Getting label from a record (Reasons)
Getting label from a record (Reasons)
- Subject: Getting label from a record (Reasons)
- From: EBI Aktivitet <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 20 Nov 2003 09:21:56 +0100
I've been getting questions off list on the reasons for my attempt of
getting the labels of a record, and I suppose my new question about getting
the dictionary will also be similarly unclear.
I built an app for a client a few years ago that will permit him to log a
number of document properties from Photoshop into a Filemaker database. It's
all done automatically when he saves the Photoshop doc. The client then uses
the gathered info to generate his invoicing, the only manual step being that
the person who worked on the doc needs to input the time spent working on
the image (in an AS dialog that pops up at doc save time).
This has been working well for the client, saving him hours weekly, since he
no longer needs to manually invoice the work of his gang of image editor
staff. Not to mention added info on what work was done, who did it, and
limited chance for the staff to "hide" work from invoicing.
Thing is, he now wants a solution that runs in OS X, preferably without
OSAX, and that supports other apps than Photoshop...
That means that I have to find a way of letting him select an app to be
monitored, check if that app is scriptable, check if it has a
document->properties entry in it's dictionary, and then get all the labels
of the properties. Once all that is done, well, then I can have a UI for the
client that lets him select what info he wants to put into the FM database
for his log. Should I find a way to hack the apps dictionary to pieces, then
I can support apps that don9t have the properties all nicely collected in a
record, but also apps that have to be more explicitly asked for what
property we're looking for.
I hope this gives an idea of what I'm after, and why. Should any of you have
questions, please feel free to contact me off list.
Regards, Adim
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