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Hi all,

Firstly, apologies if this is in the wrong section but wasn't sure where best to put it.

Basically, I'm looking for a way to import media items in bulk to RE, insetad of manually entering one item at a time. I'm looking to write an application that does this rather than purchase any third-party software. Now, my understanding is that current;y it is not possible to do this using the API. So, I have tried writing directly to the RE database. I have no trouble doing this, and adding media items to the 'object' field in binary format. However, when I do this I am unable to view that media item in RE. The record exists but nothing appears when you try and open the item. I am not bothered whether the actual item gets imported or if it's only a link instead. Either will suffice.

So does anyone know if this actually possible and some suggestion of how to achieve it?
I am wondering if Blackbaud have got this locked down somehow by using some algorithm when writing to the 'object' field in the 'MEDIA' table hence when I write only the item in binary format it cantht be seen from RE. I know there is nothing wrong with what I'm writing as I can manually read it out again. The following response seems to suggesto this to me, if anyone can give any further advice and opinion I'd be really grateful.
Thanks.


I have checked into this and can advise that currently, the only way to add media objects through VBA or API is through the use of the CMediaForm. When you add a media object, there is a process that converts the media object to a binary string that is stored in the OBJECT field and the code that performs that action is proprietary. The functionality you are requesting has been filed with our developers as a suggestion for a future release. The knowledgebase solution that documents this suggestion is:

http://www.blackbaud.com/esupport/esupport.asp?resource=&number=0&id=BB84792