Make a picture or object read-only

If a picture or object exists in a bound or unbound object frame on a form or report, you can prevent users from editing the picture or object in the OLE server application. To improve performance, you can also make the picture or object read-only by converting it to an image.

Prevent users from editing a bound or unbound object in the OLE server application

  1. Open the form or report in Design view.
  2. Click the object, and then click Properties on the Form Design or Report Design toolbar.
  3. Set the Locked property to Yes and the Enabled property to No.

Convert an unbound picture or object to a read-only image

  1. Open the form or  report in Design view.
  2. Click the object.
  3. On the Format menu, point to Change To, and then click Image.

    Microsoft Access converts the unbound object frame to an image control. The object remains on the form or report, but you can't open the application that was used to create the object (the OLE server application) from the form or report. If the object is a sound object, just the icon remains. If it's a video object, just the first frame of the video remains. You can't play the sound or video object.

Convert a bound picture or object to a read-only image

  1. Open the form in Form view.
  2. Click the object and then click Copy on the Form Design toolbar.
  3. On the Edit menu, click Paste Special.
  4. In the As list, click Picture, or one of the bitmap choices, depending on whether you want to create a metafile or a bitmap.
  5. Microsoft Access converts the object to an image. The bound object frame remains on the form, but you can't open the application that was used to create the object (the OLE server application) from the form. If the object is a sound object, just the icon remains. If it's a video object, just the first frame of the video remains. You can't play the sound or video object.

Note   When you make any changes to an object in a bound object frame, you're changing the object only for the current record. To make a change in a different record, move to that record and repeat the process.