Well, I think the effect that Sytze was depending on was the feature of General fields that store a bitmap image of the linked OLE object in the field, suitable, in some cases, for printing. That's how the FRX report worked.
It's a dangerous thing to depend on, since different OLE servers store different kinds of bitmaps -- some just put the application's icon in the General field, others store a hi-res image that takes up huge amounts of space. There are definitely different ways of getting the effect Sytze's after, but I'm a big fan of minimizing changes in production code in the field, and most of the solutions would entail a new way of generating, storing and producing reports, which is likely too costly if a quick workaround is available. On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 8:39 AM, Koen Piller <[email protected]> wrote: > Alan, > > Donot store anything in GeneralFields, and if you must than donot. > Just store the fullpath in of the .doc .xls or whatever file in your memo > field. > Advise you to change your code and I can garantee you will be a happy > foxpro user again. > Regards, > Koen > > 2016-07-26 9:46 GMT+02:00 Alan Bourke <[email protected]>: > >> > It seems this no longer works with Win10 >> >> I don't know why it wouldn't work with Windows 10 other than you are >> linking it and it can't resolve the path in the link. >> >> If you do MODIFY GENERAL does it bring up the .DOC? >> >> Frankly I'm surprised it worked on a report layout in *any* OS. The help >> states: >> >> "If the General field in the table contains data other than an image >> file, such as a Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word document, an icon >> representing that data appears on the report or label when you generate >> output for it. " >> >> Are you saying it would actually print the contents of the .DOC >> previously ? >> >> I assume the PC has 32-bit MS Word installed ? >> >> >> -- >> Alan Bourke >> alanpbourke (at) fastmail (dot) fm >> >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cacw6n4un0guh4zne_0tbxvhq3f34w82smogdcbpxcvmqmsx...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
