Re: APPLE events
Re: APPLE events
- Subject: Re: APPLE events
- From: Jed Verity <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2001 17:26:36 -0700
Hi Brian,
In these situations, I usually have a flag that will tell the AppleScript to
continue.
For example:
--begin script
tell app "FileMaker Pro" to tell database "dbName" to do script (FileMaker
script "fmpScript"
set statusFlag to "busy"
set zTick to 0
tell app "FileMaker Pro"
tell database "dbName"
repeat until (statusFlag = "not busy") or (zTick = 1000)
set statusFlag to cellValue of cell "global_flag"
set zTick to zTick+1
end
end
end
if zTick 1000
--do stuff
else
--FileMaker script never completed successfully
end
--end script
The "fmpScript" script would, as its last step, set the value of the field
"global_flag" to "not busy" (you could also use a "close" script step and
check for the existence of the db in the idle loop). This will slow things
down a little but will at least wait to continue until the FileMaker script
is done.
HTH,
Jed
On 4/10/01 5:39 PM, you wanted me to know this:
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> G'day Brian
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> If you're using FMP to create line items for an invoice you'd should do
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> it with a link file using the invoice number as a key field.
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> Conceptually this is the relational equivalent of using repeating fields
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> in a file but without the limitations (and it adheres much more closely
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> to a correct relational model).
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> just stick an FMP 'beep' or 'show message' step at the end of the FMP
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> script OR, if you _really_ need AS involved, put a 'perform AS' script
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> step at the end of your scriptmaker script with whatever type of response
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> you'd like (Display Dialog or whatever)
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Thanks. But I'm trying to find out about application responses. Beeps don't
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work when I'm in bed and the script is running.
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It's an existential question. If a script beeps and nobody heard it did it
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really beep?
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I want to query an application to see if it's done doing something. I want
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to return a boolean value hopefully, and then continue on with my script.
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In Filemaker Proif you trigger a FMP script with an applescript the FMP
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script goes off while applescript continues to run. I need it to wait for
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filemaker to finish and then continue. If my other stuff goes off before
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the import (80,000 memory chip prices) it does no good.
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Is this performed with an idle handler or waiting for the application to
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return some kind of status?
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Brian Loomis
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Virtual Relations
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