ok, at first i was trying to do what we have always done in os 9. (sept up a script to find a file in a desktop folder that matches the applicant id #

however when we x-fered to os 9 from os X we could no longer do that with os X (so now i have one old computer just hosting out resume folder.)

so then i stumbled across container fields. I create one, I instert the PDF file(which takes time but hey if it works ...) then I go to double click it to open the file itself in acrobat, and it does nothing.

am I missing a step? I am not versed in FM and I am largely self taught.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

I don't know how to open an external file using just FileMaker, but it is very easy to do with external extensions. I use "Troi-File" plug in to 'Launch' files within their original programs. Just pass a path statement to the external launch command, as long as the file creator matches an application on your system it will open in the original app.

Put the PDF in a place where you won't move it. Create an Applescript that will open it. Write a Filemaker script that will run the Applescript. A little messy, but it works.

If I place the files on my desktop which runs os X how do I write an applescript and what will it say.

I'm very new at writing scripts

Dawn

Check out this discussion:

http://www.fmforums.com/threads/showflat...true#Post116855

I didn't understand that forum. I couldn't make heads or tales of what I was suppoed to do