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Re: Images & Container Fields

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Hou je goed / keep well,

Ursus
"Keith"  schreef in bericht 
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Hello,

I'd like some help with container fields.

MAC, LION, FMP ADVANCED V11.0v4

I have a friend who wants to categorize a toy collection.

She has taken about 100 digital pictures of this collection & has
transferred them into her MacBook Pro.

When in front of her machine, what I see is a screen showing these
pictures in IPhoto

My goal is to place each of these images in its own corresponding
record identified by an auto entered serial number which is already in
the record.

Eventually, I would like to make a catalog which potential buyers
could look through for a possible purchase.

I know absolutely nothing about digital cameras & even less about
IPhoto so I am in need of detailed help such as :

- Do I need a separate 'jpg document' for each image ?
- Should I make a separate table in her database to house the images ?
- Is there a way to get the Id "in" the photo title automatically such
as Foto#_ID#.jpg ?
- What is the best way to 'import' or 'paste' the individual images in
each record ?

It would be nice to offer any other suggestions you may think of.

Thanks very much for any help,

Francois
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create a table with the following fields

PhotoID (auto-entered id)
file name (text)
file path (text)
image (container)

goto browse and goto menu File > Import Records > Folder
click the button specify an dfind the folder that contains all the images
select  include all enclosed folders if you have multiple folders inside the 
parent folder
Select File Type > Picture and movie files
select Import only reference (smaller filemaker file, but you need the 
images to be in place all te time) unselect it will import image files into 
filemaker.
click continue
wait until next window appears (import Field Mapping)
goto the field Arrange by and select Field Names
Now click import
Filemaker now imports all images
where the file name gets to bi in the field with that name

happy filemaking, Ursus

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Images & Container Fields Keith <francois7675@gmail.com> - 2012-03-03 05:16 -0800
  Re: Images & Container Fields <Ursus> - 2012-03-03 21:59 +0100
    Re: Images & Container Fields Bill <bbcollins@earthlink.net> - 2012-03-03 21:30 -0500
      Re: Images & Container Fields Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2012-03-04 05:43 +0000
  Re: Images & Container Fields HelpfulHarry@BusyWorking.com (Helpful Harry) - 2012-03-04 10:04 +1300
  Re: Images & Container Fields Keith <francois7675@gmail.com> - 2012-03-03 20:48 -0800
    Re: Images & Container Fields Martin Τrautmann <t-usenet@gmx.net> - 2012-03-04 05:52 +0000
  Re: Images & Container Fields Keith <francois7675@gmail.com> - 2012-03-04 11:11 -0800

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