Ms access image data type
- how to store images in access
- how to store images in access database
- how to insert images in access
- how to insert image in access database form
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How to display images from a folder in a form, a report, or a data access page
- Article
- Applies to:
- Access 2010, Microsoft Office Access 2007, Microsoft Office Access 2003
Original KB number: 285820
Note
Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.
This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb/.accdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).
Summary
Sometimes, it's not practical to store images in a Microsoft Access table. If you have many images, or if each of your image files is large, the size of the Microsoft Access database file can quickly increase.
This article demonstrates a custom function that you can use to:
- Store file paths and names of images in a table.
- Display images by using an image control.
- Hide the image control if no image is available.
- Provide feedback on the display status of the image.
This article also contains sample Visual Basic script that you can use to display the images in a data access page.
Note
Although this example use bitmap images (.bmp), you can also use other image types, s
- how to insert image in access database table
- how to insert image in access form