FMP 14 Container field

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I heard that in fmp 14 , we can directly insert a picture files into container field & no need to store it as reference.

is this true ?

i deal with a lot of pictures and i wonder inserting picture directly into container field wouldn't slow down my solution.

thanks,

 

[comment]

You can do that  - embed a picture in a container field instead of storing it as reference only - in any version.

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.Hi, Comment.  of course i know i can insert a picture into a container field not by storing as a reference.

as you know if you insert a picture to a container field not by storing as a reference , it will cause slow down

on display on a screen.   even moving one record to another.

that is why we were doing store as a reference.

now fmp 14 , if we just embed a picture in a container field without storing as a reference , it will not cause

slow display ?   that was my question.

thanks,

 

[comment]

Are you perhaps referring to the option to store container data outside of the database file in managed storage? This feature was introduced in version12, not 14:
http://www.filemaker.com/help/12/fmp/en/html/create_db.8.26.html#1057901

 

 

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thanks.   i used fmp11 and didn't know about this.

[Wim Decorte]

 

now fmp 14 , if we just embed a picture in a container field without storing as a reference , it will not cause

slow display ?   that was my question.

thanks,

 

Don't assume that it will just be faster.  External Container storage is just a way for FMP to manage the storage of the container data.  For all intents and purposes it behaves exactly like an old embedded container.

Having said that, there are a number of improvements:

- FMP fetches remote container data in larger chunks that old embedded containers, that makes it a bit faster

- you can have FMS auto-generate thumbnails and store them permanently.  Those can be used instead of showing the full picture.

But by and large, it is the design of your solution that is going to make it slow or fast.