Hi!

Did you tried a memo field?
Write image to memo field:
replace MyMemo with FileToStr('MyImage.bmp')
Read image from DBF memo:
StrToFile(MyMemo, 'MyImage.bmp')

The size of fpt file in this case is comparable to the total size of images. In average it will take additional *36 bytes to store all of them in memo fields.

HTH.

>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?
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Harry

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