Disappearing global container field content

[Rich S]

This is weird: I have three .png's I want stored in a global container field, so I created the field--set for three repetitions--and inserted a .png in each "slot" using Insert Picture (when I right-click on the field.) They insert fine and referenced calculations associated with the field work as they should while I'm connected to the file. (It's hosted on virtualized FM server.) However, after I exit the file and re-enter it, the images are missing from the container field as well as from the referenced calculation fields.

As a troubleshooting step, I created three separately-named global container fields and inserted the appropriate image in each. Same thing: leave/exit the file and the images disappear.

Because it's a global field, I can't store the images externally. Would could be causing a container storage problem like this? I'm using FMP 19.3.22.206 and FileMaker Server 19.3.1.4.7

[comment]

This is the expected behavior of global fields in a hosted solution. At the beginning of each session, the global fields are initialized to the values they held the last time the file was opened locally.

 

[Rich S]

I created a workaround--I created a new table, loaded each image into its own record in the new table, then used the caption name field in each table to tie the tables together.

Edited July 28, 2021 by WF7A

[comment]

Sounds more like a proper solution than a workaround. But that is just a conjecture, since you did not tell us what is the purpose of this exercise.