Referenced Pictures and Instant Web Publishing

[allie]

A database which contains pictures that are referenced will not display the references in a web browser. Is there any way this can be solved?

Thanks, allie

[Reed]

embedding the pictures in the file will solve this, but if you don't want to do that because of file size, etc. You can create a separate filemaker database to store the images, and add a file reference to the other file. If both files are served, then you can access the images.

[allie]

Okay, I tried that, but the button does not open the other database. I think that the open file script step is not web compatible. Any other ideas?

Thanks, Allie

[Razumovsky]

How about adding a relationship to the file so that it will open automatically when the primary one does?

[allie]

Okay, I have no idea how to do that though... Any tips?

[Razumovsky]

Actually, I believe any file that you want accessed by IWP needs to be open on the host machine already. Why not just put an Open File script step in the startup script of the main file (type "startup script" in the help file fo details).

If you do not know how to ad a relationship, you are missing out on perhaps the most powerful and easy to manipulate feature of Filemaker. Check out 'relationships' in the help file.

[winklestork]

Where are the pictures? I have an IWP app that displays pictures fine -- they are in a folder in /Applicatons/Filemaker/Web/pictures/

On a different note but perhaps related, I also kluged a way to print reports from the web. Requests from IWP are queued and the server prints them as pdf files. These files end up in the same directory as the database, but a link in /App.../Web to the file makes it available on the web.

The point is, a link in /App.../Web to a picture folder somewhere else will probably work.

[Argento]

I have kinda the same problem. I embedded the pictures in the database but am going to have about 5,000 images when I'm done. This does make it scroll extremely slow when trying to look at all of these.

I switched it so it would automatically default to the "List View," but the thumbnails are the same file size, just visually shrunken down.

I was in the help file and it told me to change the container field for the thumb nails. Is there a way I can change it so when it imports the pictures it makes a thumb nail that's only about 15k or so big?

I read the previous answer about making a seperate datebase just for the pictures and linking each page with its corresponding picture in the picture database but I have no idea how to go about this. I just started working at my new job and only some of it deals with FMP so I have no training. If anybody can suggest a good place to read up on this stuff I would love that.

I can post my template I'm using if that helps.

Thanks.