Variables in a show message command?

[JimWashDC]

Is it possible to show a value from a database field in the "Show Message" script command? Or, can you only have fixed text in these messages?

I would like to display a message like, "Are you sure you want to delete the record for 'Joe Smith'? " where "Joe Smith" is a field in the current record.

[SteveB]

One really easy way is to get the Troi Dialog Plugin. It can do what you want and a lot more. See 'www.troi.com'. The FM Show message script command is pretty poor.

[Chuck]

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Originally posted by JimWashDC:

Is it possible to show a value from a database field in the "Show Message" script command? Or, can you only have fixed text in these messages?

I would like to display a message like, "Are you sure you want to delete the record for 'Joe Smith'? " where "Joe Smith" is a field in the current record.

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If you're working on a Mac, AppleScript can solve the problem for you. If you subscribe to ISO FileMaker Magazine, I wrote an article on how to do exactly this in issue 48 or 49. If you don't subscribe, let me know, and I describe how it works. But also you might want to check it out, since I think it's the best FMP related periodical out there.

Chuck

[JimWashDC]

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Originally posted by Chuck:

If you're working on a Mac, ...

Chuck

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Much to my regret, I'm working on a Windows machine!

Thanks anyway.

[Kurt Knippel]

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Originally posted by JimWashDC:

Much to my regret, I'm working on a Windows machine!

Thanks anyway.

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Use the Troi dialog plugin. Were good stuff.

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