Converting Text into an image

[Gin_bee]

Hello.

Need a bit of help. In SQL 2000 I have a text field within a table and I want to copy in into a new table, but as an Image. I know that an Explicit conversion isn't allowed but I was wondering if any of you know if it is possible to somehow change it.

Any input or suggestions would be great.

Thanks in advance.

[Negative0]

You could write a program that takes the text, prints it to a picturebox. You could then save the picturebox as an image file and upload it to the database.

Hope this helps,

[MOHH]

if you use Negative0's suggest, which is good, you can use the .appendChunk and .getChunk menthods along with a BLOB field. for a good example on how to implement the process of adding and retireve binary data from a database, please read Beacon's nice tutorial on the subject which is located at the top of the database forum!

good luck
Regan

[Gin_bee]

Thanks!!!