Toolbox Help should assist you with this, but getting images to work may not be easy. I'm probably wrong, but I think Toolbox won't allow file names over eight characters. So maybe your file names are too long. Don't quote me on that, though. And don't go changing things until you know for sure the correct fix from the experts.
I got Lexique Pro to recognize images with the following kind of formatting:
\pc .G.i-corax4.jpg
I just had to make the images all the same size and then not try to put their dimensions in the database. That may just be an issue with getting them to work in Lexique Pro, but I can't remember now. I haven't worked in Toolbox for years and just use what I got to work in Lexique Pro back then. And maybe I just got rid of trying to put them in a different folder due to Lexique Pro. You have to think of how you will display these and what program(s) you will use. Word might give you fits when it comes to rendering these images in a document. It did me and I just used Lexique Pro to see things on the computer. We have never printed - which it sounds like you want to do.
I'll be interested in hearing what Toolbox Help has to say, but you are not the first person to ask about this. If this List has archives, you should look there for answers, too. Sorry I can't be of much help, but I wanted to send a few comments.
Crockett
From: 'Jason Lee' via Shoebox/Toolbox Field Linguist's Toolbox [mailto:shoeboxtoolbox-fiel...@googlegroups.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 1, 2022 8:28 PM
To: Shoebox/Toolbox Field Linguist's Toolbox <shoeboxtoolbox-fiel...@googlegroups.com>
Subject: [Toolbox] MDF export of graphics problem
I'm trying to include pictures in my MDF dictionary, but am having trouble.
Word is giving the error message "The graphics filter was unable to convert this file. (\png\Acacia_dunnii)"
Here is the syntax within the entry in Toolbox:
\pc .G.\png\Acacia_dunnii;2.5";2.5";PNG
I've tried other graphics formats and syntax, such as .jpg and .bmp:
\pc .G.\png\Acacia_dunnii.png;2.5";2.5";PNG
\pc .G.\jpg\Acacia_dunnii.jpg;2.5";2.5";JPG
\pc .G.\bmp\Acacia_dunnii.bmp;2.5";2.5";BMP
All of these have failed so far.
I've tried having the graphics folder (e.g. \png) in both the same level as the dictionary file, as well as in the 'settings' subfolder. Both don't work.
Here is the debug error line:
WordBasicInsertPicture Name:=sFilePath$, LinkToFile:="0"
I've had filepath issues before. Something about Toolbox not cooperating so well with modern windows user folders or something.
Would appreciate advice.
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