>Hi Steve,
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>> have written to test.bmp just fine.
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>Even though the file should be a GIF file. Most program will display it correct, nonetheless, since they analyze the content.
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>> Is it still considered better to save graphics to files and reference them in a table, rather than use a general field?
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>Everything is better than a general field. <g> However, with the introduction of the PictureVal property an equally good approach is to store the content of the picture in a memo field instead of a file.This makes it a little easier if you need to migrate to a server based database.

A blob type field is even better than a memo field.