When calling for a layout from an external script. I often set the
front most layout name to a variable ie. set variable $$Frontmost to
get(CurrentLayoutName) at the start of the script to ensure that the
script can always find the layout. Later, when you wish to find the
layout again, you call the variable for the layout name instead of
the layout name directly.
On opening your script you say go to layout "TheOneYouWant" and set
the variable to this layout.
This is probably what you may need to do to successfully find the
right layout in your script. It is very hard to know what faults
your file may have without seeing them, however.
If you have Filemaker Advanced, you will have the ability to create a
Database design report of your file in HTML of XML. Viewing this
could help me spot the fault if you would like to send a copy of that.
Peter Baxter
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"Never ask a man what computer he uses. If it's a Mac, he'll tell
you. If it's not, why embarrass him?" --Tom Clancy
