Why did the size of my database increase significantly more than the size of the object I added?

The amount of information that is used to represent an object is often greater than the size of the object itself. One way to work around this disproportion is to display an icon in the form or report that represents the object instead of the object itself. When you display an icon, the OLE server (the application used to create the object) sends only the information needed to display the icon. When you double-click the icon, the OLE server is launched with the data that the icon represents.

For information on displaying an object as an icon, click .