[AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports

Hi John

I agree with your sentiments about Word and converting it to an Access
report

I have to ask-Are these embedded objects you are trying to display? (IE
BLOBs or OLE objects?)

If so - try and steer clear of that and just store the path to the image in
a table somewhere (Text 255 char) and then retrieve that value and pass it
to the DOT picture property of an ImageControl

EG assume path = "C:\Images\Corporate\ourlgo.jpg"
Assume form with an image control called "imgLogoDisplay"
Code would be something like Me.imgLogoDisplay.picture =
"C:\Images\Corporate\Ourlogo"

I've not issues with this - Using a combination of BMP and JPG (and others)
files for years - the biggest issue is getting the Zoom, Clip etc options
right at design time.
 
DD
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Clark
Sent: Wednesday, 28 April 2010 12:52 AM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Weird problem - ugly logo in reports

I've got something to run by y'all, which seems even too strange to
ask...but, I've been looking into it for a bit now, and I'm not getting
anywhere.
 
I recently inherited a program, which is used by a fellow county, to keep
track of something we do. The user department prints some reports, and one
of the items they need to print is a certificate. What this does currently
is open MS Word and print the cert, but it doesn't seem to be connected in
any way and just basically opens the last cert in Word, and they retype the
pertinent data, which is just about 4 things (i.e. Name, SSN, Address, and
maybe one or two more things). 
 
OK, here's the thing...obviously...to me anyhow...it doesn't seem very
"proper" to open up Word and have to type out anything...the data should
just "happen" automagically. So, I wanted to setup the document to be a
merge (I think). But, after gaining advice from many of you people, I don't
think that is worthy of "plan A" either, because this seems to be version
specific and I don't want to worry about that...believe me, in this place,
people don't plan things out and it WILL be a problem in the future.
 
So, I decided to go about this the same way I did w/my last program. Again,
guided by several on this list, I recreated the form I needed, w/in Access,
and just did it as an Access report. Everything brought together at run-time
and all self contained.
 
But, here is why I am asking for input...
 
This form has our letterhead w/in it...just a logo and address, pretty much.
No problem, I'll just add it to the report's design. But, it looks terrible!
The same seal that I have in word, looks awful in Access. I tried many
different versions of our county seal, and they all look terrible in an
Access report.
 
Does anyone have any insight on why exactly this is the case?
 
BTW, it is 2007 that I am using for this.
 
Thanks for any enlightenment!
 
J Clark
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