1 Thumbnail view area of multiple container files

[graceline]

Looking for a solution / way ( scripts probably) to have 10 buttons related directly to 10 container fields in a table.

When each button is pushed, the file content in each container containing movie (.mov) and (AVI) files

will be displayed in one single disply area on the screen.

So I have one viewing area (a temp container)

that will show content of each of the other 10 container files when the relative button is pushed.

Much like the function you would see in XP explorer mode... that is by clicking on a file you can view a thumbnail (picture) of the content of the file highlighted. Only one view box that can show contents of mulitple files.. How do you do that using Filemaker 7 container files???

[Fenton]

One way of doing this, a relational method, is to have just 1 container field in another table, each in its own record, linked to the parent table via the parent ID AND a "serialize by category" number: 1, 2, 3, etc., starting over for each parent ID group.

I don't know exactly how you'd do data entry. A portal of 10 container rows with "allow creation of related records" would be awkward. A scripted "New" image button to create the portal record, shown sorted descending by date-time, would be more convenient.

Then, in the parent table you'd have a global field, in which you'd enter 1, or 2, etc. (or "next, previous"). A relationship to the container table would be on the parent ID AND the global, producing, for a parent ID of 100: 100 AND 1, 100 AND 2.

To set up the serialize by category lookup technique, go to: http://www.databasepros.com and search the tips section for the "Serialize by Category" file (duh). It can alternatively be done to existing records via a Loop.

This is faster and cleaner IMHO than swapping a global or dummy field with other containers. I could have sworn I did an example file of this, but I can't find it; it's probably buried in some larger file.