Hi Ronald,

Here is a reply I made to Rick sometime ago, I think it apply to your problem too.


Hi Rick,

Exactly the same thing happend to me (including head hurting).
Here is how I sovled it.

The problem is not within VFP. It is in the Windows Regitry.
1) Run regedit.exe from the Start Run menu.
2) Under HKEY_CLASS_ROOT, find .bmp and click on it.
3) In the right window select 'default', then select menu Edit
Modify
4) In the value data box put in: paint.picture
5) Quit regedit, run your VFP application.

Chen

>Hi,
>
>I've no idea how to do this. I'm trying to use the APPEND
GENERAL command to import a .BMP into a general field. The
weird thing is this used to work but now it makes a little icon
with the name of the file I'm importing instead of putting the
picture in there. I've tried including the CLASS claus with
"Paint.Picture", as this was the OLEClass for the existing
.BMPS (that are still working), but when I add a new record and
run the SAME code I ran before, I get the little icon and the
OLEClass is shown as a "Package".
>
>My head hurts. Please help!
>
>Thanks,

Chen Nan
Technical Officer
National Center for Genetic Engineering & Biotechnology
Bangkok, Thailand



>When I embed a bitmap image into my general field using the APPEND GENERAL command, my image does not appear correctly. Instead of the image, I get the bitmap icon that is used by Windows and the name of the file underneath it. Anyone know why this is happening and how to fix it?
>
>Thanks,