Printing pictures on reports

[nuppie01]

Hello,

I have created a report which is used as an invoice. As part of the invoice I wish to print the logo of the company. I have inserted the logo as a .bmp file. I have been able to print the report successfully (ie logo and all text fields). However now it doesn't print the logo at all, but it still prints the text fields . I have ensured that the path to the file is correct. Your help is most appreciated!

 

[jdegeorge]

You shouldn't have to worry about a path to the logo. If you're in a report and you inserted a picture, the properties should look something like this:

Picture............(bitmap0
Picture Type.......Embedded

If it's embedded in the report it'll print every time. Don't refer to the location, especially if the MDB will be used by others on a LAN and there's a chance some users don't have rights to the folder where the image is stored.

Hope this helps.

Jim DeGeorge

 

[nuppie01]

Hi Jim,

Your tek tip worked!! Thank you for your help.

 

[jdegeorge]

Glad to have helped! Happy programming!

Jim DeGeorge

 

[nuppie01]

Hi Jim,

I'm back again. Still having the same problem. This is the process i have been taking.

1. Select the following menu: Insert > picture
2. Select the bitmap image and click OK
3. At this point I preview the properties for the image control, they are as follows

a. Picture = C:\logo.bmp
b. Picture TYpe= Embedded

No matter what I do, I cannot get the picture TYpe to be (bitmap). I have seen the NWIND db and there seems to be nothing obvious for me to change.

The weird thing it displays in print preview, but not when it actually prints????

 

[jdegeorge]

Okay. Try this. Go to Word and insert the picture there. Then, click once on the picture, copy it to the clipboard, and then paste it on your form/report. This will guarantee that it'll be an imbedded file and should work. That's the process I use when I don't acutally have the JPG or BMP file but do have it in a Word document, etc. Hope this works.

Jim DeGeorge