>I am using VFP 3.0B for Windows.
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>I have a bitmap image of each of our patients in our database. I would like to print this image out with demographic data in a report. I am stuck for how to do this. The image/ole control (in the report editor) does not seem to have properties like that of its sister control for forms.
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>I store each patients bitmap in its own file with a unique name. In a form I can display the bitmap for a given patient by setting the "picture" property of the image control.
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>How does one do this for a report? The image control in the report seem to only be for things that are static (like company logos) and not dynamic (like patient data).
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>Any ideas?
Add 'Report Picture' field and type GetBMPFile() in 'Picture from file' dialog. GetBMPFile() is your function which will return path+file name of appropriate bitmap:
function getbmpfile()
if id>3
return "d:\vfp5\fox.bmp"
else
return "c:\cuerun\bmi_cue.bmp"
endif
endfunc
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant