I'm working on a MacBook with intel processor and Filemaker 8.5 Advanced. I have a script that beguines with "If[ Get(Systemplatform)= -1 ...... etc.

If I start mij FileMaker 8.5 via Rosetta it is working just fine but if I use it native it doesn't recognize the system.

Is there an explanation?

FileMaker Pro 8.5 Read Me:

3.4. The Get(SystemPlatform) function now returns 1 for Intel-based Macs and -1 for PowerPC-based Macs (and returns -2 for Windows systems).

Thanks,

it would be usefull if Filemaker would write those instructions in their help files.

Thank God we have a forum!

I'm not in my office, so I don't have v8.5 with me.

I'm curious, what it shows in the Online Help for [color:blue]Get(SystemPlatform) function?

In v8, it describes what should be return, didn't they change it in 8.5.

Lee

Edited August 16, 200619 yr by Guest
add function name

Lee,

this is the description of the help-file of 8.5

"Description

Returns a number indicating the current platform:

-1 if the current platform is Mac OS X

-2 if the platform is Windows 2000 or Windows XP

Note See Solving calculations on a host machine for information about running scripts in client/server and peer-to-peer environments.

Examples"

I guess they forgot somthing.

Irene

Yeah, I guess they did. LOL

Lee

Nearly 5 months later and it is still undocumented. Nothing like rapid response.

Thank God we have a forum!

Amen to that. I just had the same problem with a new install this morning. Was thoroughly flummoxed.

Amen and amen.