>the purpose here is to
not have the images built into Application A and
not have to store the images on the drive.
???
Sorry John, I still not got the point.. Anyway, if I got that. All that you need is store your images in a DBF at general fields.
CLAUDIO
"Now to him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to his power that is at work within us, Ephesians 3:20