Storing attachments on other place

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Hi,I just want to ask u, if is it possible to have an attachments on other place then in LN document.

For example: I have Database on my server and my users need store some attachments in documents(like MS Office documents, pictures or movies), but those documents have length from 300kB to 5MB. As you can imagine this is not good idea to store them in document, but should be better to store them on some file server and in document have just a link. Do you have any ideas?

Note: OLE object doesn’t solve this problem or do they?

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Subject: Re: Storing attachments on other place

I’m not 100% sure, but attachments are stored separately from the document in the database. In this way You can have large attachments and still be able to open documents very quickly.OLE objects are stored directly in the document, so it can take much longer to open document with large OLE objects.

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Subject: RE: Re: Storing attachments on other place

I thing, you are not right, cos always if I attache some file in document, that document is larger and of course work with it is worse. If I link word file by linked OLE object, that file is still on same place and in LN document is just link to it.

Is it here anybody else Who know how to do it?

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Subject: RE: Re: Storing attachments on other place

Just test this: 1. Create two documents, one with very large attachment (e.g. 5MB) and second with same OLE document.

  1. Compare Fields of those documents (from view rightclick mouse, select properties and choose fields, check $FILE fields).

  2. Try to open both documents and then open atachments

  3. Delete file from it’s original position

  4. Try to open again.

Also check Domino.Doc product - it should be close to what you need.