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Re: Replacing "whose" in FMP 6 with request/find
From:
Walter Ian Kaye <[log in to unmask]>
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Macintosh Scripting Systems <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Fri, 30 May 2003 00:49:21 -0700
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At 09:35p -0700 05/29/2003, Bruce Robertson didst inscribe upon an
electronic papyrus:

>That's why I've had to create helper applications. The Filemaker report
>generator file must pass an instruction to the helper application. Yoohoo
>Mr. HelperApp! tell document "Contacts.fp5" to find, then tell ME to
>continue running my script.

I haven't tried it, but can't you use an embedded AS script to run
the 'find' command? I know FMP 3 couldn't send events to itself, but
6 can, right?

Just a thought.


-boo

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