Re: MS Access 2003 does not work properly with JPGs, Office XP did

Thanks - this is a good write up of the flaw in 2003 that still hasn't bee
addressed. My concern is that MS has removed functionality that was
previously in Access to handle pictures. A database that doesn't support
pictures is about as useful as a non-relational database. Might as well use
Excel. Relying on a third party tool or other "workarounds" seems
rediculous. Why doesn't MS just fix the issue? OH yeah, now I remember -
they have 99% of their engineers working on prettier mac- like interfaces
instead of fixing bugs/flaws/weaknesses of their programs. I'm sure if MAC
released a database that natively supported pictures in reports, MS would
wake the engineers and have them resolve it ASAP.

"RobFMS" wrote:

> Jim
>
> I had this newsgroup marked but I cannot find it now. I apologize to the
> individual that deserves credit for this information. If I discover the
> post/person, I will post additional information.
>
> Ammara (Digital Image Solutions)
> http://www.ammara.com/
>
> Pictures in Access Forms & Reports - OLE Object Photo & Image Problems &
> Solutions
> http://www.ammara.com/articles/accesspictureole.html
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> http://www.fmsinc.com/consulting
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> "jim" <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:B2B211EA-72BD-474A-B4CB-859E16C50055@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Even though Access XP could handle JPGs - the dominant form of pictures,
> > Office 2003 with all the standard patches/service packs STILL doesn't!!!
> >
> > To get jpgs to show up properly in reports, you must have a copy of Office
> > XP and install photo editor!!!! I have no idea how people without an
> > OLDER
> > copy of Office work with Access and pictures or if they just use a better
> > database than Access 2003.
> >
> > Considering how much pictures are part of any good inventory program, I
> > have
> > no idea what MS was thinking or not thinking about when they threw out
> > Access
> > 2003.
> >
> > Furthermore Access needs to work on all the white space when developing a
> > database with pictures. A database with a hundred SMALL jpg files becomes
> > absurdly large.
> >
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