Some help PLEASE!

I am trying to store PSD files in a container feild.

I can put PSD files in fine but when I copy & paste them back in Photoshop I loose all the layers.

Does anyone know how to keep the layers?

Thanks

FileMaker cannot store PSD files. Read the manual to see which file types it can store.

You can insert PSD files by inseting them as a quicktime files.

I was able to do this in the past and in worked, but I only tried it to a handful of files (and it was a few months ago). And as I said it did save all of the layers....I was able to drag and drop them from the container field into photshop.

I have been trying to do this again and it isn't saving the layers now.

I have tried dragging and dropping one of the psd (quicktime) files that I stored in filemaker previously that used to work into photoshop and I get an error message that says "(the file name) could not be found and is required to complete this operation."

But in filemaker the graphic shows in the container field.

: Any suggestions?

Well, the problem is this - the container does not, necessarily, just store the binary data of whatever you bring in. Witness, for instance, an attempt to paste in a compressed jpg, and watch it decompress (GRRRR!). All the container will store is, to put it another way, what you would see, in a quicktime viewer. I had a similar issue, and here was my solution:

1. Save a reference to the file in a seperate, hidden field

2. Use the Container field as what it is now: just a picture preview with no layers

3. Make a button to 'Edit Original' that opens the referenced file.

Hope that helps. My first post, here, so I'm all shy and awkward and what not...

1. Save a reference to the file in a seperate, hidden field

2. Use the Container field as what it is now: just a picture preview with no layers

3. Make a button to 'Edit Original' that opens the referenced file.

Does this work on Macs and PCs? How does one reference the file on a Mac? I'm developing on a PC but some of our users are Mac-folks? Can I accomodate them (in a situation similar to the start of this post) with something I write on the PC or do i need to use a Mac to develop this part?

Well, I suppose theoretically it could work on both systems. The problem comes with the third step. To open the file for editing, you'll have to either use a plugin (Troi file plugin should work great, I imagine) or script it somehow. Applescript, this is easy, its like a five step script. Windows, I think you could batch file it, but you know, to be honest, you'd have to aska PC-head, and I am not one. Anyway, easy way out, buy the Troi ?File Plugin