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Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:33:58 -0400
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
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Re: Current Record in FileMaker Pro 9
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Mark Lively <[log in to unmask]>
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On Oct 10, 2008, at 12:15 PM, Chuck Pelto wrote:

> This is the first time I've done any serious AppleScripting in FMP9.
>
> I'm finding that the call for Current Record doesn't work like it  
> used to. Used to be it returned a record ID. Now it returns a  
> 'record' of all the fields in the current layout.
>
> What's the call necessary to get the record ID again? Something I  
> can use to say...
>
> Set cell myCell of current record to "FUBAR"
>
> Regards
>

tell application "FileMaker Pro" to get ID of current record

You can what you have as well.

tell application "FileMaker Pro" to set cell "priority" of current  
record to 4

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