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I need info on how to use multiformatpix
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From
07/08/2002 08:34:00
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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06/08/2002 23:48:39
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
ActiveX controls in VFP
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00686868
Message ID:
00686975
Views:
36
>I d/l multiformatpix.zip from UT download section, thread number 9488 and need some help on how to use it. I tried to contact who posted it, but the email is no longer available.
>This is the OCX i was looking for, but i am a beginner on this. Can you help
>me on how to set a picture from a general field?
>Or any other OCX that can show images from a general field.

I don't know about the OCX. But:

Most programmers here (including me) recommend to keep images as separate files (JPG or GIF). There is no practical use for general fields. Reasons:

1) Space problems. On tests, a 50 KB JPG file took more than 1 MB in the table (as a general field).

2) It is easy to get pictures into the general field. But it is difficult to get them back out (to a file).

HTH, Hilmar.
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