McScripta Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 I'm familiar with utilizing Calculated AppleScript or setting a global field to a value and then reading it from AppleScript. But is there a direct method for AppleScript to get a FM global variable from outside of the FM application, ie. for AS app, is there a way to say: tell application "FileMaker Pro" to tell database "myDB" to set v to { get filemaker global variable named "gv" } Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OlgerDiekstra Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Don't have a Mac so can't test for you, and don't know too much about AppleScript. Can you invoke a FM script with AppleScript? If so, can you grab the exit value if one is specified in the FM script? (ie, Exit Script [ value ])? If yes, you could create a simple script that returns only the global variable you're after. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 3 hours ago, McScripta said: is there a direct method for AppleScript to get a FM global variable from outside of the FM application No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McScripta Posted March 8, 2019 Author Share Posted March 8, 2019 21 hours ago, OlgerDiekstra said: Can you invoke a FM script with AppleScript? If so, can you grab the exit value if one is specified in the FM script? (ie, Exit Script [ value ])? If yes, you could create a simple script that returns only the global variable you're after. Thanks for suggesting it. Yes I can invoke FM script but to my knowledge it will not return its result to AS... I'm afraid @comment is right about this one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comment Posted March 8, 2019 Share Posted March 8, 2019 12 minutes ago, McScripta said: to my knowledge it will not return its result to AS Correct, it won't. Why can't you use a global field? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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