>The documentation for the Picture property says
>that the
>property can be assigned the name of a
>general
>field. I can not seem to find a way to assign the
>name of
>general field to the picture property. The
>Tasmainian
>Traders example loads the file from disk even
>though the
>image is stored in a general field. How
>STUPID!
>
>I know I could use an ole control to display the
>picture, but
>ole controls are slow! I would rather use a
>control such
>as image that is optimized for displaying
>pictures.
>
>Any Comments would be helpful.
>
>Peter Stephens


General fields are capable of storing bitmaps, that's probably why the guide said that the picture property stores a general field. It actually stores the name of a bitmap file, which, in turn can reside in a general field. Am I repeating myself? Sorry! Hope this helped!
Greg