Work With External File Links

Cambiz · Post by **Cambiz** » 25 Jan 2011 21:49

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

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PeterR · Post by **PeterR** » 25 Jan 2011 22:53

Excellent suggestion. I would definitely vote for it.

DeeJay1 · Post by **DeeJay1** » 26 Jan 2011 07:56

Me too!

Johnyeates · Post by **Johnyeates** » 23 Feb 2011 22:01

I think everyone would vote for it

Post by **tatewise** » 28 Feb 2011 19:50

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.

davidm_uk · Post by **davidm_uk** » 01 Mar 2011 14:46

'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]

Post by **tatewise** » 03 Mar 2011 09:49

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.

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