I have a picture of a class of students. I would like to have a record with the students name and have a square object around the persons face to that record. I am just wondering if there is some way to do this in filemaker. I would like to load the class picture in the background and have coordinates which move the object for each record so I can clearly show the persons face that match the name in the name field, Is this possible with a plug in or within filemaker 10 somehow.

See here for something quite similar:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/210143/post/336242/#336242

It is similar with what I want to do. but I would like to have the user be able to move one square graphics object into position and then filemaker would remember where the object rests in that record only. So the graphic object would move to a new location where the user placed it based on its object coordinates. So the same graphic object would be used in different locations over the same background picture for each record.

Is this possible with a plug in or within filemaker 10 somehow.

If you know Java/Groovy you could put something together using the free ScriptMaster plug-in.

There are examples with the plug-in illustrating how to draw new information onto an existing picture. You would need to code a user interface that lets the user do the selecting with the mouse. The resulting image can then be easily returned from the plug-in and copied into a container field.

I thought you wanted this for yourself. My method would require creating an overlay image for each person (in a graphics application) and storing the image in a container field of the person's record. Obviously, this is not a task for users.

I don't know of a way to place an object by mouse clicking (certainly not native to Filemaker), but perhaps you could use something like this:

SimpleOverlay.fp7.zip

I have posted a more elaborate demo here:

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/210546/

If you know Java/Groovy you could put something together using the free ScriptMaster plug-in.

There are examples with the plug-in illustrating how to draw new information onto an existing picture. You would need to code a user interface that lets the user do the selecting with the mouse. The resulting image can then be easily returned from the plug-in and copied into a container field.

I am intrigued by this option. I recently downloaded ScriptMaster and am amazed at its power (or, more accurately, awed by the work of 360Works). I looked through the ScriptMaster modules, but the only thing that I could see that comes close is the "Java Drawing Example". I'm curious if it would be possible to have a picture in a container field (Che, in the ScriptMaster example) and position the smiley face based on a mouse click in the container field. I don't know Groovy or Java, so this is beyond me.

In any case, as I was searching through the forum, I did find another link that places an "x" on a photo, based on a mouse click: http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/214527/post/355369

This may work for me, though I would like a number instead of an "x" (may be possible - I haven't delved into it yet).

Nonetheless, I am curious about the ScripMaster option as I am using this plugin for a few other tasks in the solution.