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Bitmap on a report
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01/05/1998 16:03:51
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
Reports & Report designer
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00096396
Message ID:
00096427
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>>I am using VFP 3.0B for Windows.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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.
>>
>>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).
>>
>>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
>
Sorry to bother you Ed. Where do you put the function in a report? I usually put code in the init method of the dataenvironment, but when I put a function in there I get an error "Methods and Events can contain nested procedures or class definitions".

Thanks so far.
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