Thank you all so much for the good suggestions.

Andre

On Sep 12, 2010, at 22:11, Tim Mansour wrote:

> You could set up a timed script to run on the PC using script  
> triggers:
>
> 1. A script on the Mac sets the value of a field as a flag, eg,
> UpdateInventory = 1. The field UpdateInventory can't be a global.
>
> 2. The timed script on the PC checks if UpdateInventory = 1 and if so,
> does the QuickBooks functions and resets UpdateInventory to 0.
>
> So the timed PC script would have to run pretty often so there's not
> too much time lag, and you have to deal with the issue of what to do
> when the PC FileMaker is being used by someone.

On Sep 13, 2010, at 1:23, Bruce Herbach wrote:
>
> You could set up an on timer script trigger that checks a field  
> periodically. If the field is set have the PC run the script.
>
> So on the PC side it checks the platform,  if it is a PC it starts  
> the On timer script.
>
> On the Mac side you have a button/script that sets the trigger field.
>
> When the PC finds the trigger field set it does the update and  
> clears the trigger field, then goes back to checking for the  
> trigger field to be set.
>
> I'm sure there will be more to work out,  but this could provide  
> the remote control you are looking for.  There may be some delay  
> based on the interval of the on timer PC script and processing.
>
> I haven't tried this, but think with some work and testing it could  
> do the job for you.

On Sep 12, 2010, at 22:30, Nicholas Orr wrote:

> It sounds like Troi Activator will do what you are after :
>
> http://www.troi.com/software/activatorplugin.html

My original question:

Is there a way to trigger a FileMaker script on a PC from a Mac?

Both PC and Mac are running FMP 10, and both have the same remote  
file open served on FMS 9. The reason the script has to run on the PC  
is that it calls external functions from a Windows-only plug-in.