>>>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.
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>I check the above threads and the link in them. They seem to be for BMP files.
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>I look at the table and the general field in the table and it contains the value filename.extension for JPG and TIFF files. The program is not retrieving the pictures and I cannot figure out why.
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>Any help appreciated. See previous posting for details.
Are you using GENERAL fields? As Borislav said, you better just keep a reference to a file. Can you do this instead?
With GENERAL fields the problems you're experiencing, unfortunately, not new. I can find some older threads on the topic, if you'd like.
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