I have a global storage container field, which I store a picture in, which is just the same for all records.

I can put a picture in the global field, and all is well until I quit filemaker. Upon reloading filemaker, the global field is empty and the picture gone.

Any ideas?

In single user mode, global fields will retain their value when you quit. However, in multiuser mode, they will revert to the value that they had when the file was last closed in single user mode.

Given that, the standard routine is to create a script that runs on File Open, an "Open" script. In that Open script, use Set Field to populate the global field with a value from a corresponding non-global container field. Remember that you need to be in the table that contains the non-global container when you set the global field.

Edited January 6, 200917 yr by Guest

Appreciating your beginner status then to simplify...

1. Start FMP

2. Open your file

3. Insert your picture/image into the container

4. Quit FMP

The container will now retain your picture and will be present when you next open the file.

Whilst point 4 is not totally necessary - it serves to prove the issue as you must now restart FMP to view the result.