On May 14, 2011, at 12:18 AM, Tami Williams wrote:

> I need to have a script run every 15 minutes in FileMaker 6.  Any ideas on how to do it?
> 
> The databases are hosted on a Windows server and the users (that need the script) are on Macs.  Other users (that don't need the script) are on PCs.
> 
> Ideally users would click a button in FileMaker 6 that does an action then every 15 minutes afterwards they'd get a dialog message, until they clicked another button then set a field value that would then stop the message.

In addition to the other suggestions on offer, you might look into the Troi Activator plug-in. Version 1.5 works with FileMaker Pro 6 but you may need to contact them to purchase it.

<http://www.troi.com/software/activatordownload.html#dldClassic>

Cheers,
-corn


Cornelius Walker
The Proof Group
http://proofgroup.com/