Resurrecting a BASE application

[Phantom54]

I have been slowly developing a catalogue using LO Base. I am happy enough with its functionality. The PC I was using with it died but fortunately the folder containing the files did not. However, when I go to play one of the videos I get the following message: 'Warning “file:///M:/Personal/NonCooll2.odb/Obj81/M:\Personal\Adult\Unveiled, 1986.avi” cannot be passed to an external application to open it (e.g., it might not be an absolute URL, or might denote no existing file). The structure has not changed since the previous system had to be replaced.

Also, no matter what record I have chosen, the error is always the same (about ‘unveiled’). It all used to work quite well.

What do I need to do to fix this?

[RobertG]

Have a look at the path for the video, which had been saved in the table of your database. Post this path here.

[Wanderer]

@Phantom54

might not be an absolute URL, or might denote no existing

The error-message is right - what you posted here is actually two concatenated paths, one part with slash on part with backslash. (Look for the M:) An URL would also encode the space, so we have an URL concatenated with a Windows-path.

@Phantom54

file:///M:/Personal/NonCooll2.odb/Obj81/M:\Personal\Adult\Unveiled, 1986.avi

What puzzles mevis your

@Phantom54

The structure has not changed since the previous system had to be replaced

Then the previous version has not checked, what it passes outside…