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Re: MACSCRPT Digest - 26 Feb 2006 to 27 Feb 2006 (#2006-32)
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Eric Schult <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Tue, 28 Feb 2006 09:47:24 -0500
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On Mon, 27 Feb 2006 22:26:09 -0800, Stan Cleveland
<[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>FileMaker 6 and before doesn't support the GIF format in containers (perhaps
>to avoid patent issues with Unisys?). The code below works for older
>versions of FileMaker. It uses the free GraphicsImporter osax by Hikaru Abe,
>which is available here:
>        http://osaxen.com/files/graphicsimporter2.2.html
>
>tell application "filemaker pro"
>   tell document 1
>       tell current record
>           set cell "preview" to giconvert alias "path:filename.gif"
>       end tell
>   end tell
>end tell

That works beautifully! Thanks!!!!!

Eric

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