README.TXT for the BLOBTEST (OLETEST) Project
For VB4 16bit - Storing a File in/from an OLE OBJECT field
June 1996

The OLETEST.FRM file contains CopyOleFromFile() and
CopyOleToFile() functions.  Sample syntax is as follows:

  MsgBox CopyOleFromFile(txtName, Data1.Recordset("Blob")), , "Done"

  MsgBox CopyOleToFile(txtName, Data1.Recordset![Blob]), , "Done"

To use the functions, just pass in the name of the file you want
to write/read and the the Access 2.0 OLE OBJECT field.  The
functions do the rest.  No windows API required.

The app is something I put together to test the functions
I provide it as-is to help other folks that may have gotten
stuck like I did.

As far as I can tell, there is currently no documentation
illustrating the process of storing and retrieving a binary
file from an OLE OBJECT field.  However, MSKB article Q147727
was used helpful in putting these functions together.

Sincerely,
Frank Font