Hello Board!

 

I have an external MySQL db setup and working very well. All is OK, except, i'm trying to add another field into Filemaker.

 

I have used the Sync button before and the field just pops straight up, no problem.

 

Today, though, i've had a BLOB field added (so i can have a barcode.png file in that field and print it onto a Layout in FM that uses the external table).

It doesn't show. Is this because of the field type?

 

 

I've restarted FM but i can't restart the MySQL server.

 

Any ideas? I'm stumped, it doesn't seem to be very complicated, it never has been. There doesn't seem to be many options.

 

H

 

Just reading through a FM doc - 'External SQL Sources In Depth'. It says that BLOB fields are not supported!

 

D'oh!

Not sure how to approach this, then.

 

I have a Production Table (MySQL) with a Production number field, Quantity and Stock code fields.

I have a Layout for a Production Order that has other fields related to these three fields that are contained in FM tables.

 

I need a Barcode to print out of the Production Number field, so it can be scanned and auto-entered.

 

Do i need to copy the Production Table into an FM table? Can i do auto-import routines?

 

Thanks,

H

Base64Decoding, might help me?

 

Anyone used this to build/retrieve .png files?

Can't get this function to work!

 

I have an encoded string inside a field and am using a Calculation field to display what should be a Barcode:

 

Base64Decode ( barcode_base64;"BARCODE.PNG" )

 

barcode_base64 is a text field with the encoded Base64 string in it and the "BARCODE.PNG" is a file name, although i really don't know what i should be putting in there. I've found a reference to having to have the file extension in, but that's it.

Erm, Do i still need a container field to set the Base64Decoding output to?

 

Going round in circles here....

 

Can a calculation field display the result of the encoded field as a .png?