SV: [V4MD, V.NET] Pictures again

[niklas wormann]

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> [mailto:valentina-bounces at lists.macserve.net]For Marcus Bointon
> Skickat: den 19 februari 2004 03:34
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> Amne: [V4MD, V.NET] Pictures again
>
>
> Not quite the same old question!
>
> I need to store pairs of images, one JPEG, one PNG in a Valentina DB.
> The database is being created using the Valentina .NET component, but read
> using V4MD. Because image data is written into blobs in the .NET app, it's
> just raw data. The thing that's concerning me is that it's vital that the
> PNGs are stored bit-perfect. JPEG seems to be less of a problem,
> other than
> lack of a picture type in v.net, which is what's forcing us to use blobs.
>
> It's more of a Director question really - am I safe setting
> member.image to
> a blob I've read from the DB and trust that Director will be able
> to handle
> the JPEG or PNG data correctly? If not, how should I go about it?
>
> Or should I reimport all images inside Director (which I'm trying
> to avoid)?

Hi!
you are probably aware of this, but you actually dont have to import the
pictures into director, what
i usually do is to keep them external, as separate files, and retrive them
by setting the filename
of member, by having one, or a couple depending on the need, castmember
linked to a dummy member.

the obvious drawback is that the files will be immediately "visible" in the
OS.

niklas woerman