zoom control for image on form

[oldtiredjeffro]

I have a linked image in a picture box on a form that changes with each record. I would like to allow the user to "zoom" the image from either a button or action (double click) and then kill the zoom, again from either a button or action. I have Limited VBA ability but I can cut and paste with the best of them. Any Ideas?



Jeff

[June7]

I think the best you can do is to open the image in an image viewer like MS Windows Photo Viewer.

Are the images external from the db?

[oldtiredjeffro]

Thanks for getting back so soon. I can see the image on the form, but due to size limitations I can only make the box roughly 2" x 2". The image box property is currently zoom so the whole image is displayed in the box, regardless of orientation, but it is small.

Jeff

[June7]

Didn't address the suggestion nor answer question.

[oldtiredjeffro]

My apologies, your question was below next to a %$@# advertisement. The images are linked by address through a separate table "Images" and the address is in the field "North_Image". The image box record source is the "Images" table and the image box name in the properties is "North". I update the box from record to record with the after_update event

[NORTH.Picture = NORTH_IMAGE]

Hope this answers your question

Jeff

[June7]

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Not quite clarified.

Picture field is what type - text, OLEObject, Attachment? Are you embedding images into the table or are they stored external?

My suggestion is still that probably have to open image in a viewer program. The how depends on answers to above.

What control are you using for dynamic display? If you use an Image control and set its ControlSource property, there is no need to use AfterUpdate event code.

[oldtiredjeffro]

Again my apologies, thank you for being patient, I'm fairly new to both Access and the forum. The pictures are stored externally. The type field in the table "Images" is text and in that field is the address of the image ( C:\MAIN\IMAGES\ABC-01 NORTH.jpg., for ex.). The type image box in the property sheet is embedded. I have set the ControlSource and removed the AfterUpdate event code and the images display properly.

Jeff

[June7]

Okay, with that settled, back to your zoom question. And my suggestion that will have to open the image in a viewer app, review http://allenbrowne.com/func-GoHyperlink.html