FDF toolkit and images

Hi, I'm using FDF toolkit to populate text in PDF form successfully. However my client wants to start dynamically including an image. This image (a 2D barcode) is being created via third party software dependent upon the other text fields on the PDF form. The output of this third party software is an image file (tiff, jpg, or bmp.)
The only way I could find to include an image from a file to a PDF Form was to include a button, icon only. I can set the icon image to a bitmap file as default; however, when I try to set it programmatically thru the FDF Toolkit using FDFSetAP, it throws an error.
Can someone show me a way to include an image dynamically thru the FDF Toolkit?
Thanks,
Dale

>I want to produce pdf v1.4 form files and am struggling tofind out how to make Designer save in this format.... should I not be using Designer ?
Absolutely, definitely not.
>I need pdf forms as version 1.4 because the form field reading software we are using won't support anything higher
Your form reading software won't understand the entirely new and
differrent Designer forms format.
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Advanced > PDF Optimizer to save back to PDF 1.4 format.
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Hi Folks,
I'm really sorry that I couldn't follow all the valuable discussions going on here, regularly. I need some immediate help.
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