>Hi Will
>
>Thank you for answering a General Field problem for me some time ago. But I have another problem, now that I have started to use it. I find that even if I use the LINK option when appending in a link to an image it still seems to be filling up my fpt file. This file is 32MB after inserting only 10 images. the syntax I am using is:
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>APPEND GENERAL genfieldname FROM \MYPICS\PICTURE.JPG LINK
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>PICTURE.JPG IS 1mb but my fpt increases by 8mb. I expected that it would only store the address of the link rather than the pic itself. And I still have the problem that Paint Shop Pro still flicks up as I append or as I run the app.
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>Please help
>
>Yours
>
>Des Twomey
>Touchware Systems...

Des;

I would suggest using a character field to store the path and an image control to display it. I do this with all backends I use to increase reliability and reduce file space.

Tom