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  dropdownlist with file selection Thibaud Taudin Chabot <tchabot@hccnet.nl> - 2013-09-10 22:18 +0200
    Re: dropdownlist with file selection clkaufmann@clk.ch (Christoph Kaufmann) - 2013-09-11 08:20 +0200
      Re: dropdownlist with file selection Thibaud Taudin Chabot <tchabot@hccnet.nl> - 2013-09-11 10:26 +0200
        Re: dropdownlist with file selection fmprosolutions@gmail.com - 2013-09-11 09:55 -0700
    Re: dropdownlist with file selection Bizouman <bizouman@gmail.com> - 2013-09-12 14:20 -0700

#1359 — dropdownlist with file selection

I have a field in which I want to fill in the filename of a picture. So 
I defined the field as a dropdownfield. But how can I get the filelist 
of the folder /pictures in this list to make a choice from to be filled in.
Thibaud

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#1361

Thibaud Taudin Chabot <tchabot@hccnet.nl> wrote:

> I have a field in which I want to fill in the filename of a picture. So
> I defined the field as a dropdownfield. But how can I get the filelist
> of the folder /pictures in this list to make a choice from to be filled in.

Depending on your Filemaker version, you might want to try a different
approach. With Filemaker 12, you could drag the image file from the
windows explorer to the container field.

If I had to accomplish the dropdown exactly as you describe it, I'd use
a magic value list ans the MBS plug-in to read out the folder:

http://www.filemakerhacks.com/?p=5412

http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/

-- 
Christoph Kaufmann
http://clk.ch

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#1362

Op 11-9-2013 8:20, Christoph Kaufmann schreef:
> Thibaud Taudin Chabot <tchabot@hccnet.nl> wrote:
>
>> I have a field in which I want to fill in the filename of a picture. So
>> I defined the field as a dropdownfield. But how can I get the filelist
>> of the folder /pictures in this list to make a choice from to be filled in.
>
> Depending on your Filemaker version, you might want to try a different
> approach. With Filemaker 12, you could drag the image file from the
> windows explorer to the container field.
>
> If I had to accomplish the dropdown exactly as you describe it, I'd use
> a magic value list ans the MBS plug-in to read out the folder:
>
> http://www.filemakerhacks.com/?p=5412
>
> http://www.monkeybreadsoftware.de/filemaker/
>
I am using FM11PRO.
the filemakerhacks link is referring to FM12
the monkeybreadsoftware looks great but will cost me EUR 99, which is 
quite a lot for using just 1 functionality of it.
Hope that that there are other possibilities. It is a functionality that 
is not thought of by the makers of FM.

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#1364

On Wednesday, September 11, 2013 1:26:01 AM UTC-7, Thibaud Taudin Chabot wrote:
> the monkeybreadsoftware looks great but will cost me EUR 99, which is 
> quite a lot for using just 1 functionality of it.
>
> Hope that that there are other possibilities.

If I am understanding correctly, you are wanting the user to point to a folder and showing the files in that folder? Or having them point to a specific file there?

If that's correct, you can use a free plugin for either of those cases: http://www.goya.com.au/baseelements/plugin

If it is strictly the latter case (to point to a specific file), you can set up a global container field and use the Insert File script step to let the user find/select the file they want, get the file path/name by using GetAsText( table::containerField ), and then clear the container now that you have the path.

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#1366

I'm using a free plugin call MooPlug
http://mooplug.com/docs/functions

for many years it serve me well, maybe the fonction "folderlist" can do what you need.

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