Indeed.
If you omit AS is the same: AS = 0

>Good idea Fabian, but I would make one recommendation. Use APPEND MEMO ... AS 0 (or define the memo field using NOCPTRANS) to keep code pages from inadvertantly translating something in the binary image.
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>>I do not recommend to store images (whatever format is) in tables because obvious memory reasons, but an alternative instead general fields (worst election) is memo fields which is more convenient than general.
>>i.e.
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>>Adding:
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>>select table1
>>append blank
>>replace name_id with "Image1"
>>APPEND MEMO table1.img from "Path_FileName" overwrite
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>>Showing:
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>>*** Change file extension for BMP or GIF
>>lcFile = SYS(2023)+"\"+Sys(3)+".JPG"
>>Copy Memo table1.Img to (m.lcFile)
>>thisform.Image1.Picture = m.lcFile
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>>>Is there a way in VFP to store a bmp file inside a VFP database? I would like to do this like can be done in Access.
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>>>Any ideas?
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>>>Thanks
>>>
>>>Alan Wyne
>>>IS Manager
>>>Rollpak Corp