Pasting a picture into a record on a form

[amallon]

We have a production system where we print pictures to canvas. The printers run 24/7 so in the morning there is a pile of prints that need cut and framed. Some of these have been purchased with express delivery and need to be found and sorted first. I want a form where I can paste in a picture of the picure thats to be frame along with the persons name/ordernumber. This will then be displayed on a 50" TV in the production area. Any good suggestions on how to do this?

[orange]

Tell us about your production system with respect to Customers, Orders, PrintJobs etc.
Do you really want/need a separate system? Will these be expected to communicate?

[ranman256]

This method could cause the db to fill up past the limit.
The better way is to store the PATH to the photo. (photos would be stored say JPGs in a folder)

Then the form can show the photo by opening it in its native app. (browser, or Jpg viewer, whatever is default for .jpg)
OpenNativeApp txtBox

the text box , in the field , would show : c:\photos\wedding\Imag1.jpg
the routine, OpenNativeapp opens the file.

'
Paste this code into a module, and it will open ANY file in its native application.
Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpszOp As String, ByVal lpszFile As String, ByVal lpszParams As String, ByVal lpszDir As String, ByVal FsShowCmd As Long) As Long

Private Declare Function GetDesktopWindow Lib "user32" () As Long
Const SW_SHOWNORMAL = 1
Const SE_ERR_FNF = 2&
Const SE_ERR_PNF = 3&
Const SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED = 5&
Const SE_ERR_OOM = 8&
Const SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND = 32&
Const SE_ERR_SHARE = 26&
Const SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE = 27&
Const SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT = 28&
Const SE_ERR_DDEFAIL = 29&
Const SE_ERR_DDEBUSY = 30&
Const SE_ERR_NOASSOC = 31&
Const ERROR_BAD_FORMAT = 11&

Public Sub OpenNativeApp(ByVal psDocName As String)
Dim r As Long, msg As String
r = StartDoc(psDocName)
If r <= 32 Then
    'There was an error
    Select Case r
        Case SE_ERR_FNF
            msg = "File not found"
        Case SE_ERR_PNF
            msg = "Path not found"
        Case SE_ERR_ACCESSDENIED
            msg = "Access denied"
        Case SE_ERR_OOM
            msg = "Out of memory"
        Case SE_ERR_DLLNOTFOUND
            msg = "DLL not found"
        Case SE_ERR_SHARE
            msg = "A sharing violation occurred"
        Case SE_ERR_ASSOCINCOMPLETE
            msg = "Incomplete or invalid file association"
        Case SE_ERR_DDETIMEOUT
            msg = "DDE Time out"
        Case SE_ERR_DDEFAIL
            msg = "DDE transaction failed"
        Case SE_ERR_DDEBUSY
            msg = "DDE busy"
        Case SE_ERR_NOASSOC
            msg = "No association for file extension"
        Case ERROR_BAD_FORMAT
            msg = "Invalid EXE file or error in EXE image"
        Case Else
            msg = "Unknown error"
    End Select
'    MsgBox msg
End If
End Sub

usage: OpenNativeApp txtBox
OpenNativeApp "c:\folder\file.pdf"

will open it in acrobat
OpenNativeApp "c:\folder"
will open the folder

OpenNativeApp "www.google.com"
will open web browser.

[June7]

Can't copy/paste image into record or on form.

Either embed image into Attachment field (use its intrinsic navigation dialog to locate file) or save image path string into text field (use system FileDialog code to locate file). I normally do the latter. Then use Image control on form bound to field to display image.

[ranman256]

you can Paste image into a form IMAGE object.

(but you could fill up the db after a while)

[June7]

I tried pasting from clipboard into a bound and unbound Image control. Not successful.

Exactly how do you accomplish?