FM 7v03 - Windows


Hello,

Building my application, still I am missing some functions in FM to
fulfill my wishes (or I cannot find them). Maybe someone can give a work
around to avoid the missing functions.

What I would like is that FM could read the file date of images that are
connected to the container fields in such a way I could make a script
that when updating the image files (same name), the left more few
numbers of "old" images and their connected records just can be deleted.

In first degree I have a base table of about 800-1000 records plus the
same amount of pictures connected in a container field.
Within an external workflow, maybe 400-500 images are deleted and not
needed anymore. The same amount of corresponding records as wel images
has to be deleted within FM.

It is no problem to "update" the to be kept images within the database
with a new filedate. (Just running a batch macro to write new files from
the external workflow).

So in this way there is a difference between the filedate of keeping
images and "old" to be deleted images and records.
Old images of the database can be deleted just within the Windows file
sytem. So FM is giving an error code within the containerfield, it can
not find the image.

I have tried with the "empty field" function, but if a container still
do have a connetion to a file in it, but no image is there, the value
still is "not empty".


Other suggestions? (e.g. Plugin ?)

(Should be nice if Filemaker implement digital camera EXIF metafile
functions.



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Léon Obers wrote:
Seems I found a solution by a plugin.
Just the solution with extra functions that are missing within FM.
as:
Get File Size
Get File Creation Date
Get File Modification Date

http://tinyurl.com/cpcor

Have downloaded a demo, but not tried yet.
(stil some other work to do first).



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