I'm currently creating a database to keep track of all ongoing projects.

I was wondering if it was possible to create a field to store links to all files related to a certain project. Example: I'd like to keep track of all the word and powerpoint documents, in order to do so I could store a link pointing to each of the files to easily launch them directly from filemaker. Like an alias/shortcut inside filemaker.

Can this be done?

You could create an AppleScript allowing the user to choose a file. The AppleScript could then populate fields in the database with creator/type code, file path, file size and finder comments of the selected file

I guess you could do the same thing with a group of files via an AppleScript droplet or Watched folder.

[ July 16, 2001: Message edited by: spragueg ]

Hi,

Yes, the same thing we do under Windows. Having no Applescript we use Winbatch (Wilson WindowWare) to populate these fields ...

Works fine.

Erwin