Discussion re: AppleScript and FileMaker Server

[Jana]

I saw the discussion, but need clarification/help. We just installed FileMaker Server 5 on a PC Windows 2000 platform which is serving all Mac clients. Since I think I may be able to muddle through AppleScripts to do some automated updates to our database files, I'm wondering how to get the scheduler on the server to run those AppleScripts.

Or is there a better way/method to create those updates?

Thanks

[jfmcel]

You won't be able to run applescripts on the Win 2000 server. You might be able to run your scripts on a FM client running on a Mac. [The scheduling solution for OS X is CronniX.]

[Wim Decorte]

Windows has a built-in scheduler (Task Scheduler). The standard scripting language is either the command line (batch files) or VBscript. The Server install CD contains some sample batch files for pausing/resume the server.

The new FMS7 greatly enhances the command line support on both platforms.