FileMaker Pro 4.1 Mac User's Guide

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Using ScriptMaker and buttons 5-27
9. If you are changing an existing script and the Script Settings dialog
box appears, select options, and then click OK.
See step 6 on page 5-17.
10.Click Done.
Choose FileMaker Help Index from the or Help menu, and then type:
E Apple events
Choosing an Apple event to send
When you add the Send Apple Event step to a script, you choose an
event in the Specify Apple event dialog box. The following table
explains the options.
To Do this
Open the target application Choose open application. In the Open File dialog box, confirm
the target application you selected in step 5 in “Defining a
script to send Apple events” on page 5-26, or select a different
application. Click Open.
Open a file Choose open document.
1 To open the same file each time FileMaker Pro sends the
event, click Document, and then click Specify File. In the
Open File dialog box, select a file, and then click Open.
1 To open a file using a pathname that’s stored in a field in the
current record, click Field value, and then click Specify Field.
In the Specify Field dialog box, select a field on the current
layout, and then click OK.
1 To open a file by specifying a path to the file, click Script text
and type a path in the text box. (For example, HD:Database
folder:Database file.) This option opens the same file each
time FileMaker Pro sends the event.
Perform a script in the target
application
Choose do script. The target application must support the do
script event.
1 To specify the file that contains the script, click Document,
and then click Specify File. In the Open File dialog box, select
a file and then click Open.
1 To perform a script that’s stored in a field in the current
record, click Field value, and then click Specify Field. In the
Specify Field dialog box, select a field on the current layout.
(The field can contain a complete script or a script name
depending on how the target application supports the do
script event.) Click OK.
1 To send a script with the event, click Script text and type
script commands or a script name in the text box. The script
must be written in the target application’s scripting
language, not AppleScript. This option sends the same
script each time FileMaker Pro sends the event.