Re: Change the image path

> I got back a 'Rejected' message.

So here my intended reply :

Hi Dennis,

Yes, it is the "TROI FILE" one.
On their site it is at : http://www.troi.com/software/fileplugin.html
The prices are at : http://fun.troi.com/shop/product.lasso?ID=29 . You
really need to have the plugin installed on the only machines that
perform the import, not on the ones that consult the 'Images.fp5' once
created and filled up (your file that holds the references of the actual
image files).
Their email is : info@xxxxxxxx
They also hold a list - for all plugins, not only theirs - at :
http://www.troi.com/lists/pluglist.html
But, as I said, the main plus is the examples they offer - even with the
demo package - : take what is the closest to your interest and just copy
and adapt it.
If you need more, try all what said above, and / or me.

By the way, I re-read what I told you, and my advice of having 2
folders. I don't think it is practical, as the example they give is
importing the 'references' to the files for all the image files of the
choosen folder. So the Images.fp5 (or 7), where resides all the
references, refers to a precise folder holding all real image files. So,
you have to reimport all the files every day from the main folder, after
having erased the existing ones.

(Below is a kind of personal part)
(I attach the 'Images Clone.fp5' (256Kb) I am using nowadays for my
clients, and a set of 3 images - the 'Repository' folder (113 Kb) - for
you to try. Just push the 'Import' button. If you have too much problems
in reading the few parts in french, tell me I'll translate them for
you.)

Remi-Noel


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis W Hayes" <denny@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <rnmenegaux@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, June 23, 2005 3:46 AM
Subject: Change Image Path


> Do you know which Troi plugin does that. They seem to have many, and
> no phone number or email address to ask any questions.
>
> Denny
>
> > I think you need to get and use the Troi File plugin www.troi.com.
> > You
> > may download a demo.
> > This plugin is very powerfull in moving files and or directories,
> > getting their path, importing the reference (the path) into a
> multimedia
> > field in FMP, etc.
> > Troi gives you also excellent demo files that you can copy and adapt
> to
> > your needs.
> > I used it a lot for getting, renaming, moving images for a large
> museum
> > in Paris. It works perfectly and dependably.
> > In your case, I would have two folders : one, 'MainImages', as being
> the
> > repository of 'all' your images at ToDay minus one, and
> > 'DailyImages',
> > where you hold all the today's images. Then once a day, from within
> > FileMaker, you open the DailyImages folder, import the path of the
> > new
> > images into the proper field in newly created records, and copy them
> > into the MainImages folder. The process should be done in a matter
> > of
> > seconds.
> > Have a look, you'll not regret it.
> > Remi-Noel
>
> >>I have a situation where I need to be able to either change the
> >>image
> >> path, or find another solution. Here's the scenario:
> >>
> >> Medical forms are scanned into a folder on the server machine as
> >> .jpg
> >> files. The path to the forms is then imported to a FM file as new
> >> records. The name of each image is stored in a list in a home
> >> file,
> >> so
> >> that when the records with the image links are imported, the
> duplicate
> >> images records can be recognized and deleted. Then certain data is
> >> typed into fields from the form.
> >>
> >> The problem with the scenario is that with a 100 or so scans per
> >> day,
> >> the number of imported records increases fast. One solution might
> >> be
> >> to send a command to transfer the image files to another folder
> >> after
> >> they are imported, and only import the new ones. The problem is
> >> that
> >> I
> >> would need to find a way to alter the path to the new folder.
> >>
> >> The form images are so large that importing them to a FM file would
> be
> >> insane. I tried importing only 80 forms to a FM test FM file, and
> the
> >> file size ended up over a gig, because FM goes nuts with size when
> >> Images are imported to it. The image resolution needs to be large,
> >> because they are zoomed in FM to see fine detail, as the data from
> >> them
> >> is hand typed into fields.
> >>
> >> I understand that in FM 7 the path to an image can actually be a
> >> calculation, which can easily be changed, but these files have been
> >> developed from FM 2 through FM 6 over 10 years, and they are very
> >> complex. I tried bringing them to FM 7, and there were so many
> >> problems that I decided it would take months to go through the over
> 50
> >> related files, and repair all of the problems. I have been
> >> designing
> >> FM files since the first FM was designed by Dan Chadwick of Nashoba
> >> Syetems, and released under the name of Forethought Corp, Through
> all
> >> these years I have developed many tricks to make FM behave to the
> >> customers request, and FM 7 does not like many of them. I know
> >> that
> >> in
> >> the future I will need to switch over, but to do that now would be
> >> a
> >> costly nightmare.


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