Using (kinda) embedded pictures etc without ballooning... a solution

[homer2002]

Hi all

thought you might all be interested in a little sample db i put together

There are 2 functions of intrest.

1. AddNewFile (Add a new file and places it into a table without any ballooning)
2. ExtractFile (extracts the file back onto a drive)

Personally I use these functions for embedding Fonts

At work, the network has very few fonts and installing new fonts onto
every machine that uses the database is rather annoying.

I keep a load of fonts in the table ready to be used.
When the database is first executed, the font files are extracted to "C:\WINNT\FONTS"

Now i can use as many different fonts as I like (as long as I keep em in the table and extract them.

The sample is just a quick demo, the functions are in a module so should be easily usable/changable.

Hope this helps someone


Homer!

 

[spacepro]

Hi,

You might be better posting this thread in the sample database forum. I think more people will find this in that forum, even though they could do a search.

Haven't checked the db yet, but sounds good it that particular server environment.

Andy