>mymemo contains x:\podverifydownload\files\tswiss010006.bmp which is the correct location of the image file - if I do the append mymemo I get a memo field with data in it but I can't open it as a picture - save as html doesn't help either - it just looks like rubbish
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>what am I doing wrong?
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>thanks
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>Colin
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>>Thanks
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>>I'll try that
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>>Colin
>>
>>>You would want to use Memo/Binary to avoid codepage translations
>>>

>>>APPEND MEMO mymemo FROM (ALLTRIM(fileloc)) OVERWRITE
>>>* or
>>>REPLACE mymemo WITH FILETOSTR(ALLTRIM(fileloc))
>>>

>>>
>>>>
>>>>Probably making heavy weather of this one
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>>>>My table has a reference (i'll call it FILELOC) to the path of a picture file - how do I embed the picture in a VFP table (presumably a memo field - I'll call it IMAGE) but what code do I use for the replace statement?
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>>>>I've tried replace image with &fileloc - that doesn't work
>>>>
>>>>Can you enlighten me
>>>>