Image Viewer Tutorial

Overview#

• The Image Viewer lists the images linked to transactions, items, workflows and classes, and adds new ones.
• An image can be linked to more than one transaction or item without copying it.
• For every option and setting, see Image Viewer.

💡These tutorials explain how to find, add, link, rename and delete images, and move images between the database and the images folder.

How to Find Images#

1. Navigate to the Image Viewer.
2. Type = Select what the images are linked to, and identify the record:
   • Trans = Select the Transaction Type and enter the number.
   • WF = Select the workflow and enter the record number.
   • Items = Enter the item ID.
   • Class = Select the class and enter the ID.
   • All = Lists all the images.
3. Search = Enter part of the caption (optional).
4. Click View (button).
5. Note: To switch between pictures and a list, click Menu (button) > Image Viewer or List View.

How to Add an Image#

1. Find the transaction, item, workflow or class the image belongs to (see How to Find Images above).
2. Click New (button) and select the image file.
   • Note: If no record is selected, a message asks for one, for example, Please select a Transaction.
3. Caption = Change the caption if needed. It starts as the file name.
4. Click Save (button).
5. Note: When the Image Viewer is opened from a transaction or item, it already shows that record's images.

How to Link an Image to Another Transaction or Item#

1. Open the transaction or item that needs the image.
2. Open the Image Viewer next to it and find the image.
3. Right-click the image and select Link to [transaction or item]. The image is linked without being copied.
4. Note: An image that is itself a link cannot be linked again.

How to Open or Delete an Image#

• Open: Right-click the image and select Open. It opens in the program for that type of file.
• Delete: Right-click the image and select Delete. At Delete Image?, click Yes. An image that other images link to cannot be deleted: the message Delete failed. The selected Image has dependencies. appears.

How to Move Images Between the Database and the Images Folder#

1. List the images to move (see How to Find Images above).
2. Click Menu (button) and select one of these:
   • Copy Images to folder = Copies the listed images to the images folder.
   • Move Images to folder = Copies them to the folder and removes them from the database.
   • Load Images from folder = Loads them from the folder into the database.
3. Click Yes to confirm. A message says how many images were copied or loaded.