>>>Hi Dave. I avoided using general fields and instead use a function. The function returns the name and path of the jpg file given the primary key. All jpgs are named using the primary key.
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>>how does the .jpg end up getting printed ?
>>how does the .jpg file end up on the report itself ?
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>Two short questions, one long answer... This is how I did it.
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>Drop an OLE object onto the report. The in the file property put a function call that returns the full path and file name of the image. In my case I am putting people pictures on the report so I call a function gettheguysphoto(id) where id is the unique id for a person.
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>Whamo blamo done.

thanks for the help
and the quick response