Re: Scripting FileMaker in X vs 9?
Re: Scripting FileMaker in X vs 9?
- Subject: Re: Scripting FileMaker in X vs 9?
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 01 Mar 2002 20:13:23 -0800
On 3/1/02 4:47 PM, "Fraser" <email@hidden> wrote:
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On 3/1/02 3:28 PM, you wrote:
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> Try this. Was working in 9 & X you should still be able to
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> open a DB as an alias if you build your path right and in a way
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> that it will work in 9 or X. You could do a path to me as string
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> then strip off the name of the script itself and insert the name of
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> the DB.
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I didn't realize that AppleScript or perhaps Carbon(?) apps understand
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"Classic" paths rather than posix style: "a:b:c" rather than "a/b/c".
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Is it just me, or is the Scriptmenu.menu widget in OS X fussy? Unless I
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specifically activate FileMaker, it consistently bobbles Apple Events. Can
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I activate an app without bringing it to the front? Or can I hide it
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somehow after I'm done with it?
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in Applescript\, 'activate' actually means 'bring to front'. So don't use
'activate' if you don't want it in the front. Just tell the app to launch.
That will keep it in the background.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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