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Bill Steele <[log in to unmask]>
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11.0v4

However, the problem seems to be inversions of OS X, not Filemaker. 


On Apr 5, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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> Which version of Filemaker?  I have noticed Applescript support actually getting worse over versions.
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> On Apr 5, 2013, at 11:32 AM, Bill Steele <[log in to unmask]>
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>> I have a script I've been using for years that reads through a series of Filemaker records, pulling some fields from each one into an Applescript record, and at the end outputting what amounts to a table of contents.mRunning under Mountain Lion, it hangs in the middle of the second or third FM record. No error message; just hangs.  Ran it on the one Snow Leopard machine we still have and it worked fine. 
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>> The exact spot at which it hangs varies, so I'm suspecting it runs out of memory (some of the fields have a lot in them). Am I recalling correctly that someone said ML Applescript was having memory problems?
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>> Meanwhile, back at the ranch…
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>> Choose File is wonky. First run I get an empty Finder window. Hit Cancel and run the script again and the list of files comes up properly. I can also get it to work on the first run by switching directories and coming back. Anybody else seeing this?
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>> Bill Steele
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