jpg displays in A2002 but not A97

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I'm developing a database to store images and information about those
images. I have two computers, one with A97 installed and one with A2002
installed. (In both cases it's actually Office Pro, and both systems
are running XP Pro SP2.) The two databases are acting differently in
displaying linked database images in forms, and I can't figure out why.

I have a field imaginatively named "image", data type OLE Object. Then
I have a form with a Bound Object Frame, attributes including

Name: image
Control Source: image
Display Type: Content
Update Options: Automatic
OLE Type Allowed: Linked
Visible: Yes
Display When: Always
Enabled: Yes
Back Style: Transparent

I can right-click -> Insert object, locate the image, make sure
"linked" is checked and "icon" is not checked, and insert the image. On
the A97 machine, this results in an icon display. Access 97 knows where
the image is, since if I double-click the icon, the correct image opens
in Windows Picture and Fax Viewer.

Now if I copy the database to the A2002 system, convert and open the
database, the icons still show. But if I then insert the images again
-- the very same images, not even copies but on a network drive -- then
Access 2002 displays the images rather than icons. This of course is
what I want.

Searching this newsgroup, I came across the issue of graphics filters
not being installed automatically and said ah-ha! Sounds like exactly
the issue! So I ran the installer, but the JPG filter (and PNG and GIF
even) were already installed. For good measure I uninstalled and
reinstalled all the graphics filters. No joy. Didn't help. Big
disappointment.

Now I hear you saying, well duh just use A2002. If I can't get A97 to
work, that's what I'll do. But there are reasons I'd rather be managing
this database on the A97 system (configuration, hardware, etc). And the
A2002 installation is an OEM bundle with the system it's on, so it
probably wouldn't install on the other and certainly isn't licensed to
do so.

Any ideas?

Edward

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