We are using a SQL Server database in which are are storing a Microsoft Word document as a type "image" (BLOB) field. What we need to do is now display the contents of the Microsoft Word document on a Crystal Report at runtime. We are using Visual Studio 2005.
Is it possible to read the Microsoft Word document out of the SQL Server "image" type field at runtime, and display it on the Crystal Report as an "OLE Object"? Since the contents of the Microsoft Word document can change at any time, this needs to be done at runtime so the most current information in the Microsoft Word document is displayed.
I have found a lot of posts and examples taking about "dynamic images at runtime", but I have not seen any indication that I can use the same methods to read the Microsoft Word document dynamically out of the database using these same methods.
Thank you for your help!