Network Folder Paths to Images

[NickOE]

I have a desktop solution that has images that are stored in a shared folder on the server. To view the images I mount the shared folder on each workstation and use calculation fields to display the images. Here are examples of the calculations:

imagewin:/O:/Images/1100231/Initial/Portrait Profile.jpg

imagemac:/OEFiles/Images/1100231/Initial/Portrait Profile.jpg

I am writing a FileMaker Go solution to work alongside our desktop solution. I need to display the same images in FileMaker Go and have tried numerous ways. Examples:

image:/192.168.1.9/OEFiles/Images/1100231/Initial/Portrait Profile.jpg

image://192.168.1.9/OEFiles/Images/1100231/Initial/Portrait Profile.jpg

image:///192.168.1.9/OEFiles/Images/1100231/Initial/Portrait Profile.jpg

file:/192.168.1.9/OEFiles/Images/1100231/Initial/Portrait Profile.jpg

I have given full access to Guests on the shared folder. I do not want to use SuperContainer. I do not want to store the images in container fields (our clients can have 1-40 GB of images, which causes other problems for us). I know I can setup a web server to share the images, then use web viewers to display them, but I would like to see if it is possible to display them using calculations first.

Does anyone know how to accomplish this?

[Karsten Wolf]

The URL should be imagemac:/192.168.1.9/OEFiles/Images/1100231/Initial/Portrait Profile.jpg

I have only a little experience with iPads & FMGo but I think you cannot mount any share on iPad which is needed for this to work.

Given your constraints I would have a FileMaker Picture Table as an external data source. This of course implies fast network connectivity.

Personally I would do the thumbnails for the pictures myself and store them in a container field. It's only several 10kb for a 400pixel/72dpi preview and works pretty well.

[NickOE]

Thank you for the reply. I have tried that and unfortunately it does not work on FileMaker Go.

[bcooney]

Why not SC?

[NickOE]

The features of SC that I would use I can accomplish by setting up a web server on the FM server and using web viewers. Also, I have tried SC and when you have 12 different images on one layout, using calculated fields is faster than SC.

[NickOE]

It was not my intent to put down SuperContainer. It is actually a really great product. We do not use it because we have been storing images and documents long before SC came around and already had a solution in place to manage them.