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Loose Links to External gif Container Field in Runtime
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I have a video database with a container field for the thumbnail of the movie. To keep the db from getting very large I do a reference to the gif file located in a folder called "movie_thumbnails" vs. storing the gif in the field itself.
Once I get this working well, I plan to create runtimes to give to a couple people along with the folder of movie_thumbnails. Problem is, when I create the runtime and simulate putting it on another computer, even though I am using the same folder hierarchy with the same folder names and relative paths, the thumbnails do not appear. Just a text stating the referenced file is not found.
Is the only way to make this work is to store each gif inside the filemaker db prior to creating the runtime solution?
=During the development of a database with multiple files, you may want to have some of the files in separate folders. During the creation of a runtime database solution, however, all files are moved into the same folder as the runtime application.
For this reason, include a path that is just the filename of the file being referenced. Although the runtime application will check other data sources, it will then be able to find the file in the same folder in which it resides. You can still keep any absolute or relative paths in the same data source in case the files are also used in FileMaker Pro or FileMaker Pro Advanced.
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