seeing scans on a form or in a report

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sacredarms

I have a database that lists the drivers in a company. Up until now we have
kept the paper ie licence copies, registration copies etc in a metal file and
there is tons of paper. I would like to start scanning license, regestrations
and insurance cards so that when a driver is looked up I can see the
documents associated with the driver. Basically I want to go paperless. Any
help in getting started appreciated. How di i associate the files with the
driver?

Thanks
Joe
 
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Larry Linson

... database that lists the drivers...
Up until now we have kept the paper
ie licence copies, ... I would like to
start scanning license, regestrations
and insurance cards so that when a
driver is looked up I can see the
documents associated with the
driver.. . .. How di i associate the
files with the driver?
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The sample imaging databases at http://accdevel.tripod.com illustrate three
approaches to handling images in Access, and the download includes an
article discussing considerations in choosing an approach. Two of the
approaches do not use OLE Objects and, thus, avoid the database bloat, and
some other problems, associated with images in OLE Objects.

If you are printing the images in reports, to avoid memory leakage, you
should also see MVP Stephen Lebans' http://www.lebans.com/printfailures.htm.
PrintFailure.zip is an Access97 MDB containing a report that fails during
the Access formatting process prior to being spooled to the Printer Driver.
This MDB also contains code showing how to convert the contents of the Image
control to a Bitmap file prior to printing. This helps alleviate the "Out of
Memory" error that can popup when printing image intensive reports.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
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