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Re: FileMaker Strange Reference
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Re: FileMaker Strange Reference


  • Subject: Re: FileMaker Strange Reference
  • From: Xandra Lee <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 15:35:06 -0500

>But, if I say the following, it won't work:
>
>tell application "Finder"
> set myFile to the first file in the folder "folder_1" in the startup
>disk
>end tell
>
>tell application "FileMaker Pro"
> open myFile with password "bump"
>end tell

I can't get your second line to run at all, but if I could, it would
return a "Finder" reference like:
file "File A" of folder "folder_1" of disk "Macintosh HD"

Filemaker doesn't understand Finder references, you need to convert this
to a string.

Normally, you can do this by saying...
tell application "Finder"
set myFile to (whatever) as string --**
end tell


the goals is to present fileMaker with:
"Disk:folder_1:filename"

** --(this MIGHT work do to a coercion in Jon's command's --others would
know, I've always taken it as a given)

hth,
xandra

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