Global Container & Logo

[Kicker3]

I have a global container that is set to Global, Auto-enter Last Visited,Can't modify, Always Validate.

My Logo is a .jpg that sits on my desktop. My problem is I want to move my logo from the desktop to a folder inside Filemaker, but I don't know how to change the gLogoContainer to look in the new folder instead of the desktop?

Can anyone help?

Thanks

[Fenton]

I'm confused. Why have "Can't modify" if you want to modify; that's gonna stop you. What does a file on your desktop have to do with a FileMaker container field? (unless you're producing the logo via a file path calculation, which you don't mention). What do you mean by "a folder inside FileMaker"? Inside the FileMaker application folder, in Program Files?

Also, while we're asking, what exactly are you trying to do? This is the method I use to show a logo (or any graphic that needs to be universally available).

1. 1 record Globals table

2. Global container field for Logo

    a. Insert graphic from the file

3. Calculation field, Container result, Storage options (•) Use global storage, =

    Logo

In later versions of FileMaker you can set a calculation to use global storage. Making the calculation = the regular container field seems a bit redundant. But it makes the graphic available anywhere else in the solution simply by having an occurrence of the Globals table on the Relationship Graph; no actual "relationship line" is needed.

The main reason for doing it this way is to avoid the "how the heck can I change that global" problem which arises if the file is being hosted on a network. Changing the regular Logo container field permanently changes the graphic everywhere, without having to stop the file on the server.

[Kicker3]

Yep, That was my problem. I had "Prohibit modifacation of value during data entry" checked, therefore I couldn't Insert a picture from another location.

Thanks for the help