Disappearing Images & date formatting in a portal

[Steven Cappiello]

Could someone tell me why when I edit a layout that is hosted by FMServer7,

by inserting a .png file to the layout.. that the file is not saved to the layout ?

When another user opens the layout, they get a "the file "..." can not be found" message

where the image should be.

Also, could someone tell me why the date formatting on a related date field in

a portal doesn't seem to respond to Format-date commands ?

(in a date field in a portal, I'm trying to set the date to leave off the year, and it's just

not working.. the year still shows up)

[Steven Cappiello]

before anyone asks...

I inserted the image by choosing Insert-Picture, not by pasting it in.

[transpower]

1. Check the file paths for the Insert Picture command.

2. Check that the date is of type date and not number or text.

[Steven Cappiello]

File paths ? I'm in layout mode and am choosing Insert-Picture onto my layout.

What does the path have to do with it ?

The layout graphics will remain if I take the file off of the server and add them to the layout that way,

but they're NOT in global fields. Shouldn't they be conserved if they're physically added to a layout by someone that has rights to edit the layout ?

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as for the 2nd tip !! ah.. not a number field, but I was using a time stamp.. and

kinda hoping that Filemaker would let me view it as a date and format it as a date.

(it was displaying as a date, by the way, without the time, maybe just because the field was small)

thanks

[transpower]

1. The file path would matter if you're linking, rather than actually inserting...but that's not what you're doing--you're inserting directly. Try it the other way, just for the deuce of it, and see if that works; i.e., checkmark the "Store only as a reference to the file."

2. Solved.

[Steven Cappiello]

Ag.. thanks :-) I didn't even realize that you *could* store a ref. to the file when adding to a layout.. i thought that was reserved for inserting files into containers..