Opening documents stored in container fields

[voxelman]

I've built a bug tracking system using FM7. It runs on Windows XP and uses a server to host one copy of FM7 to host 3 programmers, a tester (me) and one other user. This morning one of the programmers asked me to add an attachment field so that he can drop Word .doc files containing images (screen shots) and text into the database. That part is working fine except the time to insert the images is too long. What I want to do is allow the user to double click on the object (or press a button) and have the object open in the appropriate application. Can anyone point me towards an example of how this can be done?

[transpower]

Insert Object, Create from file, link. Double click and the program (like Word) will launch with that document.

[medmonds]

I have the same question... but your suggestion doesnt work. I have container fields into which I've put pdf files. When I double click them, nothing happens. The wierd thing is that when I first set these up they worked on three different records. Then the linked files stopped opening on the second and third record. Now they don't do anything on any of the records and I have a several more records with linked PDFs. What gives?

[medmonds]

One more thing. The database was created on a Mac using FP7. The filemaker files are on a NT server volume and the PDF files are in a directory nested one level beneath the FM files.