Opening docs from other applications

[Jeff Bills]

i have a filepath to a pdf document that imported with this information:

file:// G4/Users/jeffbill/Documents/tutorials/Page 4 - Channels Masking.pdf

into a field called "path"

How do I automate Filemaker with apple events or applescript to launch the file at the end of this path?

I'm new to applescript and apple events

-thanks

-J

[HazMatt]

Make a new text calculation field called "path_applescript_calc":

"tell application ""Finder""

activate

if file """ & path & """ exists then

select file """ & path & """

open selection

else

beep

display dialog ""There is no PDF for this file."" with icon 1 buttons (""OK"") default button 1

end if

end tell"

The triple quote marks pass a single quote mark to the AppleScript. The paragraph markers at the end of each line are to keep the calculation result pretty. It's indented too, but it didn't show up in my post.

[Jeff Bills]

Matt,

Do I type everything from "tell . . . end tell" AS-IS into the "path_applescript_calc" field along with appropriate indents?

I'm dumber than a skunk on this issue, go easy on me

[bruceR]

No. Do NOT use that method. And the post has several errors. Creating fields for applescript is poor practice. Use the perform applescript method and put the script there.

copy cell "Path" of current record to filePath

Tell app "Finder"

try

open file filePath

on error

display dialog ""There is no PDF for this file."" with icon 1 buttons {"OK"} default button 1

end try

end tell

[Jeff Bills]

Thanks all