>>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. -- Bill Steele [log in to unmask]