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I got it. Changed the button properties of the photo to "Run Applescript" and inserted the following: tell application "FileMaker Pro" set filePath to cell "Picture" of current record set filePath to filePath as string end tell tell application "Preview" activate open file filePath end tell

This doesn't appear to do anything but highlight the photo. Also, please note that these are imported in batch as photos (reference only), not as files.

Whoops, thanks, figured that out. So in layout mode, I select the picture box, then from the "format" menu on the top, I select "button setup"... By default it is set to "do nothing".. I can't find the appropriate command to simply open the file... I know that if I select "Export field contents" it will give me a dialogue box that allows me to choose where to export it, and a checkbox to open after saving... that check box is really what I'm after without having to make a duplicate copy of the file. But I don't see a command that says "Open field contents"

I think I got this for the most part, but for some reason there's a dotted line running horizontally across the page about 756px from the top, and if my photo box extends below that, it gets cut off and put into a new record. I can't seem to delete, move, or identify this dotted line. I'm on a mac, do I need to use applescript? I would love it if double-clicking the container field opened the referenced image in it's default location, that's what I'm trying to accomplish but it doesn't do that.

I've got a simple database with 6 meta-data fields and one photo field that is referencing photos on the hard drive via the import feature. I would love to be able to do two things. #1, auto-size the photo box based on the orientation of the picture (ie, if I have a 640x480 picture box and a given record contains a portrait oriented photo rather than a landscape one, it should size the box accordingly and move it flush left so that there isn't blank space on both sides. #2, (and maybe this isn't the best way to do this so I'm open to suggestions), Can I add a link to the photo so that it will open the photo in iphoto? Essentially the reason for this is to zoom in on it and examine it closely. I apologize in advance if these are answers easily found through a search, I searched for a bit but couldn't find them and I'm in a bit of a rush. Thanks very much.