open attached file (by reference)
Hi,
in a container I used insertFile function to insert a file.
the pbm is when a browse the record, I DOUBLE CLICK THE contrainer but the file doesn't open. I know I can do right click export field content but it's not practice.
I know I can do right click export field content
You can also script this with a button, but if the file is stored by reference, double clicking the container field should open the referenced file...
with double clisk (on container) it doesn't work
What kind of file and exactly how was it inserted? (insert object, Insert File, Insert picture...)
How confident are you that it was inserted by reference?
insert a .docx file
On My Windows XP system, I opened a test file where I play with container fields. I clicked in the field and chose Insert File. I clicked the "store by reference" check box. I located and inserted a .docx file. When I double click this file, MS Word launches and opens the file.
The only thing I can think of that would keep this from happening for a "store by reference" file would be do try this on a computer that does not have Microsoft Word installed or for which a system setting is preventing the application from launching. You can test both possibilities by locating a .docx file on the local computer and double clicking the file directly.
yes it works, i didn't check the store by reference option.
thanks
For your users, this is one reason to give them a button for inserting files. In your script, you can make sure that all files are correctly inserted by reference. You can even use FileMaker to relocate the inserted file from the client machine to a shared directory on the server.
now the problem is i want to gove the user the ability to attach file as much as he want (more than one)
for the time being i created a container and i use it to insert the file.
how can i do it dynamically, i mean how can i le t hte user to insert more than one
You can't. You should create another table with the linked files in a container field, and then have a portal listing on the layout you have now.
ok i created the "attachDOC" table, i insert it in the layout.
through a button i want to provide the user a way to insert files.
i set this script but it doesn't wortk: go to portal row (last)
go to object (objectname = attachDocContainer)
insert file...
how can i tell FM to go to last oprtal and to the field name =... ?
You have to drive the cursor to a field in the portal first, using the relationship of the portal. Then go to PortalRow last..
Check out the Delete Portal Row script in my Known Bug List database file. It can be imported error free into any fileMaker file as there are no file specific references in any script step. Then examine the file to see how script parameters, conditional formatting and ToolTips are used to enable the script to work with any portal in the file and to make the process more user friendly. Also note that the buttons that run this script are located fully inside a portal row so that the button click selects the portal and row to be deleted at the same time that it runs the script to do so.
Set it to 'Store a reference only...'