Hi Ryan,

if JPEG is the only format you want to store/display and you are
using native TIB_* components, then you could give TIB_JPEGImage
included in the IBOTST Extension Package a try.

A direct download link is available in the IBO Community section.
http://www.ibobjects.com/ibocommunity.html



HTH,
Thomas Steinmaurer
IB LogManager 2.1 - The Logging/Auditing Tool for InterBase and Firebird
http://www.iblogmanager.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ryan Nilsson-Harding <nilsson@...>
> [mailto:nilsson@...]
> Sent: Monday, January 06, 2003 11:23 AM
> To: IBObjects@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: [IBO] Blob-jpeg issues
>
>
> Hi there,
>
> I'm trying to have a jpg graphic field (blob) stored in my db. I've
> read through this and a couple of other newsgroups and I'm on my
> way, but have a coule of questions.
>
> I can save the jpg into my db using:
> tib_query.Params[0].LoadFromFile(filename);
>
> but I cannot display the image in a TImage component successfully.
> (I'm trying to display it in the AfterScroll event of the dataset)
>
> I understand I need to stream the blob data into the TImage, but
> their doesn't seem to be a
> TIB_Query.FieldByName('PIC').SaveToStream method,
> as I have seen suggested elsewhere.
>
> I know I can use
> TImage.Picture.SaveToFile, and then load this temp file into the
> TImage, but this seems excessive to me.
>
> I have a feeling I'm missing something small here, but I'm not too
> familiar with streams yet, and I'm kinda stuck without one!
>
> Is there a tib_query.FieldByName('PIC').SaveToStream method, or
> something similar?
>
> Rgds,
> -Ryan
>
>
>
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