>How do you programically put jpg files into foxpro general fieids?

Doug,

There are at least 2 problems with storing JPEGs directly in general fields.

First, if you want to display the picture on a form, you will either have to use an OLE server to display the image, or you will have to export the JPEG back out a file to use the picture control.

Second, I believe the table will grow to be *much* larger than the size of the original JPEG files.

If you really need them stored in the table, you suppose you can use a memo field. Use the FILETOSTR() function, and then store the string into the memo field.

You gain a lot of flexibility by simply storing the name of the file in the table. It very easy to display pictures on forms and print them on reports using this technique.

See Thread #495154 Message #495154 for a little more discussion.

HTH,