BronwynL

True. My bad.

Ha - I always forget that one. But it pointed you in the right direction at least.

FYI, I found the solution. It needed a Terminal command: sudo rm ~/.Trash/* thanks again

Thanks for the response, Lee. I suspected the OS but was wondering if someone else had seen this aberrant behaviour on other FM system files. I have restarted. I've tried moving it from the trash before restart and leaving it in the trash before restart. I've also tried option empty with no joy. Oh well - off to apple.com tks

I don't know how you'd do it with a Word file. Is it possible to convert your help file to HTML? Then you could add name tags to your definitions in the HTML file, and link from your FMP with You'd probably need to format the link text so it looks like a link, then your users can right click (Win) or Ctrl click (Mac) and choose Open URL from the pop-up menu. HTH

I think you need Left(text; Position ( text ; "." ; 1 ; 1 )) You'd replace numOfChars in the Left function with the results of the Position function. HTH

Hi I have a file (USENGMED.MPR) that I have not been able to delete. It's related to an old system that I updated. I move it to the trash but when I try to empty I get the msg "The operation cannot be completed because the item USENGMED.MPR is in use". FMP is not running anywhere, and restarting the computer does not resolve the issue. I've checked my startup on login items and nothing seems to be related to it. The file is not locked and I have full permissions for it. I know this kind of smacks of an OS thing, but as it's an FM file... TIA for any help

Further... Having blithely uploaded my files, when I take a look at them from the server the file doesn't display properly at all. It shows two characters: immediately before the /p> Opening the file in BBEdit using Unicode 16 encoding after a hint from Fenton shows (here at 96 point) If I open the file in BBEdit using Unicode 8 encoding I see this as the first two characters: Deleting those two chars and uploading results in: Now I'm getting worried.

Thanks, Fenton. At least I know I'm not alone! As a totally unsatisfactory workaround I've embedded the style sheet. I've had minimal experience with AppleScript and FMP but will give it a shot when I have the time. In this instance, platform is not an issue - this is for my use only. Thanks again.

Apologies - this was originally inadvertently posted in FMP8 General discussion I was thrilled to find the Set Variable script step, and I'm trying to use it with Export Field Contents to build simple web sites - I build the contents of an html file in a calculation field then export that field for each record in a looping script. All files are created as expected. My problem is as follows: The exported HTML looks and loads fine in a browser window except that (for some reason) the reference to my style sheet does not work. (It does find an img tag reference.) If I paste the contents of the field into a new (BBEdit) text file and save it to the same location, the same style sheet reference does work. I know at first glance it looks as though I've got the path to the style sheet wrong, but that idea's negated by the fact that pasting the field contents into BBEdit works. Intriguing: If I try to open the file exported from FMP8 in DreamWeaver, I get a totally blank document, however DW is perfectly happy with the file taken through BBEdit. Any insights/suggestions? TIA

Thanks Addam I really don't think you want to wade through it, but FYI the string that my function returns is fmpro?-db=Items&-lay=itemDetailsWeb&-error=errors.htm&-Op=contains&-format=results.htm&Name_Display=blah%20blah%20blah&-max=10&-sortField=&-lop=or&-find I then load that with a window.location.href= The sortField just caught my eye, but FMP is quite happy to receive the same query from NN with no problems. I think Garry might be on to something with the hidden input that I'll then have to trap with an onSubmit() tks for your interest

Thanks, Gary You may have put me on the right track with your response. There are two forms on the page: one creates a new record in the Search Criteria db to track failed searches, the second is more or less just for them to enter the search that actually gets built in javascript. I'll try adding a -find tag and trap the onSubmit()

Hi Is there any way to obtain the actual command value from an Unknown Command error? I'm using javascript pretty extensively in this particular project. It works perfectly in Netscape, but fails with an error 4 in IE. The weird thing is that if I put an alert() statement anywhere relevant in the js, it works fine in IE too. As soon as I remove the alert() it fails again. Note that it's not returning my -error.htm page, I get it direct from FMP-IWPerr.js TIA -- Bronwyn L