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.
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> 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?
>
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> 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?
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> Jim
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