What I am doing should be easy - I must be missing something minor.

I'm creating a parts catalog. Each Item Number has it's own picture.

The pictures are stored on the C drive as bitmap files.

I create the report - create a group for each item number.

Then I insert picture - (any picture) - click format graphic - choose picture - select formula for graphic location.

Formula is:

"C:\GPInventoryPictures\{IV00101.ITEMNMBR}+.bmp"

Where IV00101.ITEMNMBR is the data element for each item number. When I click check and save - I get no errors found. However, when the report runs - I get the same (default picture) for every item number.

Any thoughts would be great.......

Fantastic - worked beautifully. I had tried the "totext" and the "trim" but I was using "+" instead of "&" - I am totally grateful.......