Converting an OLE Image Object from MS Access for use in .NET

Question

I\'m working on redeveloping an Access based system into c#.net, however when MS went from office 2003 to office 2007 they removed the picture editor within access - which m

Answer 1

Trying to retrieve an MS-access OLE image field from .NET is way more headache than it is worth. There is some good discussion and info about this topic in this post.

Ultimately, your best, and easiest, solution to be successful with this is to use your working viewing method to save these images as separate files, then import those files into the database as BLOB fields, rather than image fields. Then you can easily read them into .NET.