Automatic "Store only a reference to the file"?

[miszczykr]

Dear users,

I am sorry if this subject was explained already, but I could not find anything. I have a database with users working over the network (both mac and pc), win2000 and FM servers. Each record contains at least one picture and they are stored on a server as a reference to a picture.

Problem: I have a headache asking users to mark "Store only a reference to the file" while attaching pictures. But they keep forgeting. Is there any way to automatically mark that feature? Or is there at least a possibilty to detect whether a picture was attached as reference or not?

All I want to do is to disable users attaching pictures directly into the FM database. Thank you for your suggestions.

[SteveB]

I don't know how it would work in a server environment, but the Troi File plugin does just want you want, so you could eliminate the FM screen that asks the 'Store..'

[miszczykr]

Thank you, I am working on it right now. On a single machine there is no problem with that.