It will work for any Image file format that you can see a preview for
within a Bound/Unbound OLE Frame control.
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HTH
Stephen Lebans
http://www.lebans.com
Access Code, Tips and Tricks
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"RichG" <picklemann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Hi Stephen,
>
> Thanks for the quick reply. I found the site a little while ago, but
> I dont think I investigated it deep enough. Does it matter that the
> image that we are trying to extract is not a bitmap (they are some
> sort of Paint Shop Pro v5 and v7 files as well as some "packages").
> How could I modify it to extract these types?
>
> Thanks again,
> -Rich
>
>
> "Stephen Lebans"[/color]
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> > Have you looked here:
> >
http://www.lebans.com/oletodisk.htm
> > --
> >
> > HTH
> > Stephen Lebans
> >
http://www.lebans.com
> > Access Code, Tips and Tricks
> > Please respond only to the newsgroups so everyone can benefit.
> >
> >
> > "RichG" <picklemann@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:73f14985.0310271442.55680c4e@posting.google.c om...[color=darkred]
> > > I have an Access database/forms application that has images stored[/color][/color][/color]
in[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > it. I need to develop a new VB that utilizes Oracle or the file
> > > system as the underlying storage for these images. In order to do
> > > this I need to retrieve and save the images to disk in their[/color][/color][/color]
native[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > format.
> > >
> > > The problem is that the images are stored in Access as the[/color][/color][/color]
OleObject[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > > type rather than binary. I cannot figure out how to pull these
> > > imagesfrom the database and store them in their native format such
> > > that double-clicking the file will launch the associated[/color][/color][/color]
application.[color=blue][color=green][color=darkred]
> > >
> > > I've read a lot of threads about moving images in/out of Access
> > > databases but the resulting files never seem to be in their native
> > > format. Please advise.
> > >
> > > -Rich[/color][/color][/color]
