If you read the message carefully, you will notice procedure thisform.refresh. cwpicfile and cwemployee are local variables.

>hi,
>thanks .
>ok. where i can put this code under at myform.
>cwpicfile,cwemployee? what's that mean.
>

>>>procedure thisform.refresh
>>>cwemployee  = allt(thisform.text1.value)  && place for employee code
>>>
>>>cwpicfile   = forcepath(cwemployee + ".jpg", "d:\tal\images\")
>>>
>>>thisform.imgemployee.picture = iif(file(cwpicfile), cwpicfile, "")
>>>thisform.imgemployee.visible = file(cwpicfile)
>>>endproc
>>>
>

>
>m.qasem
>>Mohammed,
>>
>>Claudio told you how to SHOW the picture. To get the picture from your scanner into your PC is a totally different issue, to get this job done, you need to buy a scanning program which can be controlled by VFP. One of those program is ImageMan which you can read more about here: http://www.hallogram.com/imageman/index.html. But be prepared for a lot of reading and testing. :-)
>>
>>>hi,
>>>sory but i don't understand,
>>>if i insert at myform via thisform.text1.value =8 (employee number.)
>>>and i complate all employee data as name ,age ,salary ...etc
>>>i put his picture at the scanner to save it as the same employee number,
>>>how,pls. if you can step by step.
>>>thanks alot.
>>>m.qasem
>>>
>>>

>>>procedure thisform.refresh
>>>cwemployee  = allt(thisform.text1.value)  && place for employee code
>>>
>>>cwpicfile   = forcepath(cwemployee + ".jpg", "d:\tal\images\")
>>>
>>>thisform.imgemployee.picture = iif(file(cwpicfile), cwpicfile, "")
>>>thisform.imgemployee.visible = file(cwpicfile)
>>>endproc
>>>
>>>

>>>
>>>>>thank you for reply,
>>>>>i get error message file d:\tal\images\55.jpj dose not exist
>>>>>
>>>>>but how i can link between employee number and his picture ,mean employee number is 8 ,at the same time with command button link with scanner to giv this picture the same number 8 ..
>>>>>thanks
>>>>>m.qasem
>>>>
>>>>

>>>>procedure thisform.refresh
>>>>cwemployee  = allt(thisform.text1.value)  && place for employee code
>>>>
>>>>cwpicfile   = forcepath(cwemployee + ".jpg", "d:\tal\images\")
>>>>
>>>>thisform.imgemployee.picture = iif(file(cwpicfile), cwpicfile, "")
>>>>thisform.imgemployee.visible = file(cwpicfile)
>>>>endproc
>>>>

>>>>
>>>>Claudio