I discovered the problem. The folder I was trying to import had /'s in it's name. When I brought up the filepath all the slashes came up as % signs. Once I changed the name of the folder, everything went smoothly.
Sorry to have bothered you all, but your replies helped me eliminate possible glitches. Thanks. Deb Deborah Tinsley Assoc. Librarian of Visual Resources Kansas City Art Institute [EMAIL PROTECTED] 816 802 3395 On 10/28/08 8:24 PM, "Winfried Huslik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Deborah, > > It looks like your field or calculated field is defined as number, > not as TEXT. > > > Winfried > www.fmdiff.com > > > On 2008-10-28, at 22:33, Deborah Tinsley wrote: > >> I tried that, and now it pastes ³2² instead of the filepath. >> I can paste the filepath in and will open. >> Filepath is the name of the filepath field. I don¹t know where it >> is getting the number 2 comes from since it¹s the first image in >> the file. I did notice that whatever file I choose, the number that >> comes up in ³filepath² is one more than the position in the file. >> So if I choose the 92 image, 93 shows up in filepath. Why would >> that be? >> >> I¹m just frustrated. >> >> Deb >> >> >> Deborah Tinsley >> Assoc. Librarian of Visual Resources >> Kansas City Art Institute >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> 816 802 3395 >> >> >> >> >> On 10/28/08 3:39 PM, "John A. Haley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> wrote: >> >>> It worked for me, FM 9 Mac OS X.5. I used this as my url >>> file:///SomeFolder/SomeFile >>> >>> John >>> >>> On Oct 28, 2008, at 3:17 PM, Deborah Tinsley wrote: >>> >>>> FMP Pro 8.5 Mac >>>> >>>> I have tif images attached by file ref to my FMP file. We need to >>>> edit the >>>> images. I'd like to open them in Photoshop from FMP. I know this >>>> has worked >>>> before, but I can't get it to work now. >>>> >>>> I used: >>>> >>>> Open URL: filepath (brings up the current filepath) >>>> >>>> The file doesn't open. I can't find anything about this in my FMP >>>> books. >>>> Help. >>>> >>>> Deb >>>> >>>> >>>> Deborah Tinsley >>>> Assoc. Librarian of Visual Resources >>>> Kansas City Art Institute >>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>> 816 802 3395 >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ________________________________________________ >>> >>> >>> John Haley, Information Technology Supervisor >>> >>> >>> Always In Season >>> >>> >>> 713/681-1414 (Office) >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Visit our website www.AlwaysInSeason.com >>> >>> >>> >>> >>
