On 2/27/06, Eric Schult wrote: > Setting the cell to the filepath as string didn't work for me in FMP6. I > still would rather do this in AS, but if I can do it with a mix of AS and > the built-in scripting language in FMP, I'm okay with that. I'll try it. > Meanwhile, if anybody knows the syntax for inserting a picture file into a > container field, I'd appreciate the help. 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 The GIF file isn't actually stored. Rather, the "giconvert" does an extremely quick conversion to PICT format, which FileMaker supports. Additionally, the command offers a number of on-the-fly conversion options including cropping, scaling, and resolution changing. While it's not "plain vanilla" AppleScript, it does avoid FileMaker scripting. Stan Cleveland Color Technology Inc. Portland, Oregon "Difficulties increase the nearer we get to the goal." -- Goethe