Catalog Merge Question inserting images into publication

[Veli Izzet]

Hi all,

I want to insert .jpg images of items in a catalog merge publication.
The database the items are held are in access 2003.

The images are in a folder in the "slides" subdirectory of the current
folder.

The names of the images are in a field of the access database, such that
if the image is 123456.jpg, the ImageData field holds 123456.

The merge should look at the ImageData field, get the name add .jpg as a
suffix, and the path as a prefix, and fetch that image from the filesystem.

How do I get this doen by VB programming?

Thanks for any help.

 

[Ed Bennett]

How do I get this doen by VB programming?

You could use VB programming, but it'd probably be a long way around.

You can just create a new MakeTable query in your database, which takes the
ImageData field, adds slides\ at the front and .jpg at the back.

Use the query to create a new table and merge against the new table instead
of the old one.

 

[Veli Izzet]

Sorry Ed, but I am confused.

I do not want to print the location of the images. I want to print the
images themselves, and the images are not in the access db, but their
locations are.

How would I get the images from the filesystem onto the publication?

 

[Ed Bennett]

How would I get the images from the filesystem onto the publication?

Using the Catalog Merge in Publisher 2003, and the Insert as Picture button
instead as the Insert as Text button (sorry, I'm not sure what those buttons
are called in Turkish Publisher 2003)

 

[Veli Izzet]

I'm using the English version.

I will try..

Thanks..