Container field content formatting

[SM76]

Morning. I'm linking images into a container field by inputting a link into the container field with the result being an image. This has been discussed on this forum before and works like a charm.

I can however (for the life of me) not figure out how to 'center' that resulting photo within the container field. Can anyone give me a hint?

much appreciated

M

[SM76]

apologies, it's a calculation field with result container, there we go .. formatting issue remains

[SM76]

got it, haha, sometimes writing things down alone helps

Graphic Format command is where to look

[SM76]

So, I'm kinda reviving this thread here .. still linking an image into a calculation field (with result container) ..

This time I'm curious as to how I control the 'file not found' message ..

I'd like to let the user know that they in fact haven't put a file in that particular folder rather than the system telling it that it can't find it ..

Is it possible to do such a thing?

I tried to put an if statement into the calculation:

if( get(lasterror) = xxx ; 'link to no file found image' ; 'link to actual image')

I tried various error codes (instead of the xxx) but to no avail ..

help?

[TheTominator]

This time I'm curious as to how I control the 'file not found' message ..

I'd like to let the user know that they in fact haven't put a file in that particular folder rather than the system telling it that it can't find it ..

Is it possible to do such a thing?

I think this type of error can only be caught in a script. The container's value is only deferenced at the time the container is displayed.

You could explore triggering a script (FileMaker 10 or later) when the record is displayed that would attempt to validate the reference by inserting it into a non-visible global container field to catch the error. The user would still be shown the built-in error message inside the original container, but you could pop up a dialog that is more descriptive and provides scripted options.