Re: If I can defend myself... (was 'Re: FileMaker (Pro Advanced 8) bug?')
Re: If I can defend myself... (was 'Re: FileMaker (Pro Advanced 8) bug?')
- Subject: Re: If I can defend myself... (was 'Re: FileMaker (Pro Advanced 8) bug?')
- From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 22 Oct 2006 23:23:04 -0700
> I am actually quite familiar with the FileMaker AppleEvents database
> but, as Michael Vinca pointed out, it hasn't really changed much over
> the years (I've been around long enough to notice that). And like
> AppleScript dictionaries they often don't give you that much
> information. I got enormous help from this mailing list in the past,
> without it I'd never have got started writing AppleScript because all
> the books and online help didn't seem to explain why my scripts all
> refused to work in the early days.
>
> One of the things that I have found with FileMaker 7/8 (as opposed to
> versions 6 and lower) is that it is critically important to reference
> a Layout above just about everything else.
Well, not quite. But it is critically important to be critical about what
you are referencing because there is much more room for ambiguity now. There
can be any number of founds sets in a window (one found set for each layout)
and any number of windows.
> I think I can usually work around this, my applescripts are generally
> run by the user via a FileMaker button, but I was hoping that someone
> would be able to give me specific code to identify the correct way to
> get "create new record" to act on a table/database/layout that is not
> visible to the user or confirm that this is indeed a bug (or
> 'limitation' or 'design feature', depending on your perspective).
Code given in prior message:
Create new record in table "MyTable"
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