John,

After reading through this entire thread.. I think I have (maybe) got an idea what you want so here's my solution...

My interpretation of your requirements is this:
1 App which is a "file store".. this app has maybe 100 files contained within it which you want to access from another app if required.

I don't think you can "grab" a file from another application (unless it is a class library.. you can use Newobject)
but you could run a procedure within the application which extracts the file with filetoStr & strtoFile

eg..

Func Extract
lParameters fname
lcStr = FileToStr(fname)
=StrToFile(lcStr, 'c:\temp\' + fname)

This can then be compiled into an exe or app (along with your .bmp files) and run from a different application (it doesn't even have to be a VFP app!)

HTH
Will

>I am attempting to create an application that is basically a compiled container for images. We attempting to put all of our images into an application that itself can be rebuilt when images change or are added to, without having to rebuild the application that access these images. I guess my question is if anyone has done this before, or is there an easier solution that I'm missing.
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>Any help would be appreciated.
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>John Rowlinson
>Microworks POS Solutions