References vs. Imbedding?

[Whit Porter]

Am I correct in assuming that - all other things being equal - solutions with images referenced rather than imported/imbedded general will perform better (i.e. faster?)

Also - I am developing this solution for someone who wants to use it as I progress. I give him a new version on a regular basis. The umbrella folder for images (mentioned in an earlier post) which resides on both mine and his computer - needs updating less frequently. What would be the simplest / most reliable relative path to the folder so that the images can be found on both computers? (Macs)

Many thanks in advance. FMForums rules!

[BrentHedden]

I've never seen any runtime performance differences with either embedding or referenced images. There might actually be, but I wouldn't have anything to back it up

One difference to note is when you start to get into CWP. Just the coding is different, but workable. I didn't know if you were even going to considered this as an option for your solution.

If you're exporting/importing the information frequently, then referenced pics are definately faster.

[Whit Porter]

Thanks for your reply.

Culd you write a little more about the CWP issues you mentioned. I'm not familiar at all with this.

Thanks again!