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Printing of pictures(JPG) in reports?
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18/06/2001 08:58:39
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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17/06/2001 16:58:26
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Visual FoxPro
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Miscellaneous
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00520381
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00520532
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>>It is perhaps possible to insert the picture in a General Field or even in a Memo field, but I would rather not do that, I feel very comfortable having the pictures in their separate JPG files, that works great in forms.

I, too, keep pictures as JPG-files: a general field takes about 20 times more disk space! A simple test can confirm this, although the exact ratio may vary, depending on the quality of the JPG-file. Try it and see!

In my application, then, the VFP-database only has a small field for the filename of the JPG-image.

I didn't try this yet, but I think that for reporting purposes, you should copy the JPG-files into temporary General fields. This would allow you to use Visual FoxPro reports, with several records with graphics. Often, you create temporary files anyway, for reporting purposes.

Regards, Hilmar.
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