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Container Field Clears

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Hi Guys

I have a FM solution which has been upgraded from version 5 - 7. In this solution I have always used container fields to store graphics which are referenced by other calculation fields.

When defining a new container field in version 7, when I quit FM it clears the content of the container field after i've added something - this is different!?

I've checked perferences to see if there is an option set to store the graphics locally (RAM) on may machine but can't find anything.

My DB is a mutiuser solution & at no point after adding the graphic, does it appear on other users layouts - has something changed or is it me?

Any Ideas?

It's you :

If the container fields are not globals, the contents belong to a record and the contents are somewhere in one of the records (but not the one you're examining).

If the file is hosted on a server, anything added to a global field will not be saved when the file is close by a client. Globals must be first set in normal FileMaker.

Is either of these the issue for you?

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Maybe it is me - it's a conspiracy :

...I have set it as a global field, but have been modifying the global contents from my laptop - which is a client of our server.

I was so impressed by Version 7 and the ability to define fields as an admin user, but it looks like it's just caught me out!!

I'll try adding the contents from the host.

Thanks

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