Imbedding pictures into a VFP.EXE

[VBFOXDEV35]

Gang, just a quick question. How does one imbed a picture to a VFP.EXE instead of linking it. The graphics files I have are on a network, however when you run the EXE locally without a network connection, the EXE runs very slow. Is there anyway around this because the application path can vary. Thanks all

Artay

 

[ChrisRChamberlain]

ClayTech

You could use a general field in a table and include the table in the project, the embedded graphics files becoming read only.

Be warned though that this may create a gigantic .exe! X-)

Chris

 

[TomasDill]

Hi!

You can also include images into the EXE file. You can save image to disk from EXE using APPEND MEMO command for temporary cursor than saving content of memo to disk.

You can also make a startup program that will copy all bitmaps to local folder if they're new or changed (date is later). We have used this way in one large application and it had a great success, this worked also for lookup tables, database with views etc.


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