Filemaker network users can't find my quicktime movies

[jimrecht]

I host a FM solution on my office iMac using FMP 10 Advanced. One of the tables (Media) contains a container field (Doc). I created several records in that table, and have inserted quicktime movies (Movie1.mov, Movie2.mov) into these. I'm able to view/play them.

But users connecting to my solution on our Filemaker network, when opening these records, see only the error message "can't find movie1.mov."

Can you tell me what I'm doing wrong?

TIA!

Jim Recht

[IdealData]

Are you storing them as a reference or embedding them in the record?

What's the difference?

If you 'store as reference' then the stored file is based on the location that you provided at the time - possibly on your own machine, consequently the other users cannot see that file as it is not actually in the database.

When you insert your file watch out for the check marker on the bottom left of the file selection dialog box.

[jimrecht]

Thanks for your reply. I am storing not the reference, but the actual files.