Hi Garry,

I do this often in my reports.. The syntax error is due to the '&' preceding the variable, making it look for another variable named whatever the bitmap filename is - which does not exist - leave it out or use the filename in qoutes.
If you are using VFP 6 you will not need to convert to a bmp and also get rid of the problem with VFP caching the image with the same name (probably is a good idea to clear the resouce as suggested by Nick).


>>Is it possible to get the bmp file name for a report from a variable?
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>>I have tried 'store "image1.bmp" to pict1, and in the file name
>>box of the image control putting &pict1. All I get is syntax error.
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>>I use Jpeg files in my application which have to be converted to bmps before they can be printed from a form.
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>>To do this I store them in the temp dir. and delete them after the report is printed.
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>>Problem No. 1! With modern computers the files stay in the cache memory and the previous images will appear on reports, even though they have been deleted.
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>>To get round this I keep count of images in a variable and use six different temp file names, when the sixth name is used, jumping back to name no. 1.
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>>It would be much simpler if the actual file name could be used and passed to the report via a variable.
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>>Any ideas?
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>Garry, try to use CLEAR RESOURCES myPicture.bmp
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>Nick