Hi All,

Is it possible to insert a image into a calculation field in FM Pro
8?

Thank you
Deepti

On Feb 3, 9:14*am, Deepti <dpulavar... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Yes, a calculation can have a Container result.

Hi Grip,

Thank you for the reply. I need to insert an image in the middle of a
few lines of text. Could you please guide me on how I could do it in
the calculation field?

Thank you
Deepti


On Feb 3, 10:40*pm, Grip <g... (AT) cybermesa (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi Grip,

Thank you for the reply. I need to insert an image in the middle of a
few lines of text. Could you please guide me on how I could do it in
the calculation field?

Thank you
Deepti


On Feb 3, 10:40*pm, Grip <g... (AT) cybermesa (DOT) com> wrote:

On 2010-02-05 07:49:12 -0800, Deepti <dpulavarthi (AT) gmail (DOT) com> said:

A calculation field can have ONE type of result. It can be text, or it
can be container. It cannot be both.

Put a field with the first part of your text on the layout. Then put
the container field on the layout. Then put the second part of your
text in a separate field and arrange it after the container. You might
have to calculate each text field to get the appropriate parts of the
text in each one, or perhaps not.

Make the text fields merge fields, and they should wrap properly. The
container will probably only slide up. I don't think you can put
containers in as merge fields, but try it.
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Lynn Allen
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Member FBA
FM 10 Certified Developer

You can't mix results. Result text doesn't display images, result container
doesn't display text. If you really need it you can construct a webview
object to display text and images. But this is very cumbersome, has to be
scripted thorougly. I managed to do it, but found it not very flexible and
have given up using it.

Perhaps if you discribe your setup, what is stored in you file and what you
want, there might be an other way.

--
Keep well / Hou je goed

Ursus


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Hi Grip,

Thank you for the reply. I need to insert an image in the middle of a
few lines of text. Could you please guide me on how I could do it in
the calculation field?

Thank you
Deepti


On Feb 3, 10:40 pm, Grip <g... (AT) cybermesa (DOT) com> wrote:

Hi,

Thank you all for the response. Unfortunately, I need to send emails
with this calculation field as the body of the message. I need to
insert an image in the body of the message hence in the calculation
field. From what I gather from everyone where, seems like I cannot
insert an image in the text. Is that correct?

Thanks a ton for all your help.
Deepti



On Feb 6, 11:08*am, "Ursus" <ursus.k... (AT) ziggo (DOT) nl> wrote:

How are you sending the emails? If you are using FileMaker's built-in
email functionality, then you cannot do what you want, as FileMaker only
supports plain text emails. You can send the emails you want by using a
plugin such as the one at http://smtpit.com , as it allows for
HTML-formatted emails with inserted images. Either way, it relies on
the image being either in its own container field or as a separate
graphics file.



Deepti wrote:

Yes I am using the filemaker's built in functionality. Thanks for the
idea of smtpit.com. I will try that.

Thanks!
Deepti


On Feb 8, 11:57*am, Howard Schlossberg
<how... (AT) nospam (DOT) fmprosolutions.com> wrote:

Deepti <dpulavarthi (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

I never had to try it, but with fmp's mail, you can attach a file.

with a script, you can save your image as a file, and perhaps this can
do the job.

another solution is to export as pdf, and sending the pdf
--
Philippe Manet