To get data from the ClipBoard, see _cliptext. I am not sure if it works for images.

You can get data from files with FileToStr().

You can save the data in a memo binary field.

>Hi,
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>Is there a way to convert an image stored in the clipboard into raw binary data (to be stored in a memo field)? For example, if I right click on a photograph on a web page and select "Copy", the photograph is stored to the clipboard in some kind of picture/image format (maybe bmp?). The stored clipboard image is not accessible as binary data at that point. I would like to convert the clipboard image back into its original binary data format, so that I can store it in a memo field. Is this possible?
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>My ultimate goal is to store binary data of images, and be able to convert that data back into their original picture file formats (jpg, gif, bmp, etc.)at some later point.
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>Also, is there some way to convert an image stored in a general field, back into it's original binary data?
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>Dave