I found this very useful: http://www.filemaker.com/help/05-Create%20a%20database32.html
This tells you the syntax for linking file references to your database. I made a database of video clips which were stored on a separate harddrive. For each record, I used a calculation field, with the video name. Then using an if then construction to determine win or mac. I made the result of the cacluation a container. Thus the database itself already had the linked information, so an open url was unnecessary. Hope that helps. Al Jeffrey ----- Original Message ----- From: Stanley Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, April 25, 2008 9:45 am Subject: Open Remote Directory > Hi all > > FMPSA 9 on a Mac, Mac and Windows clients > > I am trying to allow the user to easily access files that are > being > uploaded (using Lasso) and stored on a separate hard drive. My > plan > is to use the open URL function of FMP. When I have the hard drive > mounted to my client Mac locally on the same subnet it works fine > and > the following link in a browser opens the folder with my uploads: > > file:///Volumes/DriveName/Location/uploads/ > > When I am not on the local subnet it does not work even if the > upload > folder is mounted on my remote computer. > > Is there a trick to getting a browser to open a directory on a > remote disk? > > Thank you in advance. > > Stan > -- > |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||| > Stanley S. Weber, Pharm.D., FASHP, BCPP > Associate Dean for Professional Pharmacy Education > University of Washington > PO Box 357631 > Seattle, Washington 98195-7631 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > (206) 616-8762 (voice) > (206) 685-9297 (fax) >
