On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 14:35 -0400, Dan Lewis wrote: > On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 08:52 -0700, avamk wrote: > > Hello > > > > Thanks to the great instructions > > http://sheepdogguides.com/fdb/fdb1imagbp.htm here , I learned how to link a > > VARCHAR field to images in my filesystem, and display them in a form. > > > > However, when I add new entries, I have to manually type in the relative > > path of an image into that field. This is cumbersome when I need to add lots > > of entries, e.g. making a catalouge of things with images for each. > > > > Therefore, is it possible to create a form so that when adding a new entry, > > there is a "box" in the form where the user can just drag and drop in the > > desired image, and the appropriate relative path to the image will be added > > to the field??? > > > > Thank you very much! > > No. How would the form know where the image had been located? When > pictures are linked in a Writer document, you have to browse to the > picture's location before inserting it in the document. It is the > browsing that tells Writer the proper link for it. Base does not have > this ability (to browse to different other locations).
Hi Dan, Wow - what timing - I was literally fiddling with an idea on this when your email hit. First- sure Base can browse to a file, just use the File Picker control. Second - so far nothing I've tried will give you a drag/drop way to yank the URL from an image driopped onto a form. But as I say the file picker works just fine for this. Avamk, have you used the file picker control and then if you need relative paths, that would be easily done also. //drew -- For unsubscribe instructions e-mail to: [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
