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BarTender offers a variety of ways to import an image into your template or data entry form. The option that is best for you may vary based on the location of your picture, the size of your image, and whether the image may be dynamic based on data in a database. Using the Picture Source option on the Picture property page, you can specify the method that BarTender will use to import your image. Embedding images is typically the easiest method to use; however, as mentioned before, one of the other options may better suit your needs.

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• Embedded Picture

  Embedded pictures become a permanent part of a document, so even if the original picture file is moved, deleted, or renamed, the picture on the template or data entry form remains the same.

• External Picture File

  With external picture files, BarTender stores only the path and name of the picture file, not the actual picture. When you print a document, BarTender automatically updates the open copy with the picture that is stored at the specified location. If the picture files frequently change, linking to an external picture file can be a time-saving alternative to embedding pictures.

• Other Picture Sources

  While embedding pictures and linking to an external picture file are the more common methods for importing a picture into your template or data entry form, BarTender supports several additional methods. For templates, you can additionally capture an image at print-time using a control on the data entry form, link to a binary formatted image file in a database, and embed Base64 encoded images into the template. On the data entry form, you can import a preview of the template as an image.

• Using the Paste Command to Import Bitmaps from Other Programs

  The Paste command can also be used to place bitmaps created in other Windows programs into a template or data entry form

Related Topics

• Supported Image Formats