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    How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

    I have a table names "pictures" and another table named "event" I then made a set from both of them named "picture event" in the picture table there is a bmp with a crn number assigned such as 36925814, now in my set I want to reference the picture or pictures and when viewed I will see all the information and the pictures assigned to the crn number, yes the table event also has a field name crn with the same number 36925814, the set has one to many, can someone help me please thank you
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    Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

    Given the lack of punctuation I'm going to hazard a guess that a form based on a set will suffice. Your set should be constructed with the parent table (event) and the child table (pictures) linked one to many on crn.

    If you view the default form for this set you should see the parent table fields on the form and a browse of the child table. You should be able to view the pictures linked to the current parent record in the browse rows.
    There can be only one.

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      Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

      Ok Stan, I know my punctuation is not good, nor is my spelling, the way you responde is how I have it set up, in the picture table i have a field named person, TYPE bitmap, when I click my form for the set in the forms tab, all I get is the empty box with the name person in it no picture, now please Stan bare with me I am trying to understand this and I am having trouble comprehinding the conset please help me a little more thanks

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        Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

        Ok Stan I see where I can load the picture myself manualy, what do I put on the set form so the crn that I type in will give me all the pictures I want without me having to put it in there manualy, again I am sorry that I am dumb on this, I am just trying to have a table with just pictures with the crn assoiated with them and have them appear in my form

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          Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

          A form is a means of viewing the records in a table or set. While it is convenient to think of a set "record" as one parent and all the linked child records, Alpha actually constructs a set "composite" record for each parent child match.

          What this means is that you can place a browse on a form based on a set and see all linked child records. If you move the child table fields to the form itself you can only view the child fields for the current composite record. Take a look at the default browse for your set. Notice that you will see the same parent fields shown for each linked child. If the first parent has three linked children you will see the parent record values three times.

          Not sure what you mean by "I can load the picture myself manually". If you place a browse on the form and only include the picture field from the child table and size the rows tall enough, you should be able to see the pictures.
          There can be only one.

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            Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

            Thank you Stan I got what I needed, can you tell me how to view these pictures side by side instead of underneath each other

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              Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

              Again thanks Stan, I now made a report with these pictures in order for me to view these pictures so only the pictures with the same CRN I had to do a sub-report, I get only the pictures that belong to one CRN number but it is showing the pictures verticaly, I need them to print horz. side by side can you tell me how to do this thanks

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                Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

                Nope, that the way a parent-child relationship works in Alpha.
                There can be only one.

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                  Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

                  Is there another way of doing this without the parent-child relationship or anyway you think I should do it, Stan you sound like your mad with me is there something I did or said wrong?

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                    Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

                    I just don't waste a lot of words.

                    If you must have your pictures shown horizontally then you must have multiple pictures in the same record. You could create a table solely for the purpose of the report. Pre-processing for the report would create a record for each parent and then copy the pictures from the child table to the related parent record. You would need as many picture fields in the report table as there will be child records to copy from. After the report is printed the report table would be emptied for the next use.
                    There can be only one.

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                      Re: How to make my picuturs appear when I need them

                      Someone messaged me with a suggestion that columns in the detail section might allow you to display some pictures horizontally.

                      Group break on parent record identifier, only parent fields in the group header, child records in the detail section, report columns set for the detail section ......

                      Should work but might be awkward if the picture sizes are not consistent.

                      hor pict.zip
                      Last edited by Stan Mathews; 04-18-2012, 12:25 PM.
                      There can be only one.

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