I would like to see just the bad links really. Either a 'broken links only' option or a filter.
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Excellent suggestion. I would definitely vote for it.
Peter Richmond (researching Richmond, Bulman, Martin, Driscoll, Baxter, Hall, Dales, Tyrer)
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Me too!
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I think everyone would vote for it
- tatewise
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I would vote for this suggestion.
A very useful ancillary to this would be a new Function to complement the IsEmbedded Function:
Function Name: IsFileLinked
Description: Takes a Multimedia Object as parameter and returns TRUE if the object file is specified and exists.
No. of Parameters: 1
Return Type: Boolean (True or False).
Parameter 1: A reference to a Multimedia Object
Examples: =IsFileLinked(%OBJE%)
This would be useful in a Multimedia Query or a Multimedia Record Window Column to identify existing/broken file links.
A very useful ancillary to this would be a new Function to complement the IsEmbedded Function:
Function Name: IsFileLinked
Description: Takes a Multimedia Object as parameter and returns TRUE if the object file is specified and exists.
No. of Parameters: 1
Return Type: Boolean (True or False).
Parameter 1: A reference to a Multimedia Object
Examples: =IsFileLinked(%OBJE%)
This would be useful in a Multimedia Query or a Multimedia Record Window Column to identify existing/broken file links.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry
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'A very useful ancillary to this would be a new Function to complement the IsEmbedded Function:'
As long as we can have the simple solution as well - for dummies like me [oops]
As long as we can have the simple solution as well - for dummies like me [oops]
David Miller - researching Miller, Hare, Walker, Bright (mostly Herts, Beds, Dorset and London)
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An interim aid to managing broken external file links is now available from the FHUG Downloads at:
http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id ... afilelinks
This provides a simple Multimedia Query and a semi-automated Spreadsheet for both MS Office Excel and OpenOffice Calc.
It currently caters for about 2,000 media files, but can easily be extended, by copying the expression in column A into more rows.
http://www.fhug.org.uk/wiki/doku.php?id ... afilelinks
This provides a simple Multimedia Query and a semi-automated Spreadsheet for both MS Office Excel and OpenOffice Calc.
It currently caters for about 2,000 media files, but can easily be extended, by copying the expression in column A into more rows.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry