On 2008 Oct 1, at 2:21, Lee wrote:
Hi,
I'm looking at a relatively simple Catalogue solution to handle
hundreds, maybe 1000's of photos where most of the file size for
those photos will be around 20MB. Does Filemaker still have a limit
to the size of a file ?
I will be using Filemaker Pro Server 9 to serve both PC and Mac
machines.
The basics are quite simple, one file will hold the photos. The
filename for each photo will be the relationship link and a
description will be entered in the related file for each photo.
Very basic but the file size could be of concern
I use 2 files: File #1 contains essentially nothing but text
(photographer's name, image orientation [portrait, landscape,
square], date, nature of original [artwork vs. nature], copyright
status, chroma [color vs. sepia vs. B&W], etc.), and File #2 holds
the images themselves. The 1st contains links to the 2nd.
This makes the whole shebang more portable and easier to back up.
Also, you can cart all of File #1 with you to a presentation and make
do with only a subsetted copy of File #2.
If File #2 starts running up against any kind of limits, I can always
create a File #3 to hold additional images and jigger File #1 so it
knows which of the 2 image files to point to. Hasn't been necessary
so far, but I haven't been working on a project the size of yours.
