I need to populate an OLE field with jpg objects. All of the jpgs are in one folder and the names of the jpgs correspond to the data in my key field. I tried entering the path and filename into the filed and then changing the field type to OLE but that didnt seem to work. Anyone know of a way to do this? Ottherwise I will have to manually link over a thousand jpgs. Thnaks
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Automatically Populating an OLE object field
- Thread starter jpegbert
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Try putting an image box on your form, then put the following into your form's on current event:
Dim strDirectory As String, strImageName
strDirectory = "c:\My Documents\My Images\" 'change this to the location where your jpeg's are kept
strImageName = Me!txtTextBox 'change this to the name of your key field
Me!imgImage.Picture = strDirectory & strImageName & ".jpg" 'change Me!imgImage to the & _
name of your image box and change .jpg to .jpeg if necessary
In the properties window set the Picture Type to Linked.
Each time you move to a new record, as long as the key field you mentioned is the correct name of the file, it should load instantly. Unfortuneately, Access temporarily displays a message that you're importing an image. Maybe someone else knows how to turn this off, otherwise as far as I know, Access doesn't display this message if it's linking to a .bmp image.
Let me know if this is not what you want. If you want to actually store them in your database, that's a different matter, with a thousand images, even in jpeg format, the database will be massive. Someone else correct me if I'm wrong, Access e.g. if a jpeg file size is 50kb, the Access database would grow more than 250kb or more.
Bill
Dim strDirectory As String, strImageName
strDirectory = "c:\My Documents\My Images\" 'change this to the location where your jpeg's are kept
strImageName = Me!txtTextBox 'change this to the name of your key field
Me!imgImage.Picture = strDirectory & strImageName & ".jpg" 'change Me!imgImage to the & _
name of your image box and change .jpg to .jpeg if necessary
In the properties window set the Picture Type to Linked.
Each time you move to a new record, as long as the key field you mentioned is the correct name of the file, it should load instantly. Unfortuneately, Access temporarily displays a message that you're importing an image. Maybe someone else knows how to turn this off, otherwise as far as I know, Access doesn't display this message if it's linking to a .bmp image.
Let me know if this is not what you want. If you want to actually store them in your database, that's a different matter, with a thousand images, even in jpeg format, the database will be massive. Someone else correct me if I'm wrong, Access e.g. if a jpeg file size is 50kb, the Access database would grow more than 250kb or more.
Bill
Microsoft have an article How to Load OLE Objects from a Folder into a Table. at:
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Hello,
I've tried to follow the code in Bill's post, but I'm receiving a "method not found" message that gets hung up at the [OLEFile].Class line.
Did this happen to you?
-Patrick
Nine times out of ten, the simplest solution is the best one.
I've tried to follow the code in Bill's post, but I'm receiving a "method not found" message that gets hung up at the [OLEFile].Class line.
Did this happen to you?
-Patrick
Nine times out of ten, the simplest solution is the best one.
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