Base64 Graphics & Icons
For me, it's always been one of those itches I could never quite scratch. You know, the fact that in order to show some of your user interface graphics you needed to store these graphics within your database - along with your data.
In fact, it's pretty much accepted that you create container fields, many times within a dedicated table, to store graphics and resources.
The issue I had with this approach was not that it needs to be done, but the fact that the user interface graphics were not separated out from the rest of my data. I wanted to be able to simply "draw" graphics onto the layout.
Well, this itch can now be scratched with FileMaker 13's new Base64* set of functions. While you still need at least one container field in order to render your graphics, the new additions have reduced the number of fields in total.
Watch this video to gain a full understanding of how this works and just how easy it is to integrate into your own solutions!
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Base64 Graphics & Icons Fiels
Hi Matt,
When I clicked the Multi-StateToggleGraphics.zip icon on your https://www.filemakermagazine.com/videos/base64-graphics-icons page it downloaded only a copy of the Multi-State Toggle Graphics.fmp12 file and not the encoded icons files. Am I missing something?
Regards,
Sergio Cruz
Senior Applications Developer
Business Information Systems
Salk Institute for Biological Sciences
10010 North Torrey Pines Road
La Jolla, CA 92037-1099
858-453-4100 x2113
Icons are within the file
Sorry to those who didn't see the additional file which is embedded within the container field. Just right-click on the container field in the main sample file and choose to export the field contents. That's where you'll find the icon collections.
-- Matt Petrowsky - ISO FileMaker Magazine Editor
Included files?
The only file in the zip was the demo file. You mentioned that you were going to include a couple of other files from your desktop. Did you forget?
I don't see the addition FM12 Files
Please adjust the zip file and add those extra icon FM files. Thanks
Right within the container field
Check the container field within the file.
-- Matt Petrowsky - ISO FileMaker Magazine Editor