Re: [dba-users] grahpics in form controls lost on transfer of database file

[Andrew Jensen]

I know that you can do this with a standard writer document from reading over other posts on the forum, but it doesn't appear to me that the same technique would work in this context. I don't know those other techniques, but since forms are basically Writer documents, they should work for forms, too. This had to do with linking graphics into Writer documents. There is some example code showing how to actually embed the graphics into the file. I will go back and re-read the threads and examples. I would doubt that the controls could be made to use these embedded images..but I really don't know. I have tried making the controls accept a relative path to the file, this doesn't seem to work either. It it did, then one could put the files in the same directory and deliver the whole directory. I suppose one could deliver the graphics files with the application (either as part of a zip file, or maybe in a table in the db), then using a installation macro move them to the users OO.o user directory. The forms I suppose would have to be fixed up at load time to fill the graphics from these files, but at least you would have a known and easily discerned location. Thanks Andrew Jensen