Script Steps Reference

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FILEMAKER SCRIPT STEPS REFERENCE 158

Description

You can create a calculation to generate the AppleScript commands to be sent, or you can type the

commands directly into the Native AppleScript text area.

For calculated scripts and scripts stored in FileMaker Pro fields, the AppleScript commands are

compiled each time the script is performed. If you type the script into the Native AppleScript text

area, then FileMaker Pro compiles the script and detects any scripting or system errors. (The script

is recompiled whenever it's edited.)

Note Because AppleScript is a Mac OS feature, if you run a script containing a Perform AppleScript

script step on a Windows computer, the script step is ignored. (An error code is generated, which

can be captured with the Get(LastError) function.)

Tips on usage

• FileMaker Pro can use the Perform AppleScript script step to send Apple events to itself

or to FileMaker

Pro software running on other machines.

• If you are using FileMaker Pro for Mac OS and you performed a complete installation,

see the FileMaker

Pro Apple Events Reference database at www.filemaker.com for

additional information and examples.

• Use Perform AppleScript to communicate with applets and other scriptable applications.

For example, if you have created an AppleScript applet with sub-routines, you can call

the handlers using the Perform AppleScript command, like this:

Perform AppleScript ["tell application "My Applet" to

doMyRoutine()"]

Examples

This example copies text from a field in a FileMaker Pro database and pastes it into a new

AppleWorks word processing document.

Copy [Select; Correspondence::Letter]

Perform AppleScript ["Tell Application "AppleWorks 6" activate

make new document paste end tell"]

This example sets the primary monitor to its minimum bit depth.

Perform AppleScript ["tell application "Finder" to set bounds

of window "My Files" to {100,100,100,100}”]