Dear Borislav,
I use the first code as follow howerver it gives me variable location is not found

clocation=GETPICT()
?clocation
IF EMPTY(clocation)
RETURN
ENDIF
clocation=ALLTRIM(clocation)
CREATE CURSOR pictemp (pic G)
APPEND blank
APPEND GENERAL pic FROM &clocation
INSERT INTO studentinfo (location,pic);
values (clocation,pictemp.pic)
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then i changed to a real field name like this one:
clocation=GETPICT()
?clocation
IF EMPTY(clocation)
RETURN
ENDIF
clocation=ALLTRIM(clocation)
CREATE CURSOR pictemp (pic G)
APPEND blank
APPEND GENERAL pic FROM &clocation
INSERT INTO studentinfo (picture,pic);
values (clocation,pictemp.pic)

and it gives me variable pic not found why?
thank's for your help.
Best Regards