What kind of app is filemaker? Contextual snow leopard services only
work in native cocoa apps. Programs like iTunes must use the scripts
folder or old services menu.
On Wed, Nov 4, 2009 at 1:37 AM, Bruce Robertson <email@hidden> wrote:
> 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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