Special Edition Using Access 97, Second Edition

Using the Image Control

Versions of Access prior to Access 95 required use of object frames to contain bitmapped images. Access 95 and 97 add the image control—similar to the image control of Visual Basic 4.0—to display bitmap (.bmp), device-independent bitmap (.dib), and Windows Metafile Format (.wmf) or enhanced metafile (.emf) vector images in forms and reports. To substitute the image control for the unbound object frame of your Personnel Actions Entry form, follow these steps:

1.	Open frmPersonnelActions in Design view and select the logo. Press Delete to delete the unbound object frame from the form.
2.	Click the Image button of the toolbox ...