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Add filenames to report?
Posted: 24 Jul 2013 20:40
by picnic
I have set various options to produce exactly the type of Individual Narrative that I need but with one exception... I need to show the filenames for multimedia objects as well as the captions etc. for example 'Fred Smith aged 18' fred_smith_18.jpg
Is this possible (easily)? I'd prefer not to have to construct such a detailed query/report from scratch!
Many thanks
Paul.
ID:7017
Add filenames to report?
Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:12
by tatewise
I don't believe that is possible.
The best I can suggest is a Publish > Multimedia Report and select the desired records such as Fred Smith.
The report can be customised via the Report Options.
Add filenames to report?
Posted: 25 Jul 2013 10:43
by Jane
One possible option if you have the file names in the titles of the multimedia would be to turn on the use title for caption.
If you explain your reasoning behind wanting to show the file names, we could see if we can think on another way of getting the information in another way.
Add filenames to report?
Posted: 25 Jul 2013 11:35
by picnic
Thanks both.
The output is going to be inserted into a wiki and it would be much easier if the filename was included in the output rather than having to manually link some 800 images!
Many thanks
Paul
Add filenames to report?
Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:20
by PeterR
I'm not sure that this will help, but among the very many benefits of
FH version 5:
Improved Website Generation and Support for Family Tree CDs & DVDs
...
Clicking on a thumbnail or other image in a generated web-page can optionally cause either the same image, or the full picture the image was taken from, to be displayed blown-up in a popup window
And there is an excellent
V5 Plugin to further enhance the output.
Add filenames to report?
Posted: 25 Jul 2013 12:26
by tatewise
Two points.
(1)
The specific option that Jane mentioned in
Report Options is:
On the
Pictures tab, tick
Inc. Picture Title... but UNTICK
...If Showing Whole Pictures Only.
Also in the
Multimedia details the
Use Note as Caption must NOT be ticked.
(2)
Does the Wiki accept
HTML formatted pages?
If so the
Internet > Create a Website option might help.
This would create HTML web pages with the
Multimedia image files already linked to the
Narrative Report pages.
There is advice about this feature in the
Knowledge Base under
Make a Family Tree CD/DVD or Website.
You will notice that
FH V5 has vastly improved this feature and has Plugins to enhance it further.
There may need to be some further editing of the HTML to fit it in with the Wiki.