Karen,
Thanks. Ahh! The simple things get me. Jim ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, November 10, 2009 11:02 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: bitmap files Your report variable does not have to be a varbit. It can stay a Text. So create your text variable: vBitMap TEXT = ('s:\part images\' + .vpartnum + '.bmp') Then locate a variable image and assign it to this variable. Karen I now insert all my part bitmap files into RBASE. This is not a problem and I can continue to do this. I would like to learn how to keep the files in a folder on the drive and have the files come up in the reports (or forms) as needed. This way as we update the bitmap files, I do not have to reinsert the new file. Since the path is always the same, in my report I created a variable vImagePath = 'S:\PART IMAGES\' as a text. I then created the variable vPartnumPath = (Partnum) that is also a text. This is the Part number. I know I need to connect the two by concatenating them together but also the BMP variable vPartImage needs to be a VARBIT. My question is how to concatenate the variable on the report to bring up the BMP file as a VARBIT? I have tried different ways but I get an error stating my vPartImage variable is not the same variable type. How do I change it? Jim
