Re: Filemaker and Database events
Re: Filemaker and Database events
- Subject: Re: Filemaker and Database events
- From: Bruce Robertson <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 14 Jun 2010 19:44:52 -0700
On Jun 14, 2010, at 6:07 PM, Stockly, Ed wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> FMP's got one of the oldest and, in my opinion, best applescript
> dictionaries around.
>
> It seems to me that too much of filemaker is hidden from applescript in
> favor of a different scripting model.
>
> For example, there is no appleScript command to import a file. The only way
> I could figure out how to do that was to create a filemaker script that
> pointed to a dummy file in a set location, then write the data to the file
> via applescript then trigger the filemaker script.
>
> That, in my opinion, is not a sign of a good applescript dictionary.
Riiiight.
Why import when you can read the file and write to records directly with applescript?
>
>>>> FMP and database events can work fine together
>
> That's what I've heard, but I guess "fine" is a relative term.
>>>> FMP is a scriptable app and database events is an osax.
>
> Actually, DBE is a faceless background application.
>
>
>>>> To get your data into FMP, I think what you want to do is to read your raw
> text in all at once into an applescript list using either Applescript or another
> text processing tool, and then in a tell app "FileMaker Pro" block iterate
> through the list to create a new FMP record.
>
> With thousands of records this would take way too long. Converting to a file
> format FMP will recognize and importing that is much faster.
If by too long you mean five seconds.
Bruce Robertson
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