Subject Re: Copy an image field from one table to another From Mervyn Bick <invalid@invalid.invalid> Date Sat, 17 Apr 2021 14:29:29 +0200 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 2021/04/17 05:44, roy price wrote: > Thanks Mervyn, > I managed to get a non-corrupted version reconstructed with your help, starting with a backup from a while ago, the subsequent backups also had the same problem. The file mostly worked, hiding the problem, it was only when I tried to copy it to another name that the failure occurred. It's good to hear that you've sorted the problem out.  It has highlighted the need for frequent backups.  The more recent the backup, the less work required to bring the restored table back to being current. If you have the original image files on your harddrive you should give serious consideration to adding a character field to your main table to hold the path and image file name for each image.  This doesn't have to completed in one sitting as your original setup will continue to work. Once you have the new field, instead of assigning the imagefield to the image control's datasource property with something like dataSource = form.query1.rowset.fields["image"] you would use the onNavigate event handler of your main table to assign the correct image to the image control as each record is selected. Something like function rowset_onNavigate(type, nRows)     this.parent.parent.image1.dataSource = "FILENAME "+this.fields['image_path'].value        return With the new field populated you will be able to delete your image files and never have to worry about one of them being corrupted in future. Mervyn.