You're welcome. If you choose the ImageMan solution, I can tell you that the documentation has several VFP examples, so you will probably be able to get it to work without too much trouble.

>yes it's clear now,
>thank you very much.
>m.qasem
>
>>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