[Yr7-10it] databases

[fiona bain]

thanks Diane

Did you see my post to Jenny, we got it to work by storing the images in
our clipart resources folder.  The pages are looking very good - furry
animals as criminals - just right for year 8 and 9's

thanks anyway
> Yes Fiona, my students and I had the same experience as Jenny - we tried
> .jpgs but only had luck with .bmps, which of course will increase the file
> size. I'm assuming it's because databases are products that may be printed
> so they need the better quality of a .bmp, as opposed to being displayed
> on
> the web with only 72dpi (but I may be totally off the right track!).
>
> Regards
> Diane Peat
> Firbank Grammar School
> BRIGHTON
> Phone  9591 5119
> dpeat at firbank.vic.edu.au
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au]On Behalf Of Jenny Antcliffe
> Sent: Thursday, 24 May 2007 12:39 PM
> To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Yr7-10it] databases
>
> Fiona yes Access does take images in a field but I could only get it
> working with an *******.bmp file. Image resizing then became the issue.
> So bmp files of the same dimensions is what I consider necessary for
> object linking.. cheers, Jenny
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au
> [mailto:yr7-10it-bounces at edulists.com.au] On Behalf Of fiona bain
> Sent: Wednesday, 23 May 2007 3:11 PM
> To: Year 7 - 10 Information Technology Teachers' Mailing List
> Subject: RE: [Yr7-10it] databases
>
> I am trying to create a database where one of the fields is an image.
> It
> looks as though it is working and linked correctly, however when I put
> it
> on the form it comes up with the filename.jpg - can anyone help me
>
>
> Thankyou so much
> --
> Fiona Bain, Balmoral High School
>
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Fiona Bain, Balmoral High School