>I'm creating a VFP 6.0 driven SQL Server app to house images. Bought LeadTools (thank heavens it has a money back guarantee) but it's a real pain to use.
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>The way LeadTools OCX wants to handle things is through OLE DB. According to their DOCS (VB sample) I either have to drag a MS ADO data control and the LeadTools OLE DB control onto the form and get them working together (and this isn't the most straightforward thing in the world and seems to upset my remote view besides).
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>Store the image names in one table, the images in another (unsorted) table and play all sorts of games behind the scenes to keep the tables in sync (ala FPW 2.6).
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>All their DOCS reference VFP 3.0 and their staff is peopled with absolute morons.
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>Has anybody done what I'm attempting and if so how? Or can someone recommend a different Active X to do this? The OCX must be able to annotate, zoom, and print.
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>Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I used LeadTools extensively in VFP3 days. It worked very good, and BTW the fact that they have Help samples specifically for VFP is not a bad sign.
In regard to OLE DB: yes it's not a good way. I started with this, got confused and then found much better way (I wonder if Lead suppost staff knows about it :). You may still keep images in table (general field) and when you want to get it to interface you just call:
Select MyTable
*** move pointer to the needed record
COPY NEXT 1 TO mytemp
And now the file Mytemp.FPT is exactly image file and you may call LEAD OCX Load method to handle it within VFP form.