Learning Claris FileMaker

FileMaker Pro is turning out to be a great document and image management system with some of the new features to do with Container Fields.

However there is one little annoying ‘feature’ holdover from previous versions —when using Drag and Drop of images from a Web Browser or Web Viewer (Sarari or Firefox) into container fields on a Macintosh, instead of an image showing up in the field, a text URL will be displayed.

The Solution: Fortunately FileMaker Pro also brought the very useful Insert from URL script step.

By employing a script trigger using the Insert from URL script step, the missing drag and drop functionality can be fixed.

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