* Work With External File Links

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Cambiz
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Post by Cambiz »

I would like to see just the bad links really. Either a 'broken links only' option or a filter.

http://www.fhug.org.uk/wishlist/wldispl ... lwlref=476

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Post by PeterR »

Excellent suggestion.  I would definitely vote for it.
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Post by DeeJay1 »

Me too!
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I think everyone would vote for it
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Post by tatewise »

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.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry
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Post by davidm_uk »

'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]
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Post by tatewise »

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.
Mike Tate ~ researching the Tate and Scott family history ~ tatewise ancestry
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