V4MD - Blob embedded images with text

[Joseph Lantis]

Thanks.  I did import the HTML data into a Text field.  When creating an
object pointer for the image, it would link back to the HTML record, but how
do I maintain the original position of the image within the text?

- Joseph

> From: Ruslan Zasukhin <sunshine at public.kherson.ua>
> Reply-To: Valentina Developers <valentina at lists.macserve.net>
> Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 18:36:53 +0300
> To: <valentina at lists.macserve.net>
> Subject: Re: V4MD - Blob embedded images with text
> 
> On 6/23/04 6:23 PM, "Joseph Lantis" <joseph at lantis.cc> wrote:
> 
> Hi Joseph, 
> 
>> I am a Valentina and Director newbie and am attempting to use the Valentina
>> dbe for a cd-rom project.  I have imported my data into a vdb and have a
>> blob field which contains some HTML formatted text data.  This data may have
>> a reference to zero, one, two or three image links.   I need to know how to
>> get the image references to display at the appropriate spot in the text.  Is
>> there a way to do this?  Is there a way to change my image file source to
>> some type of pointer to an image blob reference?
> 
>> Can I import both text
>> data and image data into the same blob field?
> 
> Only if you self prepare them to be as single block.
> 
> 1) HTML text you better store not into BLOB field, but into TEXT field.
> 
> 2) DBMS do not care about your HTML links inside of TEXT.
>   so answer is no, there is no way to link your links to images stored in
> the db...you need build some own mechanism.
> 
> For example,
> 
> * you store some HTML into TEXT field of table 'HTML'
>   when you do AddRecord() you get RecID of just added record.
> 
> * you self parse and find link, and get images.
> 
>   let you store images into Table "Images" that have at least fields:
> 
>       HTML_ptr of ObjectPtr type.
>       image of Picture type.
> 
> So you store for example 3 images into this table,
> And each image you link to record in HTML table
> Assigning HTML_Ptr = recid of record.
> 
> Now you will be able find in db images that are linked to that HTML
> document.
> 
>> Example of datablob:
>> 
>> <p class=absbody><b>Background:</b> Approximately half of CLL patients do
>> not
>> respond to alemtuzumab and others progress after responding to alemtuzumab.
>> We
>> report ...snipped data... relapse are reported. <b>Results:</b> The chance
>> of response was associated with lymph node size (p &lt;0.0001): </p>
>> 
>> <p class=absbody><img width=350 height=68 id="_x0000_i1025"
>> src="file:///G://AAAAA/04/DB/RTF/TABLE/PUBUpdatedTables/TIFs/B001823_1.tif"
>> type="image/tiff"></img></p>
>> 
>> <p class=absbody><br>
>> High dose methyl prednisolone (HDMP; 1g/m²/day x5 every 4 weeks; 4 patients)
>> or
>> CHOP (1) were used to reduce bulky nodes prior to alemtuzumab. 2 of 5 had a
>> resolution of lymph nodes with both achieving MRD negative remissions with
>> alemtuzumab. ...snipped data... </p>
>> 
>> <p class=absbody><img width=350 height=68 id="_x0000_i1025"
>> src="file:///G://AAAAA/04/DB/RTF/TABLE/PUBUpdatedTables/TIFs/B001823_2.tif"
>> type="image/tiff"></img></p>
> 
> -- 
> Best regards,
> Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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