lounsbud Posted January 24, 2001 Share Posted January 24, 2001 I have never used a conatiner field in my life but now I believe I have a great use for one but am not sure how to proceed. I am constructing a database for a student who will be running a local beauty contest. What we need is a field in the DB where we can store a link (or something) to a file (Word, PDF, or whatever). I assume that a container field would work in much the same way a picture would but am not sure. Any suggestions or tips? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 Containers can hold pictures, sounds or movies, but not documents. For this you need a text field that will store the path to the document. Then you can use either AppleScript or WinBatch to launch the file when it's needed. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lounsbud Posted January 25, 2001 Author Share Posted January 25, 2001 Chuck, Thanks for the reply. Again with the scripts...I really need to learn scripting. I have been wanting to and seeing as how the 2 problems I have posted in this forum can both be solved with scripts, now is a great time to learn. Thanks again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Knippel Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 quote: Originally posted by Chuck: Containers can hold pictures, sounds or movies, but not documents. Sorry Chuck, a container will hold either an actual file, or a reference to a file. Pictures, movies and sounds are all examples of files. You can also store documents, such as Excel spreadsheets or Word documents. ------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kurt Knippel Consultant Database Resources mailto:[email protected] http://www.database-resources.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lounsbud Posted January 25, 2001 Author Share Posted January 25, 2001 kurt, How would I go about linking to a document then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Knippel Posted January 25, 2001 Share Posted January 25, 2001 quote: Originally posted by lounsbud: kurt, How would I go about linking to a document then? I usually just drag and drop. However it should be noted that this is only possible on Windows, due to the way MS has implemented OLE on the platform. Mac is as Chuck said, only picture, sound and quicktime. ------------------ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Kurt Knippel Consultant Database Resources mailto:[email protected] http://www.database-resources.com =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuck Posted January 26, 2001 Share Posted January 26, 2001 Thanks Kurt. I wasn't aware of that, probably because I do most of my development on the Mac (can you tell?). That's good to know for future reference. I hadn't ever heard of that. Chuck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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