>I am most definitely NOT using General fields in anything new. :-)
>
>The General field is only used in temporary cursors used to print reports. I don't use them anywhere in the system other than as a means of easily including images in reports. I agree that they're a bad idea, but it was the only way to create reports that would include a photo at the time.

Hi,

Maybe at that time, but with VFP9 you have the very elegant possibility to print a bitmap from directly from an external file you dont need to save the file in a G-field anymore. Maybe you should change your cursor?

Regards,

Koen