jsosa : Message: Re: [jsosa] accessing field value in FileMaker 7

PS: Here is the AppleScript that does what I want:

tell application "FileMaker Pro"
        tell current record of layout "Data Entry View"
        set userID to cell "User ID"
    end tell
end tell

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var scpt = new MacOS.OSA(MacOS.OSA.AppleScript); try { scpt.compile( 'AppleScript compile-time error' ); } catch(e) { MacOS.message( 'I never see this...' ) } ...

Arthur Knapp
admiralnovia

Dec 18, 2003
6:24 pm

... Bug filed. Cheers -Mark ... Mark Alldritt Late Night Software Ltd. Phone: 250-380-1725 333 Moss Street FAX:...

Mark Alldritt
malldritt2000

Dec 18, 2003
6:51 pm

I upgraded to FileMakerPro 7.0 from version 5.5. The following is no longer working to access the value of the field. aName =...

Hardy Machia
hardymacia

Mar 19, 2004
1:33 am

... I've not had a chance to look at the FMP7 scripting interface, but it looks like the name of something may have changed. I seem to recall the notion of ...

Mark Alldritt
malldritt2000

Mar 19, 2004
4:14 pm

Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 08:14:26 -0800 ... Hi Mark, It's been almost a year so I decided to try to update my databases to FileMaker 7.0 again. I forgot that it...

Hardy Machia
hardymacia

Mar 8, 2005
5:23 am

PS: Here is the AppleScript that does what I want: tell application "FileMaker Pro" tell current record of layout "Data Entry View" set userID to cell "User...

Hardy Machia
hardymacia

Mar 8, 2005
2:59 pm

... I don't have FileMaker, so... what happens when you simply do this? fmp = MacOS.appBySignature( 'FMP7' ); fmp._strict = false; userID = fmp.layout[ 'Data...

arthur@...
admiralnovia

Mar 8, 2005
4:53 pm

... Thanks for the help. Here is the error I get... AppleScript Error TypeError: fmp.layout['Data Entry View'].current_record.cell has no properties The result...

Hardy Machia
hardymacia

Mar 9, 2005
2:15 am

While, I try to figure out how to access a cell in a FileMaker 7.0 database, I figured I should try some work arounds. I can get the string data to a variable...

Hardy Machia
hardymacia

Mar 10, 2005
6:39 am

... Note to self - RTFM... While this is a long about way around to get and set field values in FM 7 - I'm embedding AppleScript inside of the JavaScript...,...

Hardy Machia
hardymacia

Mar 10, 2005
2:37 pm

... Yes, it works both ways: set utc to run script "new Date().toUTCString()" in "JavaScript" -- --> "Thu, 10 Mar 2005 15:33:38 GMT" Cheers, Arthur J. Knapp...

arthur@...
admiralnovia

Mar 10, 2005
3:35 pm

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