Getting the path of a multimedia field

[DDaniel]

Hello,

I got an old db which has external references to images. I would like to be able to get the path to the images. That is I need to extract for each record the path to which the multimedia field points to. Is there any way to this ? I tried to export the db but it refuses to export multimedia fields.

There should be a solution since the path are available in the raw file...

Thanks for your answers.

Daniel

[jfmcel]

If your on a Mac, you can use the follow AppleScript to get the image path...

tell application "FileMaker Pro 5

set theFile to cell "container" of current record

end tell

if theFile <> "" then

try

set thePath to theFile as string

display dialog thePath

-- and you can use the Finder to open your file

tell application "Finder" to open theFile

on error

display dialog "Image not stored as reference to file"

end try

else

display dialog "No Image found in current container field"

end if

If you're another PC only solution, I think you can use a plugin to gain simliar functionality, although I think you'll have to built it in before you import the images.