Hi all,

I've always tried to keep all FMP activity (scripts, etc.) entirely within FMP itself, and plugin- or AS- free. I am however finding more and more situations where it would be desirable to add some automation outside of FMP itself, in the Mac Finder or the Windows OS environments. Especially when I need to automate data exchanges between FMP and other systems (PHP/mySQL solutions for example). I'll probably be asking a bunch of rather newbie questions in the beginning -- so I appreciate your help, and patience.

In this case...

I don't need to resize any of my FMP windows (I do that within FMP), but I'd like to simply position the selected table (window), which I believe can be done by creating an Applescript, and then calling that script with a FM script.

Tech Specs: OSX 10.3.2, FMP 6

All help greatly appreciated.

Also, on side note. Most of my solutions are cross-platform. What's the Windows alternative to AS scripts?

Thanks,

Try

set bounds of window x to {a,b,c,d}

where a,b,c,d are the coordinates

Thanks OAM. I'm guessing the syntax for those commands in AS is simple. Could you post it for me?

Also, if I set bounds I'll need to always know the exact size of the window. I was wondering if it's possible to position a window without resizing it -- by for example just indicating an X,Y coordinate for the window's top left corner?

Thanks,

Try:

get bounds window 1

That'll tell you the size and current position of your FileMaker window.

create a global repeating number field with 4 repeats. Let's call it gBounds

-- save window position:

copy bounds of window 1 to boundz

copy boundz to cell "gBounds"

-- restore window position

get data cell "gBounds"

set bounds of window 1 to result