On Jun 6, 2006, at 11:59, 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?
> -- 
>
> Bill Steele
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I really have not scripted FM since FM4... but, from your error  
message, did you try a "transaction"?
That is enclose your script with a "begin transaction" ... "end  
transaction".
It might cure your problem...