Access 2003 ole object merge to Word 2003

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dworst@gaic.com - 18 Jul 2007 17:39 GMT

I have tried the steps outlined in the following link:
http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
30 2003)

but I must be doing something wrong because all I get is the X where
my image should show up.

Here is what I'm doing:

In Access I have a field with the image filename:

ex: Bryan.jpg
I have a copy of this .jpg in the following path c:/pics/

In my Word document, I did the following:

Insert - Field - Include Picture

I put the following path in the box: c:\\pics\\ "{bryan.jpg}"

Can someone help me out please....

Thanks,

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Peter Jamieson - 19 Jul 2007 09:30 GMT

After you have inserted the Include Picture field, use Alt-F9 to look at and
edit the "Underlying field code"

From what you say it probably looks like

{ INCLUDEPICTURE c:\\pics\\ "{bryan.jpg}" }

but it should probably look like

{ INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\pics\\ {bryan.jpg}" }

and you may find it useful to use

{ INCLUDEPICTURE "c:\\pics\\ {bryan.jpg}" \d }

You can edit everything except the {} in the usual way. Use ctrl-F9 to
insert fresh pairs of {} if you need them (*you shouldn't in this case). You
can use Alt-F9 to toggle back to "field results" mode and select the field
and press F9 to update the results. Make sure there are /no spaces/ at the
beginning and end of the image's pathname.

Peter Jamieson

>I have tried the steps outlined in the following link:
> http://homepage.swissonline.ch/cindymeister (last update Sep
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>
> Thanks,

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