Moving referenced pictures from a folder to another

[Pierre RION]

I have built a 4.000 pictures database (the pictures are only referenced, not stored in the database). If I move the referenced container field image to a new folder it obviously disapears from the FM container field.

I would like to edit the link in order to be able to move the pictures from my local disk to my Lacie external disk. avoiding to re-attach the file by navigating to its location in the appropriate dialog, picture by picture...

I have made a test using ALIAS but it seems that the so called pointers bypass it.

Is there a way to access and then globally edit (with a script ?) the referenced external image path to allow for the images to reappear in the Filemaker container field?

Thanks for your help !

[jstaphse]

To get the location, create a new calculation field (OldLocation) and make it a reference the container field. This will give you the size of the referenced file, the filename and the path.

ex.

size:168,58

image:mylogo.jpg

imagewin:/C:/Documents and Settings/user/Desktop/mylogo.jpg

I haven't tried it, but you should be able to set the container to the new path based on this information.