Preserving file creation date

[Talboy]

Hi

 

I have a few hundred client document files, mostly pdf, but also some images, word & excel docs that I am transferring into an FM12 container field.

The application then lists the documents in a portal with the fields; "Document_Name" and "Document_Date".

 

Unfortunately the transferred file's date is updated to today's date when it is dropped into the container field.

I want to preserve or record the original creation date of the file (or modification date) for 'Compliance purposes' without having to type it in for each file.

 

"Document_Name" was easily obtained by using;   Substitute ( GetValue ( T06_DOCUMENTS::Document_Container ; 1 ) ;"remote:" ; "")

 

How can I fetch the file's date before it is changed, so that I can record this in my "Document_Date" field.

 

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

 

Thanks

(Using FM12 Pro Advanced for mac)

 

[Talboy]

OK. I assume from the lack of replies, that nobody has thought of a way to do this. Perhaps it's not possible. *******!

[Lee Smith]

Dripping a file into a container field is the same as copying and pasting the document. FileMaker does NOT have a way of knowing that there is a file somewhere else.

[DeathRobot]

You could try the free Scriptmaster plugin. It has a "get file modification date" function. Or use something like Hazel to append the file's date to the file name before importing to FM.