Problem with OLE images from Access DB

[KRadtke]

There have been many posts on dynamically displaying images in a Crystal Report, but none of the replies have helped me with my problem... Hope somebody has the answer

Using: VB.Net 2003 with CrystalReports.Net 2003 and MS Access (XP) DB.

I have a table with images (have tried .bmp and .jpg) stored as OLE type.

My CR DB at design time is XML schema file which contains my image field as a base64binary type.

I've dragged this field onto report creating an IBlobField. At runtime the image is not displayed. I have tried multiple resolutions (72 - 300 dpi) and image sizes. Does the Blob field resize the image for you? When I insert the image statically from the .bmp or .jpg file at design time, it displays correctly.

On another note: Anyone know what the best resolution to use for inserting images into a CR. Often the images I've inserted have appeared distorted. I'm trying to add an electronic signature to the CR.

Thanks for any help I can get!

Kevin