On 2009 Jul 7, at 15:19, Landy Atkinson wrote:
I created a database to hold some one page PDF files that are the
output from a mechanical drawing program. I defined a container
field to hold the PDF and then used the Import Records script step
to pull in a folder of PDFs. During the import, I unchecked the
box "Import only a reference..." and so expected the PDFs to become
part of the database. Instead, I seem to be getting only
references. If the file computer with the shared folder of PDF
drawings is not connected, the container field gives the message
"The file cannot be found." If I reconnect to the folder of PDF
images, then all is well again.
Is this the expected behavior for PDF files? Anyway to actually
pull copies of the PDF documents into the database?
As any grade-school teacher knows, when 1 kid raises her or his hand
to ask a question, at least half the class has the same question. In
this case, Landy is the 1 bold kid and I am among the half of the
class wondering the same thing.
