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Re: Fm Insert movie
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Re: Fm Insert movie


  • Subject: Re: Fm Insert movie
  • From: ehsan saffari <email@hidden>
  • Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 22:16:27 -0600

On 16/01/2003 17:12, "Dr. Max Bonilla" <email@hidden> wrote:

>I'm trying to script a FileMaker 5.5 database to insert a movie into
>a container field, but the set command does not respond (returns an
>error: FileMaker Pro got an error: Some data was the wrong type.)
>
>Here's a shorter example where the problem happens:
>tell application "FileMaker Pro"
> tell database 1
> set temp to (choose file with prompt "Which Movie?") as string
> set cell "Video clip QuickTime" of last record to file temp
> end tell
>end tell
>
>Any ideas?

Your script works fine here.
My guess is "Video clip QuickTime" cell is defined as something other
than a container type.

cheers
ehsan
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