I'm importing jpg images from various stock photo CD's, I have a Photographer field that should list the stock house & CD name:

Photographer: Getty Images/Outdoor Adventure

How do I specify to auto fill this info with each CD import? Each CD will have a different stock house & CD name.

I've researched metadata import but this goes beyond my skill level and only the stock house info (not the CD name) is listed in the jpg metadata

Off the top of my head, I'd have a global field for the incoming StockHouse that I would put on my "Import From CD" layout. Then, I'd define my Image::Stock House CD field to use the global field as its default, preserving pre-existing values. Then, I'd have a button on the layout that imported the selected images into the database as new records. As new records are added, they'll get the information in the global field.

HTH,

David

You could also use the "Replace Field Contents", "Replace with calculated result" script step and leave the field as a straight text.