I am trying to insert a jpeg image held in an Access database OLE field (embedded, not linked) into a crystal report (using the integrated IDE that came with .net 2002), however when I view the report I only get the file name of the image rather then the actual picture. Thanks for any help you can provide.
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VB. net and crystal reports, inserting image from database
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Turpis
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- Apr 16, 2002
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Biggs,
I was trying about a year ago to do this same thing with VB6 and in my research on this topic I discovered that it is a limitation of Access (as far as I could tell). Access can store pictures as OLE's and display them just fine internally, but externally it is only the path that is available when pulling data on that field. Upsize your Access database to SQL Server and try again.
Charles
Quality Assurance/Developer
I was trying about a year ago to do this same thing with VB6 and in my research on this topic I discovered that it is a limitation of Access (as far as I could tell). Access can store pictures as OLE's and display them just fine internally, but externally it is only the path that is available when pulling data on that field. Upsize your Access database to SQL Server and try again.
Charles
Quality Assurance/Developer
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