>>>>>Naomi,
>>>>>
>>>>>if I use general fields and olebound control it will work for all with a ole handler. I can display it on my form. The problem is that I do not store the files as general for the common reasons. But I would like to display the files in the same way.
>>>>>
>>>>>ShellExecute will runnot show the file on my form.
>>>>>
>>>>>Agnes
>>>>
>>>>Do you know what are expected file types?
>>>
>>>Common pictures, office (MS), dxf, pdf, csv, sdf and whatever customer is doing. Customer normaly has a prog that can deal with.
>>>
>>>Agnes
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>>Dunno Agnes, but if you were to create a cursor with a general field, append general and use that field in the cursor to display it on your form ?
>
>I don't like the idea of using general fields, though for one record cursor it may be a solution.

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Nor do I - but if it solves Agnes' problem and she is happy with it, then so am I

The result of general field solution seems to fit her needs and it's only a cursor - not a table