Script For AutoLog Worked With FMP 6 Not With 7

[zmitchell]

I work in a lab that does a lot of coding of video tape data. In doing this we like to index our records in FMP with the time of the scene they refer to. We have used FMP 4, 5, and 6 over the years and a program to grab the time off of the VCR called AutoLog. In previous versions of FMP a very simple script accomplished this task of grabbing the time code and pasting it in a field in FMP:

The first step would be to "Send Apple Event"

Within the Specify Apple Event window, we had the following settings:

Send the "Other..." event with:

Selecting "Other..." would bring up a window with Event Class & Event ID. We entered ALEV for the Event Class and TIME for Event ID

Of the 3 options below "Send the Other... event with:" we selected Script Text, and entered 0.

In the options box we select "Wait for event completion before continuing, and copy event result to clipboard.

Send Apple Event ["AutoLog2.6.9","ALEV","TIME"]

The second step was simple "Paste" to the field we wanted the time entered into.

AutoLog2.6.9 is an older program and runs in the "Classic" environment, the FMP6 runs this script just fine b/w OS 9 and X. FMP7 however, with the same script, does not. I know it is targeting the correct application because it will open AutoLog if it is not already open. The problem just seems to be with the time retrieval. I assume something with the Event Class and Event ID.

Filemaker says that it isn't there responsibility to check compatibility with 3rd party products, fair enough. Autolog tells me they no longer support that version of their software.

Does anyone have any ideas for solutions to this problem? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.