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Re: Container Fields

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> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Howard Schlossberg
> > FM Professional Solutions, Inc.    Los Angeles
>
> > FileMaker Certified Developer
> > Associate Member, FileMaker Business Alliance
>
> Thank you, Howard, for your quick response. However there is no server
> involved. It's simply FileMaker Pro v12 on 1 machine.
>
> A side-note, I often transfer the db for improvements using Timbuktu
> so I would need the images in the db (?)
>
> -
>
> no you wouldn't, just define a new folder that resides in the same place 
> as
> your FMP file. You can then define a relative path to this folder. And the
> remote container option also works when the folder is on the same 
> computer.
> You should look into this.
>
> Keep well, Ursus

Thank you, Ursus, but I'm not sure I understand your suggestion.

I did away with their 'Image' table & they are now working with only
the 'Materials' table. The folder created by 'store container data
externally' ... 'relative to' - Made a new folder : *Files* <- *Name
of database* <- *Material* <- *Container* seems to be working very
well.

Now what I would like to do is to compress (Stuffit) the database &
the Container & transfer it to my computer using Timbuktu. This would
be a task performed about every 2 weeks.

Thanks again.
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Storing images inside FMP will bloat the file. Because of that they now have 
created the option to store container data easily elsewhere. If you want to 
transfer the file with the images you will have to pack and send the image 
folder as well. Because you have referenced it relative it will work 
everywhere.

Keep well, Ursus 

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Container Fields Keith <francois7675@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 09:16 -0700
  Re: Container Fields Howard Schlossberg <howard@nospam.fmprosolutions.com> - 2012-06-16 09:53 -0700
    Re: Container Fields Keith <francois7675@gmail.com> - 2012-06-16 10:04 -0700
      Re: Container Fields "E. Appeldoorn" <ursus.kirk@ziggo.nl> - 2012-06-18 15:24 +0200
        Re: Container Fields geo6121 <geo6121@gmail.com> - 2012-06-19 20:02 -0700
          Re: Container Fields "E. Appeldoorn" <ursus.kirk@ziggo.nl> - 2012-06-20 09:54 +0200
            Re: Container Fields Keith <francois7675@gmail.com> - 2012-06-20 08:02 -0700

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