>>
>> >> 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

Never heard of Espia
What is it?