>>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?
Yes, 8 (Mac) and yes.
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Bill Steele
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