>It's for storing signatures (BMPs) for printing documents. We use generic cursors as data source for reports and I need to store the content of the selected general field into the corresponding general field of one of the generic cursors.
OK then, since it's images you need, you might just as well store the images in a separate JPG file to save space (approximate ratio 1:20!). See FAQ #7862, on printing without using general fields.
Hilmar.
Difference in opinions hath cost many millions of lives: for instance, whether flesh be bread, or bread be flesh; whether whistling be a vice or a virtue; whether it be better to kiss a post, or throw it into the fire... (from Gulliver's Travels)