amyr Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I am working on a database for customer records. I would like to eliminate boxes of paper invoices. I want to scan the invoices into PDFs and then link the corresponding record to the PDF. (e.g. You look up Mr. Doe's service call for May 5, 2008; the record shows some information; you can click on a link in the record to view the PDF Invoice in a new window) Is this possible? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Techphan Posted June 12, 2008 Share Posted June 12, 2008 I am working on a database for customer records. I would like to eliminate boxes of paper invoices. I want to scan the invoices into PDFs and then link the corresponding record to the PDF. (e.g. You look up Mr. Doe's service call for May 5, 2008; the record shows some information; you can click on a link in the record to view the PDF Invoice in a new window) Is this possible? It may be a little labor intensive but it can be done (the scanning, naming and import into Filemaker). Each scan needs to be placed into a container file and linked to the contact (Contact::pKey to ScannedData::fKey). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amyr Posted June 12, 2008 Author Share Posted June 12, 2008 The work will be worth it. We have 15 years of job history in our database. Having the invoices available help us very much. I am new to FileMaker programming, but have made dozens of databases with Access. If I store the pdf files in a folder on the host computer can do I use a calculated field to bring them up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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