Image Wizard Settings

Access

The Update Product Images (Image Wizard) routine is used to attach image files to product records in STORIS. Images can be accessed at most Product fields and also on eSTORIS A set of applications that allows you to bring your STORIS system onto the World Wide Web to create a "virtual store".. Use this routine to view or specify the

• replicated directory path where your replicated product images are stored.

• maximum height and width in pixels that STORIS can apply when re-sizing product images you import.

• image item name to use (product number or vendor model number) when replicating product images.

When searching for product images, the system checks the following places for the selected image, in the following order, and selects the first one it finds:

• STORIS.ini file on the local PC. The local PC may have a path to an image directory on the local PC.

• Replicated Directory Path in the Image Wizard Settings

• STORIS database

Generally speaking, the system takes longer to retrieve images from the STORIS database than from the Replicated Directory Path. Fastest is a folder on your local PC.

Many of the settings here can also be edited in the Update Product Images (Image Wizard) routine.

Replicated Directory PathIf you replicated your STORIS Image Repository, enter the directory path to the folder to which the image database was replicated. Otherwise, STORIS cannot find the directory.

Resize Maximum Value in Pixels - Height and Width

These three "re-size" fields are mandatory. When you import an image using the Auto-Format option, STORIS attempts to create three ".jpg" versions of the image (large, standard, and thumbnail). STORIS' recommended maximum image dimensions appear in the fields when you first access this routine. The Image Wizard import utility references these settings during the import image process if auto-sizing is activated. Remember that larger images occupy more disc space.

You can use these fields to establish a maximum height and width you want the system to apply during auto-formatting for each of the three image sizes; however, STORIS provides a default height of zero (0) pixels for the large and standard sizes. In this way, the zero acts as a kind of wild-card by not restricting the height of the image during auto-formatting unless the image exceeds the specified maximum width. In such cases, Auto-Format reduces the height proportionally to the width to maintain the aspect ratio.

LargeEnter the maximum value in pixels you want the system to use when re-sizing product images to the large size. Enter a height and width.

StandardEnter the maximum value in pixels you want the system to use when re-sizing product images to the standard size. Enter a height and width.

ThumbnailEnter the maximum value in pixels you want the system to use when re-sizing product images to the thumbnail size. Enter a height and width.

Image Item Name

Use Kit Image If No Item ImageTo display a kit image for kit components with no associated image, check the box at this field.  Otherwise, leave the field blank.

If you check the box at this field, then when searching for a product's associated image, if no image exists for the product, the program searches for associated kit masters.  The program searches the most recent kit first and if an image exists for the kit master, the program returns it for use with the product.  If no image exists for the most recent kit master, the system searches the next most recent, and so on until it finds an image. If no associated kit masters contain an image, the system does not display an image for the product.