Thumbnail view of a picture in a record

[bmwilson]

Hi guys,

Basically i have a form for used trucks, it all works nicely and includes a picture of the truck in question (OLE object). The problem is, the guy that takes the photos uses a digital camera (large individual files) and when each record/picture is viewed (.jpg format), it takes a long time to load (presumably because it opens the picture in bitmat format as large as it is 1500x1200 or something). Is there some way of displaying a thumbnail instead of the whole image (say 600x400)?

Look forward to a reply.

Ben

[This message has been edited by bmwilson (edited 02-03-2002).]

 

[Fizzio]

Even if you resize the image by stretch or zoom, it will still load the same large image. A simple (non-automated) way would be to create a thumbnail manually, linking this to the ole picture and using a on_click or hyperlink to open up the bigger picture.
HTH

 

[bmwilson]

on that topic... how would i go about doing the insert picture thing (on the ole object) in the on double click event..

eg: the user double clicks on the ole object to bring up the insert object dialogue.

ben

ps: for now i told the guy that does the pictures to cut them down in size... it takes him too long because hes not that computer literate (hes following my handwritten instructions).