Deleteing files related to containers

[h123]

First of all I would like to say a big hello to all members of this great forum.

I am really, really new to filemaker and could do with a bit of scripting help here.

I am wondering is it possible to write a script that can delete and would pop up a dialog to give the user the option to delete the file stored somewhere on the HD in relation to the file stored in a container.

Just don't want to have to look around the HD for all those idle files that I will not use again.

Thanks in advance.

h

[CobaltSky]

Hi and welcome, h123.

Disk and file Management is not a native capability of FileMaker, but there are nevertheless various ways it can be achieved using either plug-ins or VBScript, either of which can be controlled from within a FileMaker script.

If you have some familiarity with VB, then I'd suggest using a FileMaker calc to generate the syntax, then exporting and launching the script to perform the file deletion.

Failing that, you might wish to investigate third-party plug-ins such as Troi File. :wink2:

[h123]

Hey thanks for the reply CobaltSky,

I'm not to good on VB, come to think of it and to tell the truth I,m not to good on any programing languages. LOL.

I guess if I keep all those images that I store in the containers in a sorted folder then I;ll just have to have a spring clean every now and then, at least till I gain a bit of experiance with filemaker etc.

Thanks anyway

h