>>>How would I keep a reference to the the file and and still let the user see the contents?
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>>The reference would be the filename - in a character or memo field.
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>>To view the contents, you use the Image control.
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>I have looked at the responses and I am still not sure use them.
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>Would some kind soul pleas post an example. I need to store the image or at least display it in a form and a reports.

To store the image, I have the user save the JPG file in a certain folder on the shared drive.

Then, they go to the application, and type or select - i.e, getfile() - the filename from disk. When the user selects a filename, the application stores the filename into a character field that is supposed to store the filename.

To show on a form, an Image control is used. Personally, I set the .Picture property every time the user changes to another record. I didn't try setting the .Picture directly to a field name; it might work.

For a report, use the report Picture control, and set either the "File" or the "Field" property I don't remember for sure which - to the field that contains the filenames.