Display .jpg file on form

[jmos]

I would like to view .jpg file on a MS Access 2000 form but only get an icon instead of the real contend. Bitmap files however work OK but I like to save some space.

I have already tried the icon/content property setting.

I understand the correct graphic filter/s should be in place. I need help to load this filter if it should solve the problem or any other means to display .jpg files directly on a form.

 

[David R]

As far as I can tell, Access hates .jpg files. Sometimes they cause unnecessary bloat (orders of magnitude increase, not just the size of the file), OLE errors, and the iconized problem you noted. A couple possible answers:

Use a .bmp or (better, .wmf) file as a background for a form. Because these are "native" Windows image formats, they don't have the hideous overhead associated with....uhhhh, non-monopolistic computing.

If you're talking about images linked with each individual record, look up "jpg" in the Forms Forum and you'll find several different ways to deal with this.

HTH,
David R