Re: AppleScript Error with FM8A
Re: AppleScript Error with FM8A
- Subject: Re: AppleScript Error with FM8A
- From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 07 Jan 2006 17:54:44 -0800
> Hi Bruce
>
>> Also - if you are moving or renaming a file, you don't need applescript to
>> do that, you can do that with standard FileMaker script variables and file
>> path references.
>
> Can you post sample set of script steps that can do that ?
I'll post the message:
>> This is new (to me, anyway):
>>
>> Set a container field to a pathname that points to a non-existent
>> file.
>>
>> Set a variable to the pathname to the file you want to delete.
>> .
>> With error capture on, 'Export field contents' using the the
>> variable to point to the target location. The file is directly
>> deleted, without passing through Trash.
>>
>> You can simply use an empty container field, but the error message
>> is not captured.
>>
>> This is handy for deleting files that a process would otherwise
>> leave on the client machine: e.g. permanently sorting a table.
>>
>> With some scripting you can use this method to move and rename
>> files as well as delete them.
>
> One gotcha to note: when you insert the "non-existent" file in the
> container field, you have to store only a reference to it. The file
> can't actually be stored in the container field, or else it won't
> delete the target file later on. (At least, if you use a global
> container, it must be stored as a reference only).
And can't you just make it a calculated container field, so no real file
ever has to exist? And if it DOES exist, it appears as a result of the
calculation.
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