> > >> How do you store the images in a general field (other than PCX,BMP)? I > have > >> not been able to figure out what "CLASS" to use in the "APPEND GENERAL > >> fieldname FROM file CLASS....." statement. Or how to add a valid class > for > >> the GIF,JPG files. > > > >Aah. This changes things. FoxPro (at least FPW, I haven't tried VFP > >with this) recognizes compressed .BMP files and expands them to their > >uncompressed form. I don't have any idea why. The workaround for me > >was to store the .BMP files as separate files and have the filename > >stored in the .DBF. > > > What do you mean by storing "the .BMP files as separate files and have the > filename stored in the .DBF"? How about an example? Isnt the *.BMP already > a "separate file"? I know that by using the "LINK" verb you are > (supposedly?) storing a reference to the file (*.BMP,...) in the general > field as opposed to a copy of the file in the field. In any case, are you > talking about *.BMP or GIF & JPG files? Yes, the LINK clause will store a reference, not the actual file. I didn't see this in your example above, so I assumed it wasn't there. And I'm strictly talking about .BMP files stored with RLE encoding. I missed the line above saying "(other than PCX,BMP)". Have you had a look at Espia for displaying the images? It seems to be fairly well advertised. /Paul