Short story:
I have an access database with a table that has an OLE Object field that
contains bitmap images. In VB6 i have that table field bound to an OLE
Container Control. This displays and activates paint to edit it just fine.
Now i want to save the objects to files. when using the SaveToFile method
it creates the file, but paint won't open it and says its not a valid bitmap
file. Trying to drop the file into word gives the same paint message then
says it was created in 'package', 'this application is not available to open
this object...'. I have also tried SaveToOle1File, which is slower and
creates a different file, but it still gives the same errors with paint and
word. the vs6 ole tools don't seem to tell me anything useful, but i have
never done much with ole besides getting the bitmaps into this database.
any other ideas on how to get the contents out to a file??

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