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Re: Write file command in Filemaker
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Re: Write file command in Filemaker


  • Subject: Re: Write file command in Filemaker
  • From: Jay Louvion <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 03 Oct 2006 14:59:50 +0200
  • Thread-topic: Write file command in Filemaker

Title: Re: Write file command in Filemaker
On 3.10.2006 14:04, "Peter Baxter" <email@hidden> spake thus:

How about this,  

set theText to the clipboard
tell
application "Microsoft Word"
activate
if
exists not "Grammar Checker.doc" then
make
new document
insert
text theText at the end of text object of active document
check grammar
text object of active document
save as
active document file name "Grammar Checker.doc" with replacing

else
insert
text theText at the end of text object of active document
check grammar
text object of active document
save as
active document file name "Grammar Checker.doc" with replacing
end if
end
tell


Peter

Thanks Peter. Certainly a good solution for scripting Word, but as I stated, my itch is  elsewhere and looks kinda like this:

tell application "FileMaker Pro" -- the tell block could be removed when runngin this from FM, I guess
   set WebCode to cellValue of cell "WEB code" of current record of document 1 as text -- retrieving data from cell 1
   set JobNr to cellValue of cell "Nr." of current record of document 1 as text -- retrieving data from cell 2
   set JobTitle to cellValue of cell "concerne:" of current record of document 1 as text -- retrieving data from cell 3
   set NewProjectContent to WebCode & return & JobNr & return & JobTitle -- compiling data in one block
   my WriteToFile(NewProjectContent, (path to desktop as text) & "test.txt" as string, true) -- calling a subroutine to create and write to a file
end tell -- the tell block could be removed when runngin this from FM, I guess

on WriteToFile(this_data, target_file, append_data)
    try
       set the target_file to the target_file as text
       set the open_target_file to ¬
            open for access file target_file with write permission
       if append_data is false then ¬
            set eof of the open_target_file to 0
        write this_data to the open_target_file starting at eof as «class utf8» -- at this stage, when compiling in FM, I have to add "tell app "System Events" or "Finder" to..." otherwise the "write" sounds off the non-compilation alarm.
       close access the open_target_file
       return true
   on error
       try
           close access file target_file
       end try
       return false
   end try
end
WriteToFile

This whole script runs fine, the text file is just a 0K file, like the access errored out (I’ll have to ask FM to display a dialog if this is the case, I’ll post back)

Best,

j.

Jay Louvion
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3, rue Müller-Brun
1208 Geneva

T+4122 840 3272
F+4122 840 3271

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www.studiocasagrande.com


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