On Jun 6, 2006, at 11:59 AM, Bill Steele wrote:

> I have a Filemaker script that works the first time you run it.  
> Second time you run it on the same record gives an error "Data is  
> being accessed by another user, script or transaction."  If you  
> scroll to a previous record and back it works. If you open the  
> script and look at it and try again it works.
>
> I have narrowed the problem down to a step in a "Perform  
> Applescript" step that assigns a variable to a field, to wit:
>
> tell current record
> set field "filename" to filename
> end tell
>
> (This is a trick to move a variable from the Applescript to where  
> another Filemaker script step can use it.)
>
> Apparently once it has done this it thinks the script is somehow  
> still connected to that field, even though the script  finished  
> running three minutes ago.  How do I convince it otherwise?

Does the FileMaker Script which calls this applescript do anything  
after the applescript?  What version of FileMaker?  Is the database  
shared?

There are probably some simple FileMaker Script steps that would fix  
the problem.

Loop
	next record/request (exit after last)
	previous record/request
	exit loop
end loop

refreshing the screen might even do it.