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From: Nick Shelley <>
Subject: TMG-L: Re: Images in version 5
Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2000 09:37:36 +0000


Patt
There is a way to globally or selectively alter the pathnames for your
images although whether it is considered 'kosher' is another matter. If
you open the file 'name'-i.dbf in your TMGW directory using a general
database application like Approach you will see that this holds the
paths for your images. These may then be edited either globally or
selectively. Clearly care should be taken in making any alterations to
the basic database and a copy should be made beforehand. I have no
reason to believe that selective or global changes to the pathnames will
cause TMGW any headaches but perhaps others may be able to confirm or
disconfirm this
Best wishes
Nick Shelley

Nick,

My big wish on this is an easier way to change the directory of
images/exhibits. I'd even be happy to be able to specify a default
directory
for exhibits that way if I could enter the file name in the record and
put
the exhibits in whatever directory I want I could even move them to a CD
or a
Zip Disk. Currently I would have to go to each record and change the
path
name manually <ugh>

Patt Ricketts

In a message dated 3/3/2000 1:57:03 AM Pacific Standard Time,
writes:

<< I wonder if you can say anything about the way that the new version
of
TMGW plans to deal with images? In particular I have in mind whether
there will be a more automatic route to integrate them into the tag
list
for a person; or, if I want them incorporated into the description for
a
person, do I have to create separate picture tags for each image,
re-writing the image text information into the memo field? >>
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