Microsoft KB Archive/114550

= ACC: Device Independent Bitmap in Paste Special Dialog Twice =

Article ID: 114550

Article Last Modified on 1/18/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q114550



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SYMPTOMS
The Paste Special dialog box displays the following two choices for Device Independent Bitmap (DIB)

  Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) Device Independent Bitmap

when you click Paste Special on the Edit menu after copying a picture to the Clipboard. These two choices are actually the same.



CAUSE
When you copy a Picture object to the Clipboard, Microsoft Access places Picture (Device Independent Bitmap) on the Clipboard, and then OLE code also places a Picture object on the Clipboard. Note that using the Paste Special command in other applications, such as Microsoft Excel or Microsoft Word for Windows, may give similar results or additional combinations of the object.



RESOLUTION
Either of the two choices results in the same action. No extra memory is used to store extra objects--all the items in the list point to the same object.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access 2.0, 7.0, and 97.



Steps to Reproduce Problem

 * 1) Open a new form in Design view.
 * 2) On the Insert menu, click Object (in Microsoft Access 2.0, click Insert Object on the Edit menu.)
 * 3) Click the Create From File button.
 * 4) Click the Browse button.
 * 5) Select any .bmp file from the Windows folder, and then click Open (in Microsoft Access 2.0, click OK.)
 * 6) Click OK to close the Insert Object dialog box.
 * 7) In Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97, click Bitmap Image Object on the Edit menu and then click Convert. Select Picture and click OK.

In Microsoft Access 2.0, click Paintbrush Picture Object on the Edit menu, and then click Change To Picture.
 * 1) On the Edit menu, click Copy.
 * 2) On the Edit menu, click Paste Special. Note the first two choices in the As box.

