I understand that in FMP 7, I can store just the file reference to an
image in a container file and the image will be displayed. My question
is, can I capture that text info (i.e. the file name and path for the
displayed image) into a field as well? I appears to do this already in
the PhotoCatalog template but I cannot seem to figure out how it is
done.

sfriedman wrote:

> I understand that in FMP 7, I can store just the file reference to an
> image in a container file and the image will be displayed. My question
> is, can I capture that text info (i.e. the file name and path for the
> displayed image) into a field as well? I appears to do this already in
> the PhotoCatalog template but I cannot seem to figure out how it is
> done.


as part of Import. Create a FilePath field...

Storing a reference rather than embedding will make things much slower. 
If you are planning to use your db cross platform, then forget linking 
and embed. With 2 TB file size limit, file size is not an issue.


Chris Brown
Neurosurgery
University of Adelaide

In FM7, you can use GetAsText(container) to get out a variety o
information about the referenced image
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