image database reference file from windows to mac

[mallikai]

filemaker server 5.5 on linux

windows 98, windows nt, windows xp, mac ox x fmpro 5.5 clients

all photos jpeg

I've been using the troi file plug-in to create an image database whereby i have imported over 4,000 photos from the linux server using windows xp fmpro 5.5 as client. Thus, I have the pathnames to all the image files saved in a field and the images are saved as a reference in a container.

However, now I need to make the MAC see the images as well. For the longest time I couldn't even figure out how to insert images from the linux server to mac but with the help of a posting on the applescript forum I was able to figure that out.

Is there a way to create a second container field and somehow use the windows path1 and container1 fields to make the mac pull up the same image in the same record in the container2, path2 fields?

the path field on windows looks like

servernamedocsimagesclientclientdateclientimage1.JPG

thanks