Hello,


Does anyone know how to insert a graphic into a container field as
result of a calculation?


It can be done, as several plugins can do it, but I don't know if it
has to be through a plugin or if a text file containing a jpg image can

be displayed through the calculation field.


If possible, also wath file format would it be?


Any ideas?


Thanks,


Sergio

neutron wrote on (9/14/2005):

The basic syntax is:

image:/C:/Path/To/filename.jpg

Any portion of which can be a calculation, returned as container:

"image:/C:/Path/To/" & ImageName & ".jpg"

or

"image:/C:" & Path & ImageName & "." & Extension

etc.

Matt

Matt Wills wrote on (9/14/2005):

I should clarify:

The field is a calculation.

It can be hard text, such as "image:/C:/Path/To/filename.jpg" or a
concatenation, but always returned as a container.

Matt

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Hello Matt,

Thanks for the prompt response and the help

I am sorry I was not clear.

I mean if the image does not come from a file.

Or better, what image format should be returned by a plugin to display
the image into a container field without using the clipboard to copy
paste the image into the container field, but to display it as a result
of the calculated plugin function.

Thanks,

Sergio

neutron wrote on (9/15/2005):

I guess I'm still not getting it.

It sounds like you want to display an image as a result of a calculation,
which is what I gave you. You don't need a plugin to do it.

If you are working with a plugin, it would seem to me that your question
would be better answered by whoever wrote the plugin, especially since we
don't know which one you're referring to.

Matt

Hello,

I am writing a plug-in and I am trying to find wich format
to return through the plugin to get it displayed in a
container field.

Thanks,

Sergio

neutron wrote on (9/17/2005):

You might find what you need in FileMaker Help under "Working With Data In
Container Fields"

Matt

I'm not quite sure I get your question, but if you don't want to
retrieve the image from an external file, then you can always keep a
pre-made image in a global container field (or several). You create
these global fields to act as permanent graphics holders and then the
graphics can be retrieved and put in other fields using Set Field.

File type depends on what you want to do with it. If it's just a small
logo or button, you can draw it in the layout, copy and paste it into
the container field (which I think turns it into a bitmap). Otherwise,
jpeg for photographic images and gif from illustrated ones.