Filemaker to paste string in another program

[Scott Pon]

I would like Filemaker to be able to copy a string from a field. open another program up. and then paste the string into a field in the program. Can this be done?

For example:

a user has a record with an associated filename. the user types the filename into a text field. THe use pushes a button that opens the scanning program. The program's screen asks for what filename to save it as. I want filemaker to automatically put the filename into that field, it may not be the first field, say it's the 3rd field. so you have to press [tab] 2 times to get to the filename field.

Can this be done? Can Filemaker send windows commands between programs?

[SteveB]

I'm assuming you're on the Windows platform. While you can pass another application command line args using the Send Message script step, you can't then also use tabs to move to a given field. You can do this with WinBatch without a whole lot of work. WinBatch as a utility called Roboscripter, that will capture keystrokes and help you create a WinBatch of the keystrokes. See it at www.winbatch.com

Steve