A ton of images.

[Fletch]

I have over 190,000 images I need to bring into FusionPro as resources. I'm currently doing this using the 'add multiple' option, but when I 'Cntrl-A' to select all, it's taking a ton of time. Is this the nature of the beast, or is there a better way to bring them all in?

[step]

Is there anything in the data that ties in with the image image? If so you can write a CreateResource rule that will bring the images in on the fly. Something along the lines of:

 

var pic = CreateResource(Field("image") + ".pdf");
return pic;

[Fletch]

Actually, yes. The file name is in the database. I'll be using that field to choose the image for variable placement. Will that code do both, or is there an additional code for placing the images based on the filename?

[Fletch]

Where do I show FusionPro the path to the images?

[step]

Yes you will use that to populate the graphic box. It just creates the resource on the fly instead of you having to manually add all of the resources.

 

Assuming you don't have your 190,000+ images in the root folder with your template, you'll probably need to point to the folder in which they are contained. You can use relative paths for this.

[Jeff Berry]

I usually add the path to the images to the 'Search Path' box in the composition settings when I'm working with a ton of images. That seems to work great for me.