>Hi.
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>I'm generating barcodes that I save As gif's. Right after they are saved as GIF,I issue an APPEND GENERAL.
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>(ie)
>APPEND GENERAL FROM Code CLASS MSPAINT
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>But instead of showing the barcode, I get a Paint Icon if I double click it it opens paint and shows the barcode; the problem is that I need the barcode for a report, so I need the general field to contain the actual barcode.
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In the report, you have to be sure that you are displaying your OLE (barcode) field in an 'OLE control'.

If you put your report together manually, use the View menu to display the Report Controls Toolbar, then select the OLE control from the toolbar and place it where you want it on your report.

I would recommend letting the report wizard build a sample report from your table.

To start the wizard, select NEW... from the file menu, then select the Report option in the resulting dialog box and hit the report wizard button. The wizard offers two options, select the simple report (not the one-to-many report).

You tell the wizard what fields you want displayed and it'll make sure the proper controls get placed in the report. If you tell the wizard to use a general field from your table, the wizard will set up an OLE control to display it in the report.

After the wizard creates the report, edit it, right click on the OLE control and take a look at the different properties you can control.

After you play around with the sample report a little bit, you should be able to create your real report by hand to get it to look just the way you want it.