How can I have filemaker do the following call...

I:Jobsconvert.vbs 245345

I'm stumped. I know if I type that line at the command prompt in WinXP it will do what I want.. but I don't know how to get filemaker to call this?

Hell if I put that line into my computer it wont launch, but if I put it into "RUN" on the start menu it will.

Try using the Send Event command with this syntax:

"cmd /c I:Jobsconvert.vbs 245345"

The "/c" in the string tells the system to close the CMD window after the command is finished. If you want it to remain open leave off the "/c"

YOU ARE AWESOME!

I knew there had to be a way. I kept using the open URL which didn't seem right, but it was the only way I knew how to call something.

The name "Send Event" for this is a bit obscure. Knowing nothing else one might expect that it would make an entry in the Windows Event Log or something along that line. Before version 7 the same feature was called "Send Message". In my opinion this was also a poor name for the feature. It implied either launching an email application or maybe something like a built-in instant messaging.

I think it should have been called "Send Command" or "Execute Command" or "Execute OS Command".

don't forget to use quotes around the VBS path if there might be spaces in the path.

FM has a nifty Quote() function you can use, if you calculate the command string.