Posted by: AimHere
« on: February 16, 2010, 06:24:23 pm »Thanks for the answers. I'll just keep on embedding the images in the database then.
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I'd consider unchecking the above option and using the default method
My main question is, are image files referred to internally with absolute pathnames (e.g. something like "C:\PVD Files\Images\Movies\Star Wars.jpg") or relative ones (assuming the database is in "C:\PVD Files" then the image path becomes "Images\Movies\Star Wars.jpg")? It makes a difference if the database file itself is ever moved (say, from the C: drive to the F: drive); this would break any relative pathnames.
As long as I'm at it: would there be any programmatic way to change embedded images to separate files for a given database? Preferably something that would extract the images to separate folders depending on their purpose (e.g. "Posters", "Screenshots", "Actors", etc.)?
Because of this, my database is becoming pretty huge (around 500 megabytes at last count). I'd consider unchecking the above option and using the default method, but I'm concerned about how PVD references images that are stored separately.