Blank images in Crystal reports

I'm trying to put image files from a sql server DB (gif format) in a report but they are blank in the report. Any ideas?

Hi
Are you using report wizard to generate the report,Try dragging the field from the Field explorer and placing it in the report.
See if that works........
Cheers
Rahul

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