I have FMP7 for mac. I have a very large database of records. Each
record corresponds to a sound file. I want to be able to "insert" each
file as a sound reference into a Field Container. I can do it one at a
time, manually. To do the whole database would take forever. Is there
anyway to set up a SCRIPT that is able to read a field of the database
(the sound files NAME as it appears on the HD), search for that sound
file on that external HD, then insert it into the proper Field
Container? Any help or ideas is greatly appreciated.
M

This is merely a suggestion as to what to try. This technique works as
described in Winduhs. But until I can get a new Mac, I am still using FMP6
on OS 9.1, and have not seen it work on a Mac.

Rather than actually making the sound file part of the database, it
incorporates a reference to the sound file.

Look at "Defining File References" in Help.

If the file locations are definable as a calculation, you should be able
to create something like

File = "filemac:/volumeName/directoryName/" & SoundFileName

returned as a container, and (hopefully) there's your sound file in the
layout.

Matt

On 6/15/2005, mpollon wrote: