Show an image from just an image file path in a DT Form

[Finian Lennon]

Re: Show an image from just an image file path in a DT Form

Not what Ken is suggesting, but one way to do this is the way I print the images associated with the tickets in our app, which is to say, using a temp table. We may have to get images from 2 locations (but the number of locations wouldn't matter) i.e. current images and stored images and we never know which.

Your temp table would have 12 Image Reference fields and whatever other ID fields you need to tie the whole thing together

I'm a little confused about your path information but, assuming that you have a way to get the path location of the files, then you can use filefind.get() to retrieve the image names in each folder, aggregate those and then write the path+ filenames into the 12 IFR fields in the temp table. If the table will be used with multiple users simultaneously, you need a field for the user ID and then query for and zap the user's records each time you populate the temp table with images for that user. Sounds laborious but works very quickly in operation.

[kkfin]

Re: Show an image from just an image file path in a DT Form

Ok, you try it.
Show me 12 images from 12 paths in a single form.
Image layout is 6 down, 2 across.

If you would use Xdialog it would be dead easy. To my original just add table tag. Six rows and two columns.
I do not use forms so I leave forms for others.

But how I have done this is not possible in forms because they do not support chrome.
Because of this chrome support in Xdialog only developers skills limit what you can do. In forms you just have to use what is given to you.

Here is table version.

Ken

[Ted Giles]

Re: Show an image from just an image file path in a DT Form

Thanks Finian, that is what I have tried also and it works. I can parse the file location and instead of a temp table, I will be using a table with IFR fields in a Set with the main table. I'll be separating the images from the main table.
@Ken, I have to use forms so your solution is not for me.

[GGandhi]

Re: Show an image from just an image file path in a DT Form

good morning ted,
you have two threads running and it looks like they are related.
is there a place to use
c fully_qualified_filename = a5_qualify_filename(c input file)
to get the fully qualified name of the image file you could use that in the calculated function, right?
from the windows file directory.
or that is not good?

[Ted Giles]

Re: Show an image from just an image file path in a DT Form

Good thinking G.
I have it working but this looks a little more efficient so I will try it.

[Mike Wilson]

Re: Show an image from just an image file path in a DT Form

Hi Ted,
I am a little late here but I have this same situation to display art files in our art library (form pic attached). I display 15 files at a time. The form has 15 bitmap objects named 1-15 and the SHOW button on the browse begins a loop that sets the filename for the bitmap object resulting in the objects displaying the images. Atop each bitmap object is a button that opens the selected image in a larger viewer using sys_open(). it all works beautifully. Get in touch with me and I can get you a more workable example if you like.

[Ted Giles]

Re: Show an image from just an image file path in a DT Form

Thanks Mike, rude of me not to reply earlier.
I will be in touch, many thanks.