Working with Images

You can include images with certain types of records, such as employee records. Sage 100 Contractor supports BMP, JPEG or JPG, GIF, EMF, WMF, and ICO file formats.

You can assign a single image or a series of images to a record. When you include an image in a file, Sage 100 Contractor saves a copy to the Images folder, which is located in the \\[ServerName]\[CompanyName]\ folder.

Before assigning an image to a record, make sure that the name of the image file uses the following naming convention: a word or words, followed by a space, followed by a number (for example, BL Johnson 01.bmp). After you assign an image file to a record, you can include other image files with similar names.

For example, suppose you have been taking pictures of the progress at a job site. The fourth photo in the series is named BL Johnson 04.bmp and is assigned to the job record. You can view the three previous photos, BL Johnson 01.bmp, BL Johnson 02.bmp, and BL Johnson 03.bmp from the Image window.

By changing only the number, you can keep a series of pictures with file names that identify the associated record. Assign each image in the series to the record. Sage 100 Contractor copies the image files to the appropriate folder for you.

  1. Using the data control, select the record to which you want to assign an image.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Image.
  3. Click Browse.
  4. In the Assign Image dialog box, select the image you want to assign to the record, and then click Open.
  5. Click OK.
  1. Using the data control, select the record from which you want to view an image.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Image.
  1. Using the data control, select the record from which you want to delete an image.
  2. On the Edit menu, click Image.
  3. Click Clear.
  4. Click OK.