Hi all,
I'm trying to make a utility for my laboratory. Running Access 2010, I'm trying to display a linked PNG file on each record of my DB through a form. I've done my homework and found how to do this if the file is stored locally (image container, direct to a text field containing the full file path). When I save my image locally and try this, it works perfectly. However, I'd like to directly link to the image online. As soon as I change it from an internal file link to an external web link to the same image, the image is no longer displayed.
I've found a forum reply which suggests that what I'm doing should work, but rarely do I see this discussed online. Is there any special type of formatting I need to do on the field text to get this to display?
Previously, I was doing this with the attachment field, but that requires a download and attachment to the DB, and the resolution of the chemical structure when printed was horrible, so I suspect whatever type of compression that was used affected it negatively.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Warren