I want to open a filmaker file but I want to check to see if it is already open if it is don't open it again.

tell application "Filemaker Pro"

if "Mytest.FP3" doesn't exist then

open file "Mytest.FP3"

activate

else

display dialog "Mytest already Opened"

end if

Can you not use the DatabaseNames function and test:

If[ not Position( "

Seems like you'd do it more like this:

tell application "FileMaker Pro"

.. if exists database "Mytest" then

.. .. display dialog "Mytest already Opened"

.. else

.. .. tell application "Finder"

.. .. .. open file "yourpathto:Mytest"

.. .. end tell

.. end if

end tell

Note that, starting in FileMaker 4, you have the DatabaseNames design function, so you can actually do this from a FileMaker script, e.g. If ( PatternCount (DatabaseNames, "Mytest") ) ...