At 01:06 PM 2/26/2010, Marc Schluter wrote:
It looks like launching an editor, saving the file, then loading it into RBase is the only way.
Marc, Did you know that you can automate the whole process, from within a form EEP, using the "RBBE filename.ext" command? You can use the RBBE (RBBEDIT) command to launch the R:BASE BLOB Editor for managing external files at the R> Prompt, in a command file, or in an EEP. Depending on the file extension, the Note/BLOB Viewer/Editor will display the available options accordingly. Once you complete the automation, you may define a path to outside image and the file association to current record on form (recommended method) or simply load the image into a VARBIT column. Syntax: RBBE filename.ext Where filename.exe specifies an external ASCII text, RTF, or image file. The R:BASE R:BASE BLOB Editor recognizes the following image formats: . AFI . BMP . DCX . EMF . GIF . ICO . JPEG . JPG . PCC . PCX . PNG . TIF . TIFF . TGA . VST . WMF -- Examples 01: The following will display the "Images" and "Multipage Images" tabs of the Note/BLOB Viewer/Editor for you to load an image. RBBEDIT -- Examples 02: The following will display a bmp image in the "Images" tab of the Note/BLOB Viewer/Editor. RBBE myphoto.bmp -- Examples 03: The following will display the RTF file in the "RTF" tab of the Note/BLOB Viewer/Editor. RBBE myfile.rtf -- Examples 04: The following will display the text file in the "Note/VarChar" tab of the Note/BLOB Viewer/Editor. RBBE mytext.txt -- Examples 05: You can also use the RBBEDIT command to launch the Note/BLOB Viewer/Editor to create a "new" RTF file. The following will display the "RTF" tab of the Note/BLOB Viewer/Editor for you to create a new RTF file. RBBE myfile.RTF You may also refer to the following two articles related to Managing BLOBs in R:BASE. From the Edge: http://www.razzak.com/fte/ Managing BLOBs in R:BASE eXtreme 9.0 (12/19/2009) Managing BLOBs in R:BASE 7.6 and Turbo V-8 (12/29/2008) Imagine the possibilities! Very Best R:egards, Razzak.
