Importing external script

[jules]

Is there a way to import Scripts built via a text editor, into FileMaker Pro for Windows. (just working with FM Pro for 3 days now and want more out of it)

[Lee Smith]

What Version are you using?

If it's Version 5 or above, you can import scripts from another file.

HTH

Lee

[Lee Smith]

I should have also said, Not from a text file though. And if you are using versions earlier than 5 there is no way to import them either.

Lee

[jules]

Thanks for the answer - I am using version 6.

I just needed an import from a textfile, while I want to translate a whole database from Dutch to English. The whole translation is already in 2 colums in MS Excel.

[CobaltSky]

Hello Jules,

It may not help you much with your current project, but multi-lingual solutions are made a lot easier if only the raw code is placed into the scripts, and all the 'content' is referenced via a relationship to a single-record resources file. Layout objects (field names and layout labels, instructions, button text etc) plus dialog message text etc should also be sourced from the resources file.

When a solution is structured in that way, a version in a different language can be created relatively simply by translating the content of the resources file and replacing it with the revised copy. Or better still, a second record (with the same content but in a different language) can be added to the resources file and the user can swap and change according - instantly converting the whole of the interface into whichever of the available languages they prefer.

It may be more trouble than it's worth to set your solution up that way at this stage, but perhaps it is something to keep in mind for the future...

[bruceR]

This has always been possible and it's actually easier than doing it on a Mac, since all Windows commands can be driven from the keyboard. You need a macro utillity and you need to look at the key codes which drive each of the dialog selections in ScriptMaker. It's easy but it's a lot of work.