I love this list! Thanks to the nice fellow who called. I've had a hard week and it was such a morale boost to get such a friendly answer to my questions so quickly and succinctly.
And thank you Charlene. I know what I need to do now. You guys are the best. Deb Deborah Tinsley Assoc. Librarian of Visual Resources Kansas City Art Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 816 802 3395 On 9/15/06 3:08 PM, "Charlene Flora" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deb, > > You need to insert the images in a container field. Copied/pasted the > images into a container field will not be retained after shutting down the > db and re-launching it. This was our experience. Also, I save all images as > IBM tiffs so that both PC and MAC users can view the images. > > Charlene > > > On 9/15/06 3:00 PM, "Deborah Tinsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I made up a nifty little catalog to identify all the images we have on CDs >> and match them up with the database info. I inserted references to keep the >> file size down and speed up operations. This file and the images reside on >> our G5. >> >> I'd like to be able to work on it with my eMac or have my assistant work on >> it (he had an iMac) remotely, in our offices. We are networked but don't use >> FMP server software. The file is in FMP 8, but we only have one copy of 8. >> We do have several copies of 7 which means we can open the file on our >> remote computers. >> >> But we can't see the images. All you see is the reference. Is there some way >> around this with networked computers? >> >> If I had inserted the images instead of the references would we be able to >> see them? If so, I could run our 5000 images through a batch processor >> making them into tiny thumbnails. The file would still be large, but it >> might be worth it to be able to see the images. >> >> Is there some other way? >> >> Deb >> >> >> Deborah Tinsley >> Assoc. Librarian of Visual Resources >> Kansas City Art Institute >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 816 802 3395
