From a script call an application with a condition?

[BowDown]

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.

[Ted S]

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"

[BowDown]

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.

[Ted S]

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".

[Wim Decorte]

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.