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    lacigol is offline Novice
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    How do I export a picture embedded into a form?

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    How do I export a picture embedded into a form?

    Long:
    Author of database embedded a picture into all the forms and there's no external copy that I can find.
    New forms look very different then the rest and I'd like there to be a more uniform look.

    Catch:
    I'd rather not copy an existing form and strip it down every time just to the background picture.

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    This is an embedded background image? According to Access Junkie at http://www.accessjunkie.com/Pages/faq2010_77.aspx the process is:

    1. Take your form that has a background image or AutoFormat that you like
    2. Right-click on the form in the Navigation Pane and select Export >> XML
    3. On the first page of the wizard, select a destination to drop some files (Desktop is fine)
    4. A small dialog will then appear with three check boxes
    5. Select the first option (Data) and third option (Presentation) and then click OK
    6. Click the Close button on the last page of the wizard after the export is complete
    7. Navigate to where you dropped the files and, among other things, you'll find a new folder called Images
    8. Open that folder to claim your prize
    How to attach file: http://www.accessforums.net/showthread.php?t=70301 To provide db: copy, remove confidential data, run compact & repair, zip w/Windows Compression.

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    lacigol is offline Novice
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    Quote Originally Posted by June7 View Post
    This is an embedded background image? According to Access Junkie at http://www.accessjunkie.com/Pages/faq2010_77.aspx the process is:

    1. Take your form that has a background image or AutoFormat that you like
    2. Right-click on the form in the Navigation Pane and select Export >> XML
    3. On the first page of the wizard, select a destination to drop some files (Desktop is fine)
    4. A small dialog will then appear with three check boxes
    5. Select the first option (Data) and third option (Presentation) and then click OK
    6. Click the Close button on the last page of the wizard after the export is complete
    7. Navigate to where you dropped the files and, among other things, you'll find a new folder called Images
    8. Open that folder to claim your prize
    Step 2 = Click image for larger version. 

Name:	accessExportXMLError.png 
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Size:	2.8 KB 
ID:	29749 (Microsoft Access cannot export unbound forms or reports as XML documents).

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    lacigol is offline Novice
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    Thank you! It worked...after another error..


    About to try this on a bound form....
    Click image for larger version. 

Name:	AccessXMLExportError2.png 
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ID:	29750 (There was an error loading the XML data file '....path to file.tmp'. Please make sure that the file is a properly formatted XML file. A semi colon character was expected.)

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