Thumbnails to Full-size on a CD

[kelturner]

This is a rather specific, yet fundamental question. I am creating a diagnostic photograph CD using FM 5.0 on a Windows platform. What is the best (i.e. file size, speed, etc.) way to go from viewing thumbnails, to viewing full-size photos? Currently, I have a Thumbnails layout and a Full-size layout composed of a global "LargeGraphic" container field. I have scripted the thumbnails so that its full-size counterpart will be pasted into the global "LargeGraphic" field and they will view it in the Full-size layout. The problem is when I burn my CD, the global "LargeGraphic" field can not be rewrited to, therefore, the photos don't change. Is there anyway I can solve this problem other than creating personalized Full-size layout for each of my thumbnails?

[kelturner]

Thanks for responding. I'm not sure if I totally understand your question, but I'll try to clarify some things. Each record represents an insect species, for each species I have up to 10 photographs associated with it. Each photo is in two sizes, a thumbnail and full-size. So each species record has container fields for the thumbnails and container fields for the full-size photos. To save repetition and numerous layouts I created a thumbnails layout and a full-size layout. The thumbnails layout has all of the thumbnail container fields on it, so you can view them all at once. However, when you click on a thumbnail, its script takes you to the full-size layout, which only has one field on it, a global "LargeGraphic" field. The field is global so that it can be easily cleared and a new full-size photo can be pasted in depending upon which thumbnail you choose. When I burn the CD, this clearing and pasting feature disappears because you can no longer "write" to the CD. I am wondering how others have used thumbnails and if they have run into this CD problem. Thanks.

[Ocean West]

Why don't you use the GetURL function in filemaker and leave the larger images in a folder on cd where you can go to a local file and launch the larger images via a browser.

[marija]

I hear ya. To understand better, what are your reasons for not wanting to have all of the large images as individual records (rather than a global)?