Working with Images

You can include images with certain types of records. For example, when you assign the image of an employee to the employee’s record, Sage 100 Contractor displays a thumbnail view in the Employee window. Sage 100 Contractor supports the following types of images: .bmp, .jpeg or .jpg, .gif, .emf, .wmf, and .ico files.

Before assigning an image to a record, the image file must follow a specific naming convention. For example, use a word or words, followed by a space, followed by a number (see below). This lets you keep a series of pictures with a record you can use the same name but change only the number.

After you assign an image file to a record, you can include other image files with similar names.

Suppose you have been taking pictures of the progress at a job site. The latest photo, fourth in the series, is named BL Johnson 04.bmp and is assigned to the job record. A thumbnail of the photo appears on the job record. In addition, you can view the three previous photos, BL Johnson 01.bmp, BL Johnson 02.bmp, and BL Johnson 03.bmp from the Image window.

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 \MB7\company folder.

For a series of images, the images must use the correct naming convention. Assign each image in the series to the record. Sage 100 Contractor copies the image files to the appropriate folder for you.