Show image on form

[SierraJuliet]

How do you setup a form field to show an image using the hyperlink information from a text box field on the same form.

Example:
1. Desired area to show an image.


2. Hyperlink text box containing the link for the image.
3. End result is to show image from hyperlink field or similar method.

[Micron]

For images, you use an image control and set its picture property to the location of the image file. Note that it's not advisable to store images as objects in your table (which I am only guessing you don't because you refer to a hyperlink). However, the property setting is usually a drive path, not a hyperlink. I'm not sure I see the sense in trying to get the picture path property from a control that in turn, has to get the link information from somewhere else.

It might be beneficial for you to research image control for Access.

[SierraJuliet]

The reason for referencing a hyperlink is to prevent loading images into the database when the link to the source image/file is good enough. I am merely looking for a way to simply "preview" the link in an image box if possible. Essentially the image box should evaluate the hyperlink value from text box and present the image on the form without storing the image itself.

[June7]

A hyperlink type field won't work naturally with Image control. Understand that an actual hyperlink string is composed of 3 parts. Code would have to extract the file path part. I am not sure the hyperlink field is compatible with migration to MSSQL or MySQL.

Just use a normal text field with path to the image file. Then bind Image control to that field. Review https://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=73766. Post 17 shows examples of how to use expressions in Image control.