aquire pictures?

[longbuxu]

I'm a newbie...

Pls help me how to:

I have 2 or more container fields for photo storage. So how to:

1. Make a script to aquire image from digital cam and put captures images into these fields one after another, automatically?

or

2. Make a "file browser" field next to these fields, and drag-and-drop images from the browser into the fields?

3. How to sync EXIF info of original photos into File Maker fields, and edit these infos directly in File Maker?

4. Actually, I'm making a Medical Record database. Many patients will come back for follow up visits. So physicians need to exam and enter patient's infos just like the first time examination. How to "link" these infos from the very 1st time to the very last visit ?

Thanks a lot.

Nam.

[dkemme]

1- Plugins exists for acquire images, I think. Search either this board or Filemaker's website.

2- Not aware of any way to drag and drop images.

3-Create two tables, one named Patient with a unique identifier, PatientID, and the patient info... and antoher named Visit with the info for that visit. Make a new Visit record for each visit and link the two with the PatientID.

[transpower]

You could import an image file into a container field using a script. You could also loop through the files and import them into a series of container fields.

[Reed]

You could also set up one mac in your system and use that to get the images directly from the camera. This is one of the features only found in the mac version.