automated Filemaker file saving
automated Filemaker file saving
- Subject: automated Filemaker file saving
- From: Peter Klaver <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 16 May 2003 17:01:05 +0200
Hi everyone,
There is a job in Filemaker I'd like to automate. I'm not well
experienced in Applescript (and also new to this list), so I was
wandering if anyone could give me their ideas about the feasability
of what I want to do.
The thing is as follows: I'm running a password-protected Filemaker
online database to which ordinary users can add but not delete/edit
records. Some users might want to do things not possible through the
web interface, so I'd like them to be able to download an unprotected
copy with which they can do all they want. The online 'master'
document is constantly changing, so I'd like some script to
periodically make a copy of the database file to a place which is
connected to a link from a webpage and then disable the password
protection from that copy. Users could then download that unprotected
copy, which would be automatically kept up to date.
I've downloaded the Applescript language guide and toyed a little
with Filemaker and the Script editor. I've read only part of the
language guide but I get the impression that what I want is not
possible. The script recorder doesn't record anythong Filemaker is
doing so I assume I'd have to hand-write the script. And I don't
think that Filemakers Applescript support is extensive enough for my
task. In order for Applescript to work, Filemaker should accept
detailed commands from the script descending into menus, the dialog
boxes that appear after selecting items from those menus, the options
available in those dialog boxes (marking/unmarking checkboxes,
automatically entering passwords in dialog boxes that pop up, etc).
This is something Filemaker does not support, correct?
I've also tried Filemakers internal scripting capabilities, but these
also don't give me what I want. For instance, I seem unable to
include the password in the script to automatically hand it to
Filemaker when it asks for it. Is this scripting language indeed
incapable of doing this?
If both scripting options are indeed impossible as I think they are,
does anyone have an alternative idea of how tho handle this?
kind greets,
Peter
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