I have used the Import File script step to import whole folders of images and a very important side benefit is that you also get the File Name, File Path and Image Thumbnail. Knowing the image path, lets me parse the path to get other useful information based on the directory structure (such as the year and topic the imported file came from) that I put in the database along with the image. This is very useful in searching the database for the images I want. {NOTE: This only work because as the images are saved from the camera to the server, I am careful about creating a YEAR folder with TOPIC folders inside.}

If I want to import a single image into the database, I have found no such nice solution. The Import Picture script step lets me select the desired image and gets it into the container field, but does not let me know the FILE NAME or the PATH from whence it came. Any ideas how to set up a script to import single images and also keep track of the filename and where it came from? Getting a thumbnail may be nice for a list view of images, but is not all that important to me.

-Landy

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