Re: Newbie question
Re: Newbie question
- Subject: Re: Newbie question
- From: Ben Waldie <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 15:33:38 -0500
Blaine,
On Thursday, March 13, 2003, at 02:41 PM, Blaine Wilson wrote:
I'm new to AppleScript, so please bear with me if this is a total
newbie
question. Most of my scripting so far has been borrowing from existing
scripts and slogging through a few of my own lines of script. It has
been a
slow process so far, but I'm in the learning stages.
You've come to the right place.
I'm trying to manipulate "found" FileMaker Pro 5.5 records. The book
I'm
referencing, which is fairly old, says "document" refers to found
records
only and "database" refers to all records in the database.
(AppleScript for
the Internet by Ethan Wilde, p 201.)
This doesn't seem to be the case. I end up with the same result
whether I
use "document" or "database."
The reason this is happening is because your line...
set cell "Unsubscribe" of record 1 of document "Customers Copy.fp5" to
"X"
is inside of a "tell database" block. So, for some reason, FileMaker
is ignoring the "of document" you are specifying. Try moving the line
outside of the "tell database" block, and it should work. I.e.
tell application "FileMaker Pro"
activate
tell database "Customers Copy.FP5"
--create a find request using data from the variable
create new request
set cell "Email" of request 1 of database 1 to theAddress
find
end tell
set cell "Unsubscribe" of record 1 of document "Customers Copy.fp5" to
"X"
end tell
On another note, in case you don't know, you can find records in
FileMaker without actually creating a find request. For example...
tell application "FileMaker Pro"
tell database "Customers Copy.FP5"
show (every record whose cell "Email" contains theAddress)
end tell
end tell
Hope this helps.
Thanks,
- Ben
Benjamin S. Waldie
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