I think you'll have a lot better luck manipulating images in a program
intended for that purpose than trying to do so in Access. There are many,
from freeware to expensive commercial ones, and I wouldn't presume to
recommend any particular one.
Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
"adolph" <adolph@markethost.com> wrote in message
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> Using Access2000, I would like to resize an image then save it to a
> new file with the resized size.
>
> I'm taking pictures (JPGs) with my digitial set at 3.2 megs. I've
> figured out how to get my access program to find the pictures and show
> them as thumbnails so I can add a description and notes. I then
> rename and save these pictures to a different location and add a
> record to a table with the new file name and location. But the
> picture size is still 3.2 megs. Is there a way to change the size of
> the file (Not the image in Access) while I'm renaming and saving it to
> a different location. I would like to take the 3.2meg (1076X667)
> picture and resize it to 77.5 KB (640X480)
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Adolph[/color]
