Files embedded in Container files

[John Masterson]

Hi there,

First time mailing to this list, though I have been learning a huge
amount from the posts in the past six months. Thanks to all who
contribute as I think there are many out there like me who read all
the replies and pick up a huge amount.

Filemaker 9 v 0.3 on Windows.

I have a query involving container fields in which files have been
embedded rather than a link to the file stored. I want to firstly see
what the file path is and secondly change that path, a network drive
has changed its name and now many thousands of links are invalid.

I have tried the function getastext ( ContainerName ) and it didn't
work. I think this is because the Insert... menu item was not used but
am not sure.

Has anyone got any thoughts?

Thanks, John

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[Andreas Carlsson-2]

Hi John,

if you have the files embedded there is no path. The files are  
embedded in the FM file.

Hth,
/andreas


23 okt 2009 kl. 07.16 skrev John Masterson:

> Hi there,
>
> First time mailing to this list, though I have been learning a huge
> amount from the posts in the past six months. Thanks to all who
> contribute as I think there are many out there like me who read all
> the replies and pick up a huge amount.
>
> Filemaker 9 v 0.3 on Windows.
>
> I have a query involving container fields in which files have been
> embedded rather than a link to the file stored. I want to firstly see
> what the file path is and secondly change that path, a network drive
> has changed its name and now many thousands of links are invalid.
>
> I have tried the function getastext ( ContainerName ) and it didn't
> work. I think this is because the Insert... menu item was not used but
> am not sure.
>
> Has anyone got any thoughts?
>
> Thanks, John
>
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