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Services and FileMaker



Ben Waldie' s video of using a Snow Leopard service to get text from a URL is interesting.

<http://www.peachpit.com/podcasts/episode.aspx?e=3a82cb79-60cd-4209-8eff-96bd8082fc21 >

I tried to do the same thing myself, but ran into two problems. One problem is that I get better results if I identify the source as text rather than URL. This also enables you to grab info from a file URL. If I leave the source as URL, the service is often not visible in the service menu or contextual menu. After setting up a service to recognize text, I got it to work OK in apps like Tex-Edit.

The second problem is that it doesn't look like FileMaker handles text services. Selecting text in a standard FileMaker text field never reveals any Services. If the text is in a FileMaker web viewer, then Services become available.


Bruce Robertson Filemaker 9 Certified

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