>Dear All,
> I store pictures in general field. First of all I copy the image to the clipboard. Then I paste into the general field(as bmp in PASTE SPECIAL). Is there any way to reduce the size if the memo file (fpt file)so that I can store more picture in the CD-ROM?
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>Thanks in advance,
>
>Harry

Harry,
Since they're on CDROM they sound to be RO static images. If you don't have a good reason to keep in a general field (like printing via report) then in your table just store the file name and store image files as separate bmp, jpg, gif etc.
This doesn't mean you would save space but provides a more convenient way to store. To save space you still have to find a method like unzipping on the fly, storing as gif, jpg etc.
If your main concern is reducing the memo size than a different block size could help ('SET BLOCKSIZE').
With a value of 0 you could have the maximum saving or try a value greater than 32 (default 64). If you have made modifications (replace, delete) than 'pack memo' would save some space. If you would change blocksize do it like this :

NewSize=0
use myTable
set blocksize to NewSize
copy to myNewTable

Cetin