RE: Dialog Box
RE: Dialog Box
- Subject: RE: Dialog Box
- From: Kevin Gogerty <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 20:14:18 -0600
Hi..
The easiest way that I found to trigger a script or a number of scripts is
to use FileMaker Pro. You can call them from a database or to trigger a
script out side Filemaker.
Ever button and link on my web site are linked to an AppleScript that
resides in Filemaker. If you are interested I can explain further...
Example...
http://www.tbl2000.com/applescript/cgi-bin/FMPro?-db=asdigest&-format=asmess
age2.html&-lay=search&-script=gohtml&-recid=33355&-find=
To pick this url apart
http://www.tbl2000.com/applescript/cgi-bin/FMPro? <--Where the alias to
FileMaker is located on my server...
-db=asdigest <-- name of the database running on my server
-format=asmessage2.html <-- name of the NEXT page
-lay=search <-- the layout in Filemaker to "get stuff" from
-script=gohtml <-- the AppleScript that is inbedded in Filemaker
-recid=33355 <-- Current Record to get stuff from (this is usually
optional)
-find= <-- FileMaker function to make it all happen
need to know more let me know
Kevin Gogerty
AppleScript Users Digest Archives
http://www.tbl2000.com/applescript
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Reply-To: email@hidden
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 17:28:12 -0800 (PST)
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To: email@hidden
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Subject: applescript-users digest, Vol 2 #1348 - 14 msgs
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Message: 3
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From: "Sprague, Graham" <email@hidden>
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To: AppleScript Users <email@hidden>, "'Jolly
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Roger'" <email@hidden>
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Cc: Andrew Donnelly <email@hidden>
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Subject: RE: Dialog Box
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Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2001 16:36:01 -0500
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Why not just use a second FileMaker file with the fields needed and use
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ScriptMaker combined with a relationship to update the fields?
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> From: Jolly Roger
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> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 2:09 PM
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> To: AppleScript Users
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> Cc: Andrew Donnelly
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> Subject: Re: Dialog Box
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> On 11/29/2001 12:00 PM, "Andrew Donnelly"
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> <email@hidden> wrote:
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>> Hi , I need to create a dialog box that will float above an
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> application.
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>> This dialog box will be displaying a number that is calculated from a
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>> Filemaker database. For example; the user will run a query on the
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> database
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>> returning 5 records. A script will calculate the number to display by
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>> calculating the sum of values in the found set. I can accomplish this
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>> easily but the user will have to run the script every time they need
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> this
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>> calculation. What I need is a dialog box that will float above the
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>> application and continually update the text in the dialog box according
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> to
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>> the value returned from the database. The user needs to be able to
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>> continue working in the application while the dialog box is displayed.
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>> I hope this makes sense
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> Look into Dialog Director. It does what you want.
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> JR
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