TIFF files.
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>>I assume the reason the program is using the link parameter is to save space.
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>Image control should show your files with no problem.

All I did was re-build the application using VFP 9. The JPG and TIF files do not display their contents. The show the filename.extension for JPG files and a picture of a scanner and filename.tif. Yes the TIF was scan. In fact the user will scan in all of the files to be entered into the table.