Picture in Database

[adityaverma]

Hi,

I am sytuggling to instert a picture in FM database. As a part of the database I am developing, I want user to choose picture file and it should reside in FM Database.

Any help...

Thanks in advance

Aditya

[RussBaker]

You need to place the picture in a container field. Once you've created the container field, you use the Insert-Picture menu in Filemaker or you can create a script to do the same with:

Go To [Your Container Field]

Insert Picture

You have the option of pre-selecting the file or (in your case) the user selects the picture.

[Mike D.]

Are you sure that you want the picture actually stored in your database and instead of referencing to the location of the picture? Since FileMaker has a file size limitation of 2GB, if you insert a lot of pictures the file size will quickly grow.

HTH, Mike

[adityaverma]

Hi,

Thanks for the reply, actually I do not see that my database will cross 2GB limit, however I am interested to know how can I use reference instead of inserting the database. Just to let you know that I would be using FM Pro server and my users will be accessing the system from different locations.

Thanks

Aditya