Exporting Container Fields

[SaraJo]

Was given a problem with the container fields in a .csv export. Know there's gotta be a way to do it. Any solutions here?

Thxs

Edited August 11, 2008 by Guest

[David Jondreau]

Perhaps a clearer explanation of the problem would garner more responses.

Are you trying to export images to a text file? How do you envision the data in a container field to be represented?

[SaraJo]

I know it's unrealistic to expect the actual image to go to the csv, but perhaps the path to the image? Is there a SQL compatable export that would include the images?

[comment]

If the image is NOT stored in the container, you can get a path to it in a calculation field, and export the result. Otherwise you would need to export the image to a known location first.

[SaraJo]

The images ARE stored in the containers.

I was hoping it would be as easy as just exporting the images, is that not do-able?

[comment]

It's doable, but there are two separate processes: first you need to export the images, one by one, to a known location, so that there **is** a path to them - see, for example:

http://www.fmforums.com/forum/showpost.php?post/218603/

Then you can export the rest, together with the path to the exported image (as a text field).