>>It is a question I ask several time and the answers are not clear to me. Maybe I am not fast enought. I should go to VB... ;-)
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>>I have several situations in my developments where I need the user to be able to add an image to a record. For example, in a client file, to add the client logo; or, in a golf club, to add the map of the field.
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>>I wonder how I should handle this. From my previous postings, here are the various answers I got:
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>>1) Just put the image file in a directory and keep the address in the record. Retrieve it in an image object.
>>Ok, it seems simple enought. However, I don't like the idea of having the user playing around with the image directory with all the dangers like deleting a file per mistake and so on.
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>Ok, why not put these files in a seperate directory and not give the user delete rights. When they grab the files, copy them to the "working" directory, write a record in a table indicating the date,time and filename. Handle processed files in batch mode at the end of the day.

You'r right. This could be a way to handle this. But how about printing ? If I do a report on a record that has a image file address in it, how will I print the image ?