Kevin's solution is the most practical one. Another solution would be to generate the photos from a foxpro app to a pdf file, then run a batch pdf to word conversion program.
There may even be a straight VFP to Word cconverter that handles pictures. --- On Sat, 1/31/09, Kevin Cully <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Kevin Cully <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: Producing a report with photos as a Word file > To: [email protected] > Date: Saturday, January 31, 2009, 11:08 AM > Hello Joe, > > Dave Bernard clued me in on this trick. Word will read and > render HTML > files, even if that HTML file has the DOC extension. > > Spit out your report in HTML format but give it a DOC > extension and have > Foxpro launch the document with the default program (M$ > Word) and it > should come up with pictures and all. > > -Kevin > CULLY Technologies, LLC > > > Joe Yoder wrote: > > I need to produce a report from a canned system that > is written in Foxpro. The system has data and links to > photos for groups and has some canned reports but none that > allow a report with one group's information per page. > The secretary who will print binder pages is most > comfortable in Word. When she is making up a new binder, > she will print the entire Word document. When there are > changes to the data or photo for one group, she will print > multiple copies of the single page with the changes. > > > > The goal is to have the secretary run my app which > will produce an updated Word file from the Foxpro database > and associated photos. She can then make final tweaks if > necessary and print as much or little as required in her > familiar environment. > > > > Any counsel for the most reliable straight forward way > to achieve this would be appreciated. Alternative > suggestions will be welcomed as well. > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Joe Yoder > > > > > > --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- > > multipart/alternative > > text/plain (text body -- kept) > > text/html > > --- > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** 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.
