Bring Target Application to Foreground

[Ted S]

Hello,

I'm trying to do something really simple, I think, but can't seem to get it to work as I would like. I want to press a button and have FileMaker launch IE and take me to a certain web page. Here's what I've done so far:

Send Message ["aevt","odoc"] and I Specify text: http://www.FileMaker.com/

I have the "Bring target application to foreground" box checked but when I press the button it launches IE and and goes to the proper site but it DOES NOT come to the foreground. I've tried halting and exiting as the next script step but have the same results. Any ideas? BTW, I'm on FileMaker v3.0 (yeah, I know) and W2K Professional.

-Ted

[printit]

I can't remember if v3 has the open URL as a script function; anyways that's how it's done in v5

Gool luck

[Ted S]

Printit,

Thanks for your response! I'm sorry to say that v3 doesn't have an open URL script step. And it not only IE that won't come to the front, nothing will. Honestly, I can't recall this ever working properly. I was hoping that someone had a workaround... but I guess not.

-Ted

[Ted S]

Hello Everybody,

Well... I stumbled upon the solution to my own problem this morning. My mistake was not including the application in the SEND MESSAGE step. I simply changed it to "IEXPLORE.EXE http://www.filemaker.com/" and the target application comes to the foreground as expected.

This change also fixed the identical problem I was having with MSWord and a fax merge document.

-Ted