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Re: FileMaker and QuickTime movie
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Re: FileMaker and QuickTime movie


  • Subject: Re: FileMaker and QuickTime movie
  • From: Ehsan Saffari <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 12:55:08 -0600

On 17/10/2001 08:37, Jean-Marie Hoornaert <email@hidden> wrote:

>I have a little problem with this script :
>
>set the_movie to (choose file of type "MooV") as string
>tell application "FileMaker Pro 5.5"
> activate
> set data cell "Movie" of current record to file (the_movie)
>end tell
>
>Where "Movie" is a container field.
>
>If file type is "PICT" or "JPEG", it work's.
>With "MooV", I have a "Wrong data type" error.
>
>What's the solution?

running your script, I get the poster frame of the movie set into the
container field, no errors, and no movie. You might want to store the
file reference (as text) in a text field and have an external app play it
with the click of a button.

cheers
ehsan


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