Dynamically change an image at runtime in Crystal Report

Hello,
I am using crystal report included in VS 2005 and want to display an image at runtime. I have tried using Picture control and OLE Object of crystal report, but did not get any success. I have googled for this and most of them are saying Right Click on Picture
control->Format Object->Select Picture Tab->Click on X2 next to Graphic Location. But I do not found any Graphic location field in picture tab. Pl see the attached screen shot.
Can anyone guide me how to load an image at runtime in crystal reports?
I am using CrystalReport11 and VS2005. It's a VC++/MFC project.

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Tim

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