Newbies sylbam Posted October 18, 2007 Newbies Share Posted October 18, 2007 Fairly inexperienced FileMaker user, looking for a little help. I have a database of information about paintings and I'd like to add a button that when clicked will open the Photoshop file of that painting -- located elsewhere on my computer. Any suggestions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenton Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 If you Insert Picture [x] As reference only, then you can use AppleScript to open the path to the picture. ContainerPath_fmforums.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fenton Posted October 18, 2007 Share Posted October 18, 2007 If you have FileMaker 7+ you can open the picture's file with FileMaker. You have the picture's filepath, in the referenced image path. All you have to do is swap the prefix ("imagemac:/" or "imagewin:/" or just "image:", with a "file" prefix; "filemac:/", "filewin:/" or just "file:"). Then you can open the file by either double-clicking the field (which now looks like any other alias or shortcut), or with a script step that goes to the field, with "Select/perform". ContainerPicture_wOpen.fp7.zip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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