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I have several record summary reports that my users pull up at different stages during a product. Most of the information presented is images related to a single project. What I want to set up is the ability for the users to change the size and location of the image fields without having them use layout mode. I saw a sample solution for something like this a long time ago, but I can't find it now. Anyone have suggestions? One option I'm considering is having a field in which users can choose the number of images they want visible on a particular page (1, 2, or 4), have all the options on the layout, and then hide the unused fields based on the user selection. That works for giving them a small selection of number of images on a page, but doesn't allow for moving images around. Any way to accomplish this?

I am currently unable to open the admin console. I've tried from a computer on the network and I have tried on the server itself via remote desktop. It times out every time. The IP address is correct. I did ipaddress:16000 for the network computer and 16001 on the server, both of which time out. We are also unable to send email via smtp. I've been working with the IT guy and we can't figure out what's blocking it. I don't know if that's related. I know FMS is running since we can connect to the file and can see other open files. Those other files *shouldn't* be open and I want to close them, and I need to change some other settings as well, but I can't get it! Any idea what might be causing the problem? I have checked, double checked and triple checked that I am using the correct IP address. I've tried different browsers and different computers. We've also checked that all the right ports are open. Nothing! Help? Suggestions on where to buy voodoo computer dolls?

I'm having trouble determining the best setup for this database. It has, at the core, figures and products. a figure being a particular toy, a product being that figure in its box or multiple figures in a box. So I've got a figures tables and a product table and a "product contents" or product/figure association table. That all works fine. Where I get stumped is when there's different "levels" of products. For instance, one of the products we're trying to track is a box that contains up to 24 smaller boxes with figures in them. This Super Product contains multiple other products, but is basically just a box. like actual physical 4-sides-and-a-bottom made of cardboard box. It doesn't have its own UPC or licensing information, but does go through the whole process of design and color testing and such. My question is, should I make a new table for these super products, or should i attach the box to the products themselves and have a field to relate the products to each other when/if they show up in the same box? Any opinions would be appreciated.

Is there a iOS/ipad simulator out there that i can use to test FM Go solutions? I have Xcode (the free version) but can't figure out how to run FMGo on it, let alone open my database. I almost never need to worry about ipads, so it's not worth the money for me to go out and buy an ipad. iphones aren't being used for this database at all, so i'm not worried about that. Suggestions?

I apologize for the newb question. My company has placed me in charge of updating our database in FM. I've mostly been learning FM as I go, but it's all gone remarkably well so far. I've now got a heavily modified version of RCC Recruiter up and running on FMS and users are currently only connecting through FMP11. Eventually we would like to set this up for web use, but it's not necessary at this point. The one thing that is really stumping me is the built in SuperContainer Lite. I have authorization to purchase Supercontainer (enterprise license) for our database, but I'm trying to figure out (1) if it's necessary and (2) how to make it work with our files. If I can use the builtin Supercontainer for RCC Recruiter for both current needs and potential web based needs - awesome. Otherwise I'll go to the full Supercontainer. I'm just trying to figure out how to make it work! The setup is that there are multiple files of various types (.doc, .docx, .txt, .pdf) that are associated with each record. Currently these files are stored in containers, and users can download them to their desktop and open them. Ideally, my users want to be able to view the contents of these files without having to download them to their own computer (they go through a LOT of files daily and the cleanup is annoying). Instead, I want to let them view file contents either through a web viewer or opening the file from a folder on our server, so that they never have the file on their computer. First off, is this something SuperContainer will allow me to do? Since these are not image files, can I view them directly in the web viewer? Or can I make it so users can open them from the folder on the server without having to download a copy?